Day: 17 November 2018

HP Inc. and IKEA Join Initiative to Develop First Global Network of Ocean-Bound Plastics Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

NextWave Plastics announces two new member companies – HP Inc. and IKEA – are joining its consortium of worldwide businesses committed to scaling the use of ocean-bound plastics by developing the first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains. The addition of HP and IKEA marks 10 companies collaborating to “turn off the tap” of plastic entering the ocean. HP and IKEA bring considerable leadership to addressing ocean-bound plastics that will contribute to all NextWave companies pushing the boundaries of what they know to be possible. Since announcing in September 2016 that it would join…

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UK Power Networks to trial the revolutionary Faraday Grid

Stuart Mitchell

Faraday Grid has announced an agreement with the UK’s leading distribution network operator, UK Power Networks, for it to trial the world’s first Faraday Grid, a ground-breaking technology that could redefine how the electricity grid works. The project aims to demonstrate how a Faraday Grid will create a smart, flexible electricity system that increases the capacity to deliver more renewable energy, such as wind and solar power at a lower cost to consumers. The Faraday Grid is an autonomous, self-balancing network installed within an existing electricity grid. Comprising a network…

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UK NGOs to collectively raise the bar on safeguarding

Stuart Mitchell

On the day of the UK’s International Safeguarding Summit: Putting People First: Tackling sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment, in the aid sector, Bond will launch: Our commitment to change in safeguarding: Our approach to tackling sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment in the aid sector. For the past seven months, Bond’s members have worked to both identify and find ways to scale up the best examples of safeguarding policies and practices in the aid and UK domestic sector. Our Commitment to Change in Safeguarding pulls this work together…

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Action launches charity Christmas card campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Action Medical Research is delighted to announce the launch of its 2018 Christmas card campaign. The annual fundraiser was initially set up in in 2012 by Action supporter Lynn Tait, who sadly passed away in 2017. Lincolnshire artist Hannah Dale – who had donated card designs in previous years – was keen to see the tradition carry on and spearheaded the campaign: “The Christmas card initiative has raised a lot of money for Action in the last few years and it meant such a lot to Lynn – I really…

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The American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Initiative Launches New Campaign, ‘Lock Up Lung Cancer,’ to Expose Hidden Killer of Women

Stuart Mitchell

Most people don’t know that lung cancer is the #1 cancer killer of women. The rate of women dying from the disease has increased 79 percent in the last 40 years, and since the mid-1970s, lung cancer diagnoses among women have been on the rise. Despite this, only 3 percent of women cite lung cancer as a top-of-mind health concern. If a serial killer were as prolific as lung cancer at taking the lives of women, it would be Public Enemy #1. That’s why the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE…

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