Day: 10 June 2022

Diageo partners with UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum to help preserve and celebrate the legacy of queer community

Stuart Mitchell

Diageo, maker of Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Baileys, has today announced a new 2-year partnership with Queer Britain in London, the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum. Celebrating 50 years of LGBTQ+ Pride in the UK, the first-of-its kind partnership aims to capture some of the lost LGBTQ+ contributions to history and culture in the UK, creating space for the community to find meaningful connections to both past and present. The partnership will see the global drinks company not only provide funding to support the setup of the inaugural space, but…

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Language App Preply Provides Language Tutors to Displaced Ukrainians

Stuart Mitchell

Preply, the language learning app and e-learning platform, is working continuously to support the people in Ukraine and displaced Ukrainians fleeing the war. The Ukrainian founder, Kirill Bigai has initiated various campaigns to offer translation services as well as financial and emotional support to his fellow citizens.  Preply has acknowledged the difficult position of many Ukrainians who have been forced to flee their country and move somewhere they don’t speak the language. To combat this issue Preply are matching volunteer tutors with displaced Ukrainians who want to learn or improve…

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Yara Marine announces winner of accelerator program for decarbonization solution

Stuart Mitchell

Yara Marine has announced software design and development specialist EyeGauge as the winner of its Yara Marine X accelerator program. EyeGauge’s solution can digitally connect older equipment to enable affordable, rapid data-gathering that would otherwise be unavailable. This allows ship-owners to streamline operations and gain efficiencies that will lead to lower emissions. “We congratulate EyeGauge and applaud the contribution this project will make in bringing the industry a step closer to Net Zero. Maritime is seeking sustainable solutions for a decarbonized future, and we believe that it is our duty…

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The Big Give Green Match Fund campaign raises £2.7m for 146 Environmental Charities

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s biggest, coordinated environmental fundraising campaign, the ‘Green Match Fund’, has raised £2.7m for 146 environmental charities. 13,466 people donated and three charities raised over £100k each: ClientEarth  raised £107,933 to use the power of the law to change the way we live in the world and protect life on Earth. Bees for Development Trust raised £100,001, Friends of the Earth raised £100,529. Donations made to participating charities were matched thanks to “Champion” funders, sourced by the Big Give and The Environmental Funders Network. The Green Match Fund campaign…

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Sustainability-Focused AI Pioneer Red Dot Analytics Partners with MetaVerse Green Exchange to Power Carbon Neutral Data Center Operations

Stuart Mitchell

MetaVerse Green Exchange (“MVGX”), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and industrial AI pioneer Red Dot Analytics (“RDA”), a deep tech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, have announced a strategic collaboration to enable greater sustainability in data center development and operations. Both RDA and MVGX will be working together to verifiably measure and offset the carbon footprint of data centers in tropical environments, driving data center operations towards a sustainable future.  With digitalization taking place at unprecedented rates as businesses…

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