Results for Waste
Daily Media Briefing
April 05, 2018- Gender pay gap deadline: 78% of UK companies pay men more than women, figures reveal
- BHP Billiton quits global coal lobby group over differences on climate change
- Royal Dutch Shell threatened with climate change legal action
- Report: Drop in plastic bags in British seas linked to introduction of 5p charge
- Hershey to spend $500 million to make its chocolate more sustainable
Daily Media Briefing
April 03, 2018- China customs seizes 110,000 tonnes of smuggled waste in 2018
- McDonald's unveils plan to phase-out plastic straws
- Wartsila backs calls to cut carbon emissions in shipping
- Indonesia threatens to shut down Facebook if privacy breached
- EDF Plans to Invest $10B in Energy Storage by 2035
Daily Media Briefing
March 29, 2018- Pharma company investors set to vote on executive pay and drug pricing
- Walmart urges Chinese suppliers to cut CO2 by 50 million tonnes per year
- Report: Mexico private security boom has increased corruption and use of force
- UK reverses opposition to tough EU recycling targets
- Facebook to limit use of data brokers for ad targeting
Daily Media Briefing
March 26, 2018- Uber exits south-east Asia with sale to rival Grab
- Americans less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data
- Shell faces shareholder push on climate change goals
- Pilot scheme seeks to produce first “ethical cobalt” from the Democratic Republic of Congo
- US asks China to reconsider ban on foreign waste
Daily Media Briefing
March 23, 2018- Microsoft signs largest corporate solar agreement in US
- Britain intends to stay in Europe’s carbon market until at least 2020
- Mining companies struggle with wave of tax increases
- Great Pacific garbage patch found to be 16 times larger than previously thought
- Scientists use DNA-editing to dispense with the need for hops in brewing
Daily Media Briefing
March 07, 2018- Coca-Cola to launch alcoholic drink in Japan
- Ireland chooses BNY Mellon as custodian to manage Apple back taxes fund
- Trump administration sues California over laws protecting immigrants
- Report: UK plastics recycling rate exaggerated by packaging industry
- L'Oréal makes moves towards becoming carbon neutral in the US
Daily Media Briefing
March 01, 2018- Walmart and Dick’s raise minimum age for gun buyers to 21 in US
- Report: Boards still struggle with understanding the culture of their organisations
- British retailers linked to polluting supplier factories
- Brazil court upholds forestry law changes in blow to environmentalists
- World’s first plastic-free aisle opens in Netherlands supermarket
Daily Media Briefing
February 28, 2018- Apple to launch “technology enabled” healthcare service
- Toys R Us collapses into administration in UK
- Guess joins retailers committing to fabrics that protect forests
- PG tips announces switch to plastic-free fully biodegradable teabags
- Over 100 global cities now powered by at least 70% renewables
Daily Media Briefing
February 26, 2018- Starbucks trials 5p takeaway cup charge in attempt to cut waste
- Airbnb CEO pledges to take more responsibility for impact to housing
- FedEx ignores calls to divest from NRA whilst other US companies cease discounts for members
- Singapore to implement carbon tax
- Tesla’s “big battery” in South Australia already having positive impact
Daily Media Briefing
February 19, 2018- Report: US firms driving business value through sustainability
- Unilever publishes full lists of palm oil suppliers
- OECD: Global taxes are currently insufficient to combat climate change
- Facebook plans to use US mail to verify identities of election ad buyers
- Church of England launches “Lent Plastic Challenge”