Month: April 2021

EY announces ambition to be carbon negative in 2021

Stuart Mitchell

EY has announced an ambition to be carbon negative in 2021 by setting targets to significantly reduce its absolute emissions and removing and offsetting more carbon than it emits. In a new statement on sustainability, EY set out the seven key components of its plans to not only become carbon negative but to reduce total emissions by 40% – consistent with a science-based target – and achieve net zero in 2025. The EY commitment to sustainability is an integral part of its NextWave strategy and ambition to create long-term value…

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The Food and Drink Federation publishes Ambition 2025 Progress and Mid-Term Review reports

Stuart Mitchell

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has released its sustainability-focused Ambition 2025 Progress Report, seeing impressive progress with targets initially set in 2016, from its members. As highlighted in this year’s Progress Report, there has been exceptional progress in some areas, for example, food and drink companies have achieved a 55 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions already, five years before the target was due to be reached.  Initially launched in 2016, the Ambition 2025 project aims to set achievable but hard-hitting sustainability targets for food and drink companies to reach…

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PRCA sets sight on COP26 and misinformation in the climate crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has launched a focused initiative to fight the spread of misinformation, ahead of a bid to promote the importance of ethical communication at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The launch comes as the spread of misinformation continues to pose a significant threat to solving one of humanity’s biggest issues.  Professional communicators play a vital role in tackling misinformation as well as accurately advising leadership teams across the public, and private and third sectors, on the most effective methods of communicating climate crisis related activity.  A small strategy group…

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WeTransfer announces Climate Neutral Certification

Stuart Mitchell

WeTransfer the company that makes tools to move ideas, announces that it has received climate neutral certification, following its pledge to reduce emissions by 30% by 2025 and after becoming one of the few global tech companies to achieve B Corp status.  The work was undertaken in partnership with two leading firms experienced in providing management information on sustainability, Climate Neutral Group and Sustainalize. Having measured WeTransfer’s carbon emissions, they carried out a detailed audit analysing the calculations and effectiveness of WeTransfer’s carbon reduction strategy, auditing the source and scale…

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Online film festival teaches values of solidarity and respect

Stuart Mitchell

French Roast, a charming and witty film by Fabrice Joubert, is one of fifteen featured at the 2021 Takorama International Film Festival. This short film shows how wrong quick judgements can be and that compassion is truly the fuel of our collective humanity. The festival has curated films that promote, in part, the values of solidarity and respect for others which are important elements of Global Citizenship Education. The festival aims to provide an opportunity for children and youth to discover new stories, visual universes and to give their opinion…

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