Day: 4 February 2022

Centre for Sustainable Finance collaborates with UNEP FI on enhanced climate risk assessment frameworks and leadership strategies for client engagement

Stuart Mitchell

In collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) worked with a consortium of banks and investors to assist them in implementing the TCFD framework and issuing meaningful climate disclosures. The projects look to drive impacts through enhanced climate risk assessment frameworks and by client-facing staff in financial institutions being better equipped to have meaningful dialogues with real economy companies. Together, these contribute to mobilising capital towards sustainable outcomes and accelerating the transition to a net zero economy. Bringing…

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Thames Water announces partnership with national disability charity Sense to help more customers with complex needs

Stuart Mitchell

Thames Water and national disability charity Sense are launching a partnership to encourage those customers and families of people with complex disabilities to join Thames Water’s priority services register. Sense will signpost its London and Thames Valley based community to Thames Water’s priority services and sharing information about the register via its communications platforms such as its social media and website and through its charity shops.  The two organisations have worked with Eva and Daisy, who are supported by Sense, on a video to raise awareness of the register. The…

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Samaritans launches first university volunteering hub with Anglia Ruskin University

Stuart Mitchell

The ways we communicate are changing, and there’s increasing pressure on mental health and wellbeing. So Samaritans is joining forces with ARU to pilot a new on-campus duty room – the first of its kind in the UK – where fully trained students and staff will deliver digital-only support to anyone struggling to cope. The initiative will see volunteers from the Anglia Ruskin Samaritans Hub in Cambridge help the charity with their online chat pilot, a digital innovation Samaritans is trialling in an effort to meet new and changing demands…

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The Standard’s Employee Giving Campaign Raises $5.6 Million for Nonprofits and Schools

Stuart Mitchell

During the 2021 Employee Giving Campaign, current and retired employees at Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) pledged $1.9 million benefiting more than 2,200 schools and nonprofit organizations. After a two-for-one match by The Standard and parent organization Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, total contributions from the 2021 campaign will exceed $5.6 million. “Each year, employees and retirees of The Standard generously pledge their support of the nonprofit organizations and schools they care most about during the Employee Giving Campaign,” said Dan McMillan, president and CEO at The Standard. “Giving back…

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Mental Health Colorado Asks Coloradans to Share the Little Steps They Take to Improve Their Well-being

Stuart Mitchell

At a critical moment for mental health in the state, Mental Health Colorado is inviting all Coloradans to think about the big and small ways we take care of ourselves, and how those small moments add up to improved well-being for each of us. The “What’s Your Peace?” campaign will showcase the real-life ways people around the state care for themselves and find joy, strength, or peace. Mental Health Colorado will assemble and share the crowdsourced photos and videos of these “peaces” — like calling a friend, knitting a scarf,…

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