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Vietnam launches first phase of emissions trading scheme
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/vietnam-launches-first-phase-emissions-trading-scheme-2025-06-11/
Published: June 11, 2025 07:45
Vietnam has formally launched the pilot phase of an emissions trading scheme aimed at encouraging three major industrial sectors to cut the amount of carbon dioxide they produce, the government said on Tuesday.
Turkey's antitrust authority opens probe of Coca-Cola over possible competition violation
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/turkeys-antitrust-authority-opens-probe-coca-cola-over-possible-competition-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 20:19
The Turkish Competition Board said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into Coca-Cola to determine whether the company violated Turkey's competition law.
Stellantis extends Italy voluntary redundancy scheme
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/stellantis-extends-italy-voluntary-redundancy-scheme-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 18:10
Stellantis has expanded its voluntary redundancy scheme for Italy, affecting almost 700 workers at two plants in the south of the country, and bringing to almost 2,500 the planned workforce reduction this year, the carmaker said late on Tuesday.
Judge rejects class action for Google privacy lawsuit
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/judge-rejects-class-action-google-privacy-lawsuit-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 17:42
People who accused Google of illegally collecting their personal information, after they chose not to synchronize their Google Chrome browsers with their Google accounts, cannot sue the Alphabet unit as a group in a class action, a U.S. judge ruled.
Walgreens, Authentic Brands, Kourtney Kardashian among those evaluating Rite Aid assets, sources say
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/walgreens-authentic-brands-kourtney-kardashian-among-those-evaluating-rite-aid-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 17:29
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in May for the second time in two years.
UniCredit disposals set to win EU nod for Banco BPM deal, sources say
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/unicredit-offers-sell-206-branches-gain-eu-approval-banco-bpm-deal-sources-say-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 16:55
Italian bank UniCredit is expected to win European Union antitrust approval for its Banco BPM takeover bid after offering to divest 206 branches to ease competition concerns, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
NextEra CEO says renewables needed as bridge to expanding gas power
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/nextera-ceo-says-renewables-needed-bridge-expanding-gas-power-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 14:51
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar power are needed to meet rapidly growing energy demand in the United States amid near-term obstacles to increasing natural gas capacity, NextEra NEE.N CEO John Ketchum said on Tuesday.
India extends transmission charge waiver for energy storage projects until June 2028
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/india-extends-transmission-charge-waiver-energy-storage-projects-until-june-2028-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 13:33
India has extended a complete waiver of inter-state transmission charges for electricity storage projects until June 2028, the power ministry said on Tuesday, as the country races to meet its ambitious clean energy targets and boost energy storage.
Paramount to lay off 3.5% of US staff in latest job cut, memo shows
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/paramount-lay-off-35-us-staff-latest-job-cut-memo-shows-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 12:12
Paramount Global is laying off 3.5% of its U.S. staff in the latest round of job cuts as the company grapples with a decline in cable TV subscribers, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
Google in Mexico faces major potential fine as antitrust ruling nears
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-mexico-faces-major-potential-fine-antitrust-ruling-nears-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 11:03
Mexico's antitrust watchdog is set to rule by next week on whether Google built an illegal monopoly in digital advertising in the country, a decision that could fine the tech giant 8% of its annual Mexican revenue, public documents show.
Recursion to lay off 20% of workforce amid biotech funding woes
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/recursion-lay-off-20-workforce-narrows-focus-amid-biotech-downturn-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 10:14
Recursion Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it would lay off about 20% of its workforce as the biotech company tries to cope with an industry-wide funding crunch and the current policy uncertainty.
Indonesia revokes nickel ore mining permits in Raja Ampat after protest
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/indonesia-revokes-nickel-ore-mining-permits-raja-ampat-after-protest-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 06:40
Top nickel ore producer Indonesia revoked permits for four mining firms in Raja Ampat in its easternmost region of Papua, the country's energy minister said on Tuesday, after concerns about their environmental impact sparked a public outcry.
Striking Hollywood video game actors reach tentative agreement with studios
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/striking-hollywood-video-game-actors-reach-tentative-agreement-with-studios-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 04:52
Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors and video game studios reached a tentative agreement on Monday with new conditions for the interactive media contract, pending review from the actor guild's national board.
