Month: August 2021

UK Cyber Security Council granted charitable status

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Cyber Security Council – the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – has announced that its application for charitable status has been approved by the Charity Commission, and that the Council has been added to the register of charities accordingly. Confirmation of the Council’s charitable status is recognition of the inclusive and non-profit support role the Council will play in supporting the development of education, training and skills within the UK cyber security community. Through its founding principles and key pillars of operation, the…

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Triodos named UK’s Best Sustainable Bank

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has been recognised as ‘Best Sustainable Bank – UK’ at this year’s Responsible Banking Awards, run by CFI.co. Triodos Bank UK was noted in the judges’ report for serving as an international reference point for the balancing of ethical banking and business success. The award recognises the bank’s work across areas of sustainability including organic food and farming, nature-based investing, social housing, and as early pioneers in the funding of the clean energy transition. Bevis Watts, CEO of Triodos Bank UK, commented: “Sustainability is absolutely at the…

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Allan MacKillop appointed Disability and Access Ambassador for the creative industries

Stuart Mitchell

Allan MacKillop, the BBC’s Disability Workforce Strategy Lead, has been appointed the Disability and Access Ambassador for the creative industries. The appointment was announced by The Cabinet Office Disability Unit on behalf of Justin Tomlinson, the Minister for Disabled People, Health And Work. Allan is one of 12 new Disability and Access Ambassadors helping to ensure that businesses are doing all that they can to support their disabled customers and employees. Allan is responsible for developing and driving forward disability workforce-related strategies across the BBC to support both disabled staff…

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Scottish Widows invests in green UK businesses with its rebooted Environmental Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Scottish Widows has launched a ‘rebooted’ Environmental Fund which aims to deliver strong growth for savers by investing hundreds of millions of pounds in ‘great green’ British businesses. The fund, which is available to six million customers, will also be 100% fossil fuel free, with the widest fossil fuel exclusions of any major pension provider. The emerging green economy is expected to grow rapidly over the next decade as the UK and other major economies look to deliver on their net zero commitments, along with thousands of companies, organisations and…

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BAM exceeds its five-year carbon reductions targets

Stuart Mitchell

BAM Construct UK has made significantly more progress in reducing carbon against its longstanding targets than envisaged, even allowing for the effect of the current pandemic. Using 2015 as a baseline, BAM set a five-year target to reduce emissions by 25%. “By 2019, we had reduced emissions by 34%, which is a significant outperformance. We were among the first to have targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative. “We achieved the majority of these significant carbon reductions from improving efficiencies like reducing energy and fuel use, not through offsetting…

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