The Ad Council Appoints 21 New Members to its Board of Directors

The Ad Council, America’s leader in using the power of communications to drive social change, elected 21 new members to its Board of Directors during its spring meeting held yesterday with both virtual and in-person elements. The non-profit organization’s Board is chaired by Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Global Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal. Vice Chairs include Jacki Kelley, CEO, Americas, dentsu, and Diego Scotti, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Verizon. Throughout the organization’s 80-year history, the Ad Council has been at the forefront of driving the communications industry’s social…

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JJ Chalmers launches nationwide campaign to bag one of the ‘last plastics’ in our bins

Recycle Now and Clear on Plastics are proud to work with TV presenter JJ Chalmers on a NEW plastics recycling campaign – Repeat the Cycle – designed to tackle one of the ‘last plastics’ in our bins. The campaign is addressing a common problem experienced across the UK – the thousands of tonnes of plastic bags and wrapping which are not currently collected for recycling at kerbside and are lost to landfill. With more than 84% of local authorities collecting plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays at kerbside for many…

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Aberdeen City Council and bp sign joint venture agreement to develop city hydrogen hub

Aberdeen City Council and bp have signed an agreement to form a joint venture partnership that will deliver a scalable green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility in the city powered by renewable energy. The Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub is to be developed in three phases in response to growing demands for hydrogen. Phase one, which involves delivery of a green hydrogen production and transport refuelling facility powered by a solar farm, is targeting first production from 2024, delivering over 800 kilograms of green hydrogen per day – enough to fuel…

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CBA supports Endeavour Energy with landmark $920 Million Sustainability-Linked Loan

The Commonwealth Bank has supported Endeavour Energy, via its financing entity, Network Finance Company Pty Ltd, with a landmark syndicated A$920 million five-year sustainability-linked loan (SLL) facility. With this transaction, Endeavour becomes the first known electricity distribution network service provider (DNSP) in Australia to access sustainability linked financing. Endeavour supplies safe, reliable and affordable power to over 2.6 million people living and working in Sydney’s Greater West, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands, Illawarra and the South Coast of NSW.    Endeavour Energy’s Chief Financial Officer, Francoise Merit, said the…

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PepsiCo and Schneider Electric Accelerate Adoption of Renewable Electricity Among Value Chain Partners

Together with Schneider Electric, the leading global consultant on corporate renewable purchasing, PepsiCo have announced pep+ REnew – one of the first collaborations of its kind, and first in the food and beverage industry – to increase value chain partner access to renewable electricity as part of the company’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. The collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable electricity and create a more resilient and carbon-efficient food system as part of PepsiCo’s pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) transformation. Specifically, pep+ REnew is designed with two…

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