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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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June 14, 2018- Volkswagen fined €1 billion by German state prosecutors
- Ben & Jerry’s joins campaign to support onshore windfarms
- Plastic waste export tide turns to south-east Asia following China ban
- Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones
- Tesla to cut nine percent of workforce in search of profitability
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June 11, 2018- UK to force big companies to publish worker to boss pay gap
- Legal & General to step up activism over climate change
- Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use
- Amazon blasted over China Echo factory conditions
- American Express to release ocean plastic credit card
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June 08, 2018- Google lays out AI rules after staff protests over military use
- Credit Suisse to pay $47 million to end US Department of Justice probe into hiring practices in Asia
- India to abolish all single-use plastic by 2020, vows prime minister
- M&S announces “huge rise” in responsible cotton sourcing
- Vodafone and Iron Mountain commit to 100 percent renewables
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June 06, 2018- Major sporting bodies make “biggest commitment ever” to cut plastic waste
- Facebook and Google broke campaign laws, says Washington State
- All-male job shortlists banned by PwC
- Report: Abuse is daily reality for female garment workers for Gap & H&M
- Universal Climate Disclosure Challenge issued to more than 300 global corporates and cities