Month: August 2021

RCA Royal Visitor and Chancellor officially launch Terra Carta Design Lab

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal College of Art is collaborating with HRH The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative to deliver the Terra Carta Design Lab, inviting students and recent alumni to develop credible and sustainable solutions to the climate crisis. Following the launch of the Terra Carta in January this year, HRH The Prince of Wales (Royal Visitor to the RCA) and Sir Jony Ive (RCA Chancellor and former Chief Design Officer at Apple) have collaborated to invite some of the world’s most talented design students to develop credible and sustainable solutions to the climate…

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Retailers Join Forces to Tackle Climate Change in the Race to Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Leading retailers H&M Group, Ingka Group (IKEA), Kingfisher plc and Walmart have launched a new climate change initiative – the Race to Zero Breakthroughs: Retail Campaign – in partnership with the COP26 High Level Climate Action Champions and supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Retailers have pledged their support to accelerate a movement in the retail industry to drive climate action and encourage other retailers to set out their plans to achieve 1.5 degree aligned carbon reduction targets. The retail sector faces unprecedented challenges due to climate…

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CAP: Getting the job done: getting your ads for employment opportunities right

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Getting the job done: getting your ads for employment opportunities right. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. With the pandemic still there, people have realised that, whilst life feels different to what we once knew, it still rumbles on. This means that this year, people are increasingly doing things that they couldn’t do easily in…

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Shell and Rolls-Royce sign agreement to accelerate progress towards net zero

Stuart Mitchell

Shell and Rolls-Royce have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which aims to support the decarbonisation of the aviation industry and their progress towards net zero emissions. The long-term agreement builds on more than a century of cooperation between the two companies, and embodies a shared perspective that collaboration across the aviation value chain is necessary for the decarbonisation of the sector. In recognition of the scale of the challenge, the MoU will expand and accelerate several existing areas of cooperation between the companies such as advancing the use of…

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The Heineken® Greener Bar is launched at the Heineken® London E-Prix in partnership with @FormulaE

Stuart Mitchell

The Heineken® Greener Bar has been launched at the Heineken® London E-Prix in partnership with @FormulaE, designed to reduce waste, water, emissions and energy usage in their event bars. Heineken are committed to making the world a little greener every day, to ensure that we can all continue to share good times, with a refreshing Heineken®. The bar brings the best innovations from the motorsport industry together, while also using new building methods, materials and technologies that focus on improving how we upcycle, recycle and reuse materials to reduce our…

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