Day: 6 June 2022

EFL and British Red Cross to tackle loneliness together

Stuart Mitchell

The English Football League (EFL) and the humanitarian charity, British Red Cross, are joining forces in a new partnership that will use the power of football to support those experiencing loneliness in England and Wales. From the start of the 2022/23 season, the British Red Cross will become the EFL’s Official Charity Partner with both organisations combining efforts to reduce isolation in communities around the country via the EFL and its 72 clubs. Chronic loneliness can have a serious impact on wellbeing and currently the British Red Cross’ works with…

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bp and Clean Planet Energy reach agreement to help advance the circular plastics economy

Stuart Mitchell

bp has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a UK-based company that is developing facilities to convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics into circular petrochemical feedstocks and also into ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD). Clean Planet Energy designs and builds facilities — which they refer to as ecoPlants — that are expected to process plastics typically rejected by traditional recycling centres and so would otherwise be sent to landfill or incineration.  Under the new agreement bp will initially receive the output of Clean Planet Energy’s first facility, currently under construction in Teesside…

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TotalEnergies pursues its development in floating offshore wind with the start of construction of a first farm in France

Stuart Mitchell

TotalEnergies is pleased to announce the start of construction of the Eolmed project, operated by Qair and in which TotalEnergies has a 20% stake. This 30 MW project is located more than 18 km off the coast of Gruissan and Port la Nouvelle (Occitan region). The start of production is expected by 2024. The wind farm will consist of three 10 MW wind turbines mounted on steel floats and connected to the French Electricity Transmission Network (RTE) by an underwater cable.  The project meets the objectives of the partners to…

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NSC, Amazon and Top Industry Employers Pledge to Reduce Workplace Injuries by 25% by 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Kicking off National Safety Month, and one year after announcing a historic partnership with Amazon, the National Safety Council unveiled the first-of-its-kind MSD Pledge to reduce the most common workplace injury, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). During the inaugural Workplace Safety Summit: Business Action to Prevent Musculoskeletal Injuries, more than 15 of the nation’s leading organizations joined this effort and signed the pledge to improve workplace safety, reduce MSD risk, and enhance all workers’ well-being. MSDs – such as tendinitis, back strains and sprains, and carpal tunnel syndrome – impact nearly a…

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IPA names iList of industry inclusivity icons

Stuart Mitchell

Thirty inspirational inclusivity game-changers have been named on the 2022 IPA iList, in partnership with Accenture Song and Campaign, for their remarkable commitment to making the industry a more inclusive and diverse place to work. In addition, the judges awarded eight commendations.   The 2022 iListers join the 30 named in 2020’s inaugural iList as the guiding lights in our industry helping to shift the culture within the industry and demanding better representation in creative work through a range of initiatives across all areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. Areas…

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