Month: June 2021

First Bus to invest over £35m in green transport for Glasgow with help from SULEB funding from Transport Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

First Bus are delighted to announce that over £59million will be invested in new fully electric and zero emission vehicles for the city of Glasgow. These new buses are scheduled to be introduced to the Glasgow city bus network by December 2022, thanks to a successful bid in Transport Scotland’s latest round of Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus (SULEB) funding.    In January 2020 First Bus launched two electric buses in Glasgow (pictured). Today’s SULEB 2 announcement will increase the number of electric vehicles in the Glasgow fleet to 150*…

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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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