Day: 20 November 2021

New initiative to help charities close the digital divide

Stuart Mitchell

Deloitte is launching a new programme to help charities close the digital divide. ‘Deloitte Digital Connect’ will be delivered in collaboration with CAST, a charity helping organisations use digital for social good. The programme will bring together up to 50 charities, including Deloitte’s 5 Million Futures existing charity partners, and connect them with expertise, advice, and a network to support their digital development. Richard Houston, senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte UK, said: “New technologies are rapidly changing how charities need to operate and there’s a growing digital skills…

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Cameron Hume: Net Zero Targets Alone are Not Enough to Encourage ESG Investments

Stuart Mitchell

Leading ESG fixed-income investment manager, Cameron Hume, has revealed why simply setting net-zero targets is not enough information for investors wishing to limit their climate risk exposure. In a case study comparing two prominent European utility companies, RWE and E.ON, Cameron Hume identifies that from a risk point of view, the path to achieving a net zero target is as important as the target itself. Investors must consider whether this risk is priced by the market. Analysis of the two companies, their net zero targets and the business transformation required…

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Estée Lauder Joins the International Space Station National Lab’s Sustainability Challenge as Exclusive Partner

Stuart Mitchell

Estée Lauder has announced its role as the exclusive partner of the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory Sustainability Challenge: Beyond Plastics. This marks the first time a beauty brand has partnered on a research and development opportunity for innovators to propose concepts leveraging the ISS National Lab to advance sustainability research for plastics alternatives. As part of the brand’s commitment to support research that can help drive sustainable packaging innovation, Estée Lauder will provide funding for the awarded proposals. The ISS National Lab Sustainability Challenge: Beyond Plastics will unite innovators…

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Mercedes-Benz awards the new Sustainability Prize to Sofia Ilmonen

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrating a decade of Mercedes-Benz’ longstanding partnership with Festival d’Hyères, the Mercedes-Benz Sustainability Prize marks the first sustainability-focussed award at the festival and continues the brand’s ambition to drive responsible luxury forward. Launched together with the brand’s partner Fashion Open Studio, a showcasing and mentoring platform by Fashion Revolution, the world’s largest fashion activism movement, the prize bolsters Mercedes-Benz’ continued support of the next generation of international design talent at the festival. Winning designer, Sofia Ilmonen from Finland, was elected by the Fashion Jury featuring the likes of Louise Trotter,…

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SBTi launches world-first net-zero corporate standard

Stuart Mitchell

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with science, today launches the world-first Net-Zero Corporate Standard. To combat this, the SBTi’s Net-Zero Standard is the world’s first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping planetary warming to 1.5°C. Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the SBTi, said: “Companies are currently self-defining net-zero targets without credible and independent assessment of their ambition and integrity. “For the first time, the SBTi…

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