Month: May 2021

Morgan Sindall sets net zero by 2030 goal

Stuart Mitchell

Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall Group plc has announced plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions in under a decade. The Group, one of the largest UK contractors, said it would reduce Scope 1, 2 and operational Scope 3 emissions – those directly and indirectly related to its operations – by 30% by 2025 and by 60% by 2030, based on a 2019 baseline, with any remaining emissions being offset in the UK. “We believe that this target is ambitious yet achievable,” said Chief Executive John Morgan, as the…

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sweetgreen Pledges to Be Carbon Neutral by 2027

Stuart Mitchell

sweetgreen, the seasonal restaurant with the mission of connecting people to real food, announces its plan to be carbon neutral by 2027. “Simply put, we believe it’s the right thing to do for our business and for the planet. With the food system driving 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the time for change is now,” says Nicolas Jammet, co-founder and Chief Concept Officer of sweetgreen. “We know that real change doesn’t happen overnight – it’s all the steps in between, the little moments that can lead to a…

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PR leaders globally feel overwhelmingly optimistic – PRCA Confidence Tracker Results

Stuart Mitchell

Public relations leaders are feeling increasingly optimistic about their organisation’s future according to the results of the PRCA’s latest global confidence tracker. More than 400 PRCA and ICCO members from across the world took part in a single-question study conducted by Question and Retain. The data reveals confidence levels returning following the impact of the global pandemic. The highest levels of confidence came from the UK, with 93% of participants saying they feel quite confident or very confident about their organisation’s future. The figure fell slightly to 84% for both PRCA…

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Xbox and Serviceplan Group celebrate Women in Gaming worldwide with a special Xbox controller

Stuart Mitchell

Women make up almost half of the gaming community, celebrate success in Esports, and hold high profile leadership positions in the gaming industry. Yet, women still struggle within the gaming scene to combat misogyny in the form of outdated gender stereotypes, discrimination, bullying and sexist insults. X-Box, together with the Serviceplan Group, is committed to contributing to more equality in the gaming community and giving women more visibility within the scene. Maxi Gräff, Marketing Communications Lead at Xbox DACH, comments: “Gaming is for Everyone, and we at Xbox want everyone…

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Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital Launch Project to Build Infrastructure for Founders of Color

Stuart Mitchell

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital have announced Resource, the first-ever country-wide project in the United States to support entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by and focused on founders of color. ESOs face record demand, declining resources and are chronically underestimated, underappreciated and underfunded. Through this project, local accelerators and incubators will provide the contextualized support the founders need to grow and scale. The goal of the project is to create a stronger entrepreneurial infrastructure to support founders of color across the United States. It will do so in two…

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