Month: September 2022

Comcast RISE to Award $1 Million in Grants to Small Businesses Owned by Women and People of Color in Cook County

Stuart Mitchell

Comcast has announced it will award $10,000 grants to 100 small businesses owned by women and people of color in Cook County through its Comcast RISE Investment Fund. Cook County is one of five locations selected for this new round of the grants program. Other locations include Miami, Oakland, Seattle and Washington D.C. Comcast will award a total of $1 million in grants in Cook County alone – $5 million across the five locations – in this round. This brings the total amount of Comcast RISE Investment Fund grants awarded…

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Energy Specialist Marketing Agency Commits To Net Zero Websites

Stuart Mitchell

North East PR and Marketing Agency – Scarab4 – has announced its ambitious plans to offer clients net zero websites as the business embarks on the journey towards carbon neutrality. Scarab4 – headquartered in Blyth and with offices in Lowestoft – is the UK’s first full-service marketing agency to specialise in tactical marketing and PR to clients across the energy, net zero, manufacturing and engineering sectors. The business has announced it is looking to find ways to reduce its energy consumption, improve its energy efficiency across all processes, and take…

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UBS collaborates with neustark and Climeworks for removing CO₂ from the atmosphere

Stuart Mitchell

UBS has concluded long-term collaborations with two companies pioneering new carbon removal. Over the next 13 years, 39,500 tonnes of CO₂ will be removed from the atmosphere. Thanks to these collaborations, UBS fosters and supports the scale up of innovative carbon removal technologies. As part of UBS’s commitment to achieving net-zero energy-emissions from its own operations by 2025, the firm is collaborating with the two Swiss companies Climeworks and neustark, which are both pioneering new carbon removal technologies. These long-term commitments provide planning security for this important industry, help to…

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NextEnergy Capital announces First Close of its UK Subsidy-Free Solar Fund, NextPower UK ESG, at over 65% of Target

Stuart Mitchell

NextEnergy Capