Environmental activists target top PR firms
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 13 January 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Boris Johnson suffered the toughest day of his premiership on Wednesday when he faced calls to quit after he admitted attending a Number 10 “bring your own booze” party during lockdown, the commodities boom has extended to nickel which reached its highest level in a decade, environmentalist activists are targeting public relations firms, and Beyond Meat has become one of the most shorted companies on US stock market.
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Mentioned in this podcast:
Nickel hits 10-year high as electric vehicle production ramps up
Activists target public relations groups for greenwashing fossil fuels
Short sellers pile into Beyond Meat
Boris Johnson faces calls to resign after ‘bring your own booze’ event
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk. |
| 0:09.7 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.3 | Today is Thursday, January 13th. |
| 0:13.6 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.5 | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces calls to resign. |
| 0:22.1 | The commodities boom now includes Nickel, |
| 0:24.4 | and the plant-based food maker Beyond Meat is on short-sellers menu. |
| 0:28.8 | Plus, climate activists have started to target the world's biggest PR firms. |
| 0:32.9 | What the activists think these firms are doing is greenwashing the images of those |
| 0:39.0 | rather brown dirty firms. |
| 0:41.7 | We'll discuss the latest tactic, a Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:52.7 | Boris Johnson just had his toughest day since becoming Prime Minister. |
| 0:56.7 | He's been under attack for attending a Downing Street party in 2020, |
| 1:00.0 | despite lockdown rules then. |
| 1:02.0 | And yesterday he faced calls to resign. |
| 1:04.5 | He tried to buy some time with an apology. |
| 1:07.2 | I know the rage with me and with the government I lead, |
| 1:12.1 | when they think that in Downing Street itself, |
| 1:14.7 | the rules are not being properly followed. |
| 1:18.0 | The FT's George Parker talks about the murky future for the UK Prime Minister. |
| 1:22.6 | Boris Johnson has apologized, but he's set up an independent inquiry |
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