Day: 19 July 2022

Getty Images and Dove Announce Winners of #ShowUs Grants Highlighting Inclusive Visual Stories Around Women and Aging

Stuart Mitchell

Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, in partnership with Dove, has announced the winners of the #ShowUs Grant, Beauty Has No Age Limit, awarding two photographers US$5,000 each to pursue their stories which shatter stereotypes and conventions celebrating women and aging. Launched on the three-year anniversary of Project #ShowUs, these grants look to honour the full spectrum of diverse experiences – showing that beauty has no age limit – and all experiences are valid, welcome, and appreciated. Submissions were judged on criteria looking to shatter stereotypes and conventions…

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bp to lead and operate one of the world’s largest renewables and green hydrogen energy hubs based in western Australia

Stuart Mitchell

bp has agreed to acquire a 40.5 per cent equity stake in and to become operator of the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), which has the potential to be one of the largest renewables and green hydrogen hubs in the world. Based on the development of world-scale renewable power generation, AREH, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, intends to supply renewable power to local customers in the largest mining region in the world and also produce green hydrogen and green ammonia for the domestic Australian market and export to…

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TotalEnergies and Compagnie des Bois du Gabon Join Forces to Develop a New Forest Management Model Combining Wood Production and Carbon Sinks

Stuart Mitchell

TotalEnergies and Compagnie des Bois du Gabon (CBG) have joined forces to develop a forward-looking model of sustainable and responsible forest management that combines sustainable harvesting, biodiversity conservation, and long-term carbon storage. TotalEnergies has become CBG’s leading partner after acquiring 49% of its capital from Criterion Africa Partners.  CBG is a key player in Gabonese forestry, recognized for its responsible and sustainable management of 600,000 hectares of forest, certified to the highest international standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and for its ongoing contribution to protecting biodiversity.  The forest…

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UNESCO-IOC And Prada Group Together For Sea Beyond

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC) and the Prada Group, are pleased to provide an update on SEA BEYOND, the educational programme launched in 2019 and dedicated to the preservation of the sea. The initiative focuses on three main pillars: an international educational module for secondary school students; the “Kindergarten of the Lagoon” project in Venice; and the training activities on ocean literacy for Prada Group’s 13,000+ employees. 1. The 2021/22 educational module dedicated to international secondary school students: Ten schools in the following countries have joined this second edition: Brazil,…

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Cancer Research Horizons renews partnership with Edinburgh University entrepreneur incubator programme

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine of Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research organisation is renewing its partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s flagship Venture Builder Incubator which supports the commercialisation of data-driven PhD research. Cancer Research Horizons, through its Entrepreneurial Programmes, will sponsor ten places for cancer-related research projects from across the UK to take part on this 16-week programme which aims to drive academic entrepreneurship by supporting PhD students and early career researchers to develop their business ideas, build their skills and secure funding.  In…

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