Month: July 2021

Santander and Plena Inclusión present the ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide, for people with difficulties in understanding

Stuart Mitchell

Banco Santander and Plena Inclusión Spain have launched the ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide for all those who have any type of difficulty in understanding. This is a finance guide developed using the easy read method, a process for creating documents that are easier to understand, through text, image, design and layout. Thanks to this method, the new ‘Finance for Mortals’ guide will improve access to financial knowledge both for people with intellectual disabilities, such as older people with cognitive impairment due to age, and for other groups, such as immigrants…

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HEINEKEN aims to be carbon neutral in production by 2030 and full value chain by 2040

Stuart Mitchell

HEINEKEN has announced a new ambition to decarbonise its own production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040. This is the first in a series of refreshed Brew a Better World ambitions, which form an important part of the company’s new EverGreen balanced growth strategy. In this Decade of Action, we are committing to accelerating our actions to address climate change. We aim to be carbon neutral in our production sites by 2030 in order to meet the 1.5°C goal set by the Paris Agreement. We will further reduce our emissions through…

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership launches new Business Transformation Group

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has established a new collaborative leadership group of forward-looking international businesses to help companies set a truly sustainable business path across key areas such as nature, climate, circular economy and inequality. The Business Transformation Group, which includes Croda, dentsu international, Ingka Group (IKEA), and Majid Al Futtaim, will co-create and apply new thinking on inclusive, nature-positive, circular, net zero and resilient business strategies and models and this will inform the tools and new approaches to lead the corporate sector in meeting these…

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New exhibition re-imagines museums for climate action

Stuart Mitchell

A new exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre presents creative ideas about how museums and galleries might address the challenges of the climate emergency. Running from 25 June, ‘Reimagining Museums for Climate Action’ explores how museums can help society make the deep, transformative changes needed to achieve a net-zero world, as well as addressing their own carbon footprints. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the exhibition will remain in place until November, coinciding with COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The exhibition is integrated within the…

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PRCA and CIPR aim to inspire ‘Heard Mentality’ with new mental health campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA and CIPR have launched their first joint campaign to inspire public relations and communications professionals to take positive action on mental health across the industry. Launched ahead of Global Listening Day, the pan-industry ‘Heard Mentality’ campaign urges leaders to hear the concerns of colleagues and encourages team leaders to hold constructive talks with their team members or peers on mental health.  The professional bodies are challenging the entire PR workforce – including in-house, agency, and independent practitioners – to host conversations in the week commencing 13th September. The PRCA and…

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