Day: 9 September 2022

Pizza Hut Partners With Dairy Farmers of America on Innovative Farm-Level Sustainability Project Through 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Pizza Hut, and its parent company Yum! Brands are partnering with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a farmer-owned cooperative with more than 11,500 farm families, and dairy suppliers to provide participating farmers with the technology and data needed to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Pizza Hut has begun working alongside DFA and dairy suppliers to enroll interested dairy farm families within their supply chain in the joint dairy project, where they’ll participate in annual farm-level greenhouse gas and energy foot-printing through the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management and Environmental Stewardship…

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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to be Honored at The Ad Council’s 68th Annual Public Service Award Dinner

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council has announced that Walmart CEO Doug McMillon will be recognized for his outstanding corporate citizenship at the organization’s 68th Annual Public Service Award Dinner on December 1, 2022. The event will be held at the Glasshouse in New York City. “Under Doug’s leadership, Walmart has continued its longstanding commitment to building a better world,” said Lisa Sherman, President and CEO of the Ad Council. “From sustainability to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and bringing communities closer together, Doug has truly demonstrated how corporate brands can be catalysts…

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UK steel industry sets out vision for Net Zero transition – securing green jobs and investment

Stuart Mitchell

To create a Net-Zero steel sector in the UK and meet Government targets, a new report from UK Steel calls for a renewed focus on establishing a positive policy environment for steelmaking. Government has targeted a 95% emission reduction from steelmaking by 2050, while the Climate Change Committee has recommended that emissions from ore-based steelmaking be near zero by 2035. New Net Zero steel production will increase electricity use, but industrial electricity prices are a key barrier, as UK steelmakers currently pay almost 60% more than their European counterparts. UK…

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Assembly Hires Gaby Sethi as Global Head of Impact

Stuart Mitchell

Global omnichannel agency and Ad Age Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, Assembly, has brought on Gaby Sethi as our new Global Head of Impact. Gaby will strengthen the agency’s social and environmental impact proposition and lead a comprehensive strategy globally to deliver meaningful and measurable impact, with a key initiative being the agency’s achievement of B Corp certification. Gaby joins Assembly with an impressive background in the impact space, having most recently led OVO Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OVO Energy. With Purpose – inclusive of People, Impact, and BI E&D (Belonging, Inclusion,…

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ScottishPower vision for green hydrogen fuels hub at port of Felixstowe

Stuart Mitchell

ScottishPower, with Hutchison Ports, is exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a multi-hundred MW green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe – with the potential to decarbonise industry and transportation in the region. Both companies have set out their vision to help create a greener port, which could provide clean fuel for customers at Britain’s busiest container port.   Plans are being developed to use green hydrogen for onshore purposes, such as road, rail and industrial use, with the potential to create liquid forms, such as…

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