Month: June 2022

Portland Cement Association Announces 2022 Focus for Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality

Stuart Mitchell

Portland Cement Association (PCA) President and CEO Mike Ireland, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Ed Sullivan, and Senior Vice President of Sustainability Rick Bohan unveiled the near-term goals and 2022 focus for the cement and concrete industry’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, a plan to make the entire value chain carbon neutral by 2050, at the 2022 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Following the launch of the Roadmap in October 2021, PCA’s 2022 priority for advancing the journey to value chain carbon neutrality will be to focus on…

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EVOLVE® Protein Will Award $30,000 to Outdoor Enthusiasts Protecting and Providing Access to the Outdoors as Part of New Plant-Based for the Outdoors Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

EVOLVE, the brand known for its portfolio of plant-based protein shakes, powders and bars, has partnered with global reforestation non-profit One Tree Planted to find outdoor enthusiasts who are doing their part to protect and preserve the outdoors in their communities. Whether you’re volunteering in a community garden, starting a compost program, or educating your neighbors about the importance of recycling — EVOLVE wants to hear about it! Three entrants will be selected to receive $10,000 each to use toward their community initiative. To apply, participants must post a video…

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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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