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Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2018- Supply chains based on modern slavery may reach into the West
- Liverpool to use blockchain technology to become world's first climate-positive city
- Oil majors win dismissal of New York City climate lawsuit
- Theresa May confirms UK will publish an Environment Bill
- Burberry burns bags, clothes and perfume worth millions
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July 16, 2018- Adidas vows to use only recycled plastics by 2024
- Senior executives face clampdown on selling share awards
- Microsoft calls for federal regulation of facial recognition technology
- Chile’s Zaldívar mine to operate with 100 percent renewable energy
- Seven fast food chains to end “no poach” deals that lock down low-wage workers
Daily Media Briefing
July 10, 2018- Church of England threatens climate change shares sell-off
- Starbucks to ditch plastic straws globally by 2020
- Europe’s Mayors call for zero-emissions target by 2050
- US lawmakers press Alphabet and Apple on smartphone users’ privacy
- Nestlé products removed from Melbourne zoos over palm oil
Daily Media Briefing
July 02, 2018- JUST Capital launches interactive tool to rank US companies on environmental impact
- Pension funds snap up £701 million stake in EDF Renewables wind farms
- Australian plastic bag ban sparks abuse and violence from angry shoppers
- Companies under strain from GDPR requests
- China could impose “special emissions” limits on firms in up to 80 cities
Making supermarkets plastic free
June 28, 2018 Richard Walker explains Iceland's pledge to become the first major retailer to eliminate plastic packaging from all of its own brand products by 2023. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
June 26, 2018- Amazon faces staff backlash over work with US government
- Google criticised for push against EU copyright reform
- Wilmar acts over “unethical” palm oil suppliers
- US court dismisses climate change lawsuits against top oil companies
- Morrisons’ paper bag switch is bad for global warming, say critics
Daily Media Briefing
June 21, 2018- Report: Oxfam scores US and European supermarkets on food supply chains
- Report: World’s newest development bank invests in coal despite green promise
- US lawmakers want Google to reconsider links to China’s Huawei
- EU can toughen its emissions-cut target under Paris climate deal
- C&A Foundation backs fashion industry circular economy pilot projects
Daily Media Briefing
June 19, 2018- All of Interface’s flooring is now carbon neutral – at no extra cost to customers
- Amazon shareholders demand company stop selling facial recognition technology to governments
- Apple fined AU$9 million for misleading customers with faulty iPhones and iPads
- Volvo urges auto industry to increase recycled plastics offering
- Former France Telecom CEO to stand trial after wave of suicides
Daily Media Briefing
June 18, 2018- UK pension funds get green light to dump fossil fuel investments
- Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud
- Reusable cup use soars 10-fold at Pret thanks to 50p discount
- KFC Singapore to stop providing plastic caps and straws for drinks
- Renault pledges €1 billion of funding for EV research and manufacturing
Daily Media Briefing
June 15, 2018- As You Sow launches investor alliance to engage companies on plastic pollution
- UBS Global Wealth Management debuts private client sustainable investment portfolio
- Report: India facing the “worst water crisis in its history”
- European banks launch green mortgage pilot scheme
- Report: BP’s global data for 2017 shows record highs for coal and renewables