Day: 1 June 2021

Castrol launches its new sustainability strategy – PATH360

Stuart Mitchell

To achieve the Paris climate goals, the world will need improvements in end use energy efficiency. In one estimate these improvements can provide almost 40% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions requiredi. Today, around a quarter of the world’s energy is lost to friction, corrosion and wear.ii Ever since Castrol was born, it has been dedicated to delivering products that help save energy by fighting friction, reducing corrosion and minimising wear; delivering high-performance with increased efficiency. Castrol’s new PATH360 strategy: Embraces circular thinking – looking at the life-cycle of Castrol’s existing…

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bp and Pure Planet form tech partnership, enabling energy consumers to make smart home and mobility choices

Stuart Mitchell

bp and 100% renewable energy supplier Pure Planet have announced a partnership to launch a new digital energy service that will support households, EV drivers and energy consumers in the UK. The new digital service brings smarter control of renewable home energy, electric vehicles, batteries, smart heating and solar power, as well as carbon-offsetting options, onto one easy-to-use consumer platform. It will be launched exclusively on Pure Planet’s award-winning app and website next month. The low-carbon technology platform is intended to help people simply and more efficiently manage all of their…

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Cross-industry Programmatic Taskforce announces its mission and objectives

Stuart Mitchell

Following a year since the publication of the ISBA Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study, in association with the AOP and carried out by PwC, a Cross-industry Programmatic Taskforce has made significant progress in laying out a future roadmap, despite a challenging environment. The formation of the Taskforce involving all four stakeholder parties – representing advertisers, publishers, ad tech vendors and agencies – was a significant marker in the short history of online advertising and the development of programmatic trading, worth $147bn globally and £6.79 billion in the UK in 2020…

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Registration opens for Generation Equality Forum in Paris

Stuart Mitchell

Originally published on forum.generationequality.org Registration is now open to participate in the Generation Equality Forum in Paris – a milestone global event to advance action and investment for gender equality. Registration will be open from Monday, 10 May, until Sunday, 27 June at midnight Paris time (CEST). Online registration is available on the Paris Forum website: https://forumgenerationegalite.fr/en/get-involved/register. The Generation Equality Forum in Paris will be held from 30 June to 2 July. Heads of State and Government, international organizations, civil society, the private sector and youth organizations will gather to…

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Fifty million pieces of plastic scrapped from beers and ciders at Tesco

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has become the first major retailer to scrap soft plastic rings and shrink wrap packaging from all beers and ciders in its UK stores.    The ground-breaking move, made in hand with many of the leading drinks giants, will lead to 50 million fewer pieces of unrecycled plastic being produced each year.   The plastic rings are reviled by environmental groups and those with a green conscience as they can contribute to our oceans being choked up and also endanger wildlife such as birds and turtles.   Tesco will stop receiving…

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