Month: June 2022

Tesco opens up supply chain to sustainability start-ups

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and WWF have launched a new accelerator programme which pairs pioneering start-ups with Tesco suppliers to fast-track sustainability innovation in the supply chain which can cut the environmental impact of food and support UK food security. Innovation Connections will address a key barrier preventing promising sustainability innovations from being adopted at scale in food supply chains, by identifying suppliers who can help to scale up new ideas and technologies.  Applicants have been paired with long-term Tesco suppliers to pitch scale-up projects that apply their ideas in the real world…

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Channel 4 issues ‘Climate Emergency’ brief to indies

Stuart Mitchell

Following the commitments laid out in the Climate Content Pledge at COP26, Channel 4 has issued a brief to independent production companies as it seeks to commission high-impact shows intended to inspire audiences to engage with the international climate emergency. The cross-genre brief calls for indies to submit ideas for hopeful, provocative and irreverent content that will energise and empower audiences to live sustainably and to engage with the global conversation on climate change. Recent commissions including Joe Lycett Vs the Oil Giant and Celebrity Trash Monsters demonstrate the type…

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Goodwill® Rising Together™ Initiative Announces New Partnerships with Accenture, Bank of America, Comcast Internet Essentials, Lowe’s and USAA to Increase Access to Careers for More than One Million People by 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Goodwill, the leading nonprofit provider of job training and placement services in North America, today announced five new partners — Accenture, Bank of America, Comcast Internet Essentials, Lowe’s and USAA — are joining its Rising Together™ initiative, expanding its reach and impact. While the U.S. economy continues to improve, the recovery has not been equitable. Rising Together™ is connecting people, particularly those who traditionally faced barriers to sustainable, well-paying jobs, to ensure they have access to a wide range of resources. These resources include skills training, job placement, transportation and…

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EPSRC takes action to address gender bias

Stuart Mitchell

Responses to a community survey will help to shape actions to address the under-representation of women in engineering and the physical sciences. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will explore how to deliver a number of actions, including different modes of application and unconscious bias observers in funding panels. There were 361 responses to the survey, which was launched to gather the community’s perspectives on the previously published Understanding our Portfolio: a gender perspective report. Findings in the report included: women are consistently under-represented in EPSRC’s principal investigator…

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BNP Paribas Asset Management launches first sustainable thematic Asian fixed income fund

Stuart Mitchell

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the launch of the BNP Paribas Sustainable Asian Cities Bond fund, a Luxembourg-domiciled sustainable thematic fixed income fund offering investors exposure to a differentiated strategy that is both regional and thematic, aiming to capture the multi-decade growth opportunities offered by sustainable urbanisation in Asia. This is the first Asia-focused fixed income strategy in the market classified as SFDR Article 9[1]. With a focus on Asia ex-Japan bonds, the fund capitalises on a geographic region that is experiencing strong growth in the issuance of sustainable-labelled…

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