Month: September 2021

En+ Group, V&A and Nebbia Works unveil stunning aluminium pavilion to raise climate awareness at the London Design Festival ahead of COP26

Stuart Mitchell

En+ Group, the world’s largest producer of low-carbon aluminium and independent hydropower, and the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, will today unveil a stunning pavilion made of the world’s lowest carbon primary aluminium, as a focal point of the London Design Festival’s tribute to COP26. The pavilion, titled “Between Forests and Skies”, has been designed by Nebbia Works, a London based, multidisciplinary design studio, with a heritage in architecture, furniture design and art direction. The beautiful, immersive, rectangular platform pavilion (length 13.5m x width 9m…

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Johnson Matthey announces new sustainability goals and targets

Stuart Mitchell

Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has announced a new sustainability strategy framework. Ramping up activity across three pillars of activity – JM’s products and services, its operations and people – the strategy enables JM to significantly increase the positive contribution it is making in accelerating progress towards a cleaner and healthier world. JM’s focus on sustainable technologies means its biggest sustainability impact is how its products can enable others to decarbonise transport, energy and industrial systems, while also strengthening circularity across a wide range of chemicals…

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COP26: New community climate action fund – Together for Our Planet launched

Stuart Mitchell

A new £2.5million National Lottery-funded programme to support communities across the UK take action on climate change has opened for applications, ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow this November. Building on interest and excitement for COP26, the ‘Together for Our Planet’ funding programme is being launched by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It is offering grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to support local community projects, covering areas such as food, transport, energy, waste and consumption…

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Surge in donations sees CAF distribute record £958m

Stuart Mitchell

More than £958 million has been paid to good causes around the world from the Charities Aid Foundation, as private philanthropists and businesses responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with remarkable generosity. The Trustees’ Report for 2020/21 reveals that donations rose by 43%, or more than £300 million, with the funds entrusted to the Charities Aid Foundation topping £1 billion for the first time. As a result tens of thousands of charities in more than 100 countries have been supported to deliver lasting benefits in communities around the world. Experts in…

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Consumer champion launches new Which? Fund for innovative research to help under-represented groups of consumers

Stuart Mitchell

Which? has launched a new fund offering grants for research projects aiming to make a difference for under-represented groups of consumers. As the UK’s consumer champion, Which? has worked for more than 60 years to make life simpler, fairer and safer for all consumers. Which?’s policy teams strive to uncover consumer harm and identify solutions. Over the decades, Which? has proved time and again that robust and rigorous research can provide the foundation for positive change. From securing the first ever government-enforced recall on over half a million Whirlpool fire-risk…

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