FTC seeks information from top ad agencies as part of ad-boycott probe, WSJ reports
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/ftc-seeks-information-top-ad-agencies-part-ad-boycott-probe-wsj-reports-2025-06-10/
Published: June 10, 2025 00:18
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sought information from some of the world's top advertising firms as part of a probe into whether advertising and advocacy groups violated anti-trust laws by coordinating boycotts of certain sites, the Wall Street…
Britain to invest 14.2 billion pounds in Sizewell C nuclear project
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/britain-invest-142-billion-pounds-sizewell-c-nuclear-project-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 23:16
Britain will invest 14.2 billion pounds ($19.25 billion) to build the Sizewell C nuclear plant in southeast England, the government said on Tuesday, as part of its wider spending review which will define its priorities over the next four years.
Thames Water bondholders demand leniency on pollution as a rescue condition
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/thames-water-bondholders-demand-leniency-pollution-rescue-condition-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 23:06
Thames Water's bondholders have offered to inject 5 billion pounds ($6.8 billion) in new equity and debt and write off some existing borrowing to rescue the utility, but in return they have demanded looser pollution targets and clemency on fines.
Losses, pricing reform in focus as Shanghai hosts world's largest solar conference
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/losses-pricing-reform-focus-shanghai-hosts-worlds-largest-solar-conference-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 23:04
As the world's biggest solar energy conference kicks off in Shanghai on Tuesday, the mood is likely to be subdued as Chinese solar panel producers grapple with oversupply and price reforms.
EPA proposes giving Texas authority to oversee CO2 injection permits
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-epa-proposes-giving-texas-authority-oversee-co2-injection-permits-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 21:10
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed approving Texas' application to oversee its own permitting for projects to inject carbon dioxide underground, a move long sought by that state's regulators and oil and gas companies with projects…
Canada's Competition Bureau suing DoorDash over prices, discounts
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/canadas-competition-bureau-suing-doordash-over-prices-discounts-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 15:57
Canada's Competition Bureau said on Monday it was suing DoorDash and its Canadian subsidiary for allegedly advertising misleading prices and discounts.
BlackRock calls antitrust claims "unprecedented, unsound and unsupported"
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/blackrock-calls-antitrust-claims-unprecedented-unsound-unsupported-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 15:18
An attorney for BlackRock called antitrust claims by Republican-led states "unprecedented, unsound and unsupported" on Monday and said they had failed to show how the firms' involvement with industry climate groups interfered with market competition.
Exclusive: SEC plan says existing staff cuts help meet DOGE targets
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/sec-plan-says-existing-staff-cuts-help-meet-doge-targets-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 15:01
Wall Street's top regulator told the White House in March it had already made substantial progress toward meeting President Trump and Elon Musk's demands for leaner government via voluntary workforce reductions, according to a planning document obtained by…
Asset manager Amundi plans to cut 50 jobs in Italy, document says
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/asset-manager-amundi-plans-cut-50-jobs-italy-document-says-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 14:16
The Italian arm of France's Amundi , Europe's biggest asset manager, has set a target of 50 staff cuts to be achieved by the end of the year, a document it sent to unions on Monday showed.
Development banks to invest 3 billion euros in ocean plastics fight
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/development-banks-invest-3-billion-euros-ocean-plastics-fight-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 13:24
The plan expands the scope and financial firepower of what remains the world's biggest effort to fix the growing problem.
Why Brazil’s ‘King of Cattle’ is embracing a plan to save the Amazon
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/why-brazils-king-cattle-is-embracing-plan-save-amazon-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 10:38
The ambitious move, if successful, could be a turning point in the struggle to halt the destruction of the world's largest rainforest.
Exclusive: Chevron CEO warned staff of rising safety issues before fatal Angola platform fire
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/chevron-ceo-warned-staff-rising-safety-issues-before-fatal-angola-platform-fire-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 10:05
Mike Wirth issued an internal video message on April 29, just weeks before three workers died due to a fire on one of the company's oil platforms in Angola.
Getty's landmark UK lawsuit on copyright and AI set to begin
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/gettys-landmark-uk-lawsuit-copyright-ai-set-begin-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 05:11
Getty Images' landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI begins at London's High Court on Monday, with the photo provider's case likely to set a key precedent for the law on AI.
US solar energy growth to slow as Washington priorities shift
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-solar-energy-growth-slow-washington-priorities-shift-2025-06-09/
Published: June 9, 2025 04:17
New U.S. solar energy installations are expected to fall over the next five years as the industry grapples with a shift in federal policy that favors fossil fuels, tariffs and other challenges, according to a report published on Monday by a top solar trade…