Global press freedom is under spectacular pressure. More journalists than ever were in jail last year and the number of media workers killed rose by a third compared to 2019, with Asia accounting for nearly half of those murdered.

The uncertain scope of sustainability reporting requirements under consideration by regulators around the globe worries U.S. business leaders, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said Wednesday.

Elizabeth Holmes lost her bid to to suppress evidence of Theranos Inc. customer complaints and blood testing results as evidence at her criminal fraud trial scheduled to start at the end of the month.

Walmart Inc. said Executive Vice President Chandra Holt is leaving to become chief executive officer of another company, a blow to the retailer’s push to boost diversity in its senior ranks.

Simplifya LLC, a company that makes regulatory and operational compliance software for the cannabis industry, announced Wednesday its hire of Katrina Skinner as general counsel and chief banking officer.

For investors to play a bigger role in the energy transition and counteract concerns of greenwashing -- exaggerating or misrepresenting environmental benefits -- they need to rapidly escalate pressure on the biggest corporate polluters, ratchet up investments in clean technology and put an end to lobbying that blocks robust public policies, said Lisa Sachs, who heads Columbia University’s Center on Sustainable Investment.

Sunnova Energy Corp., one of the biggest U.S. residential-solar companies, is selling sustainable bonds for the first time as more homeowners demand clean power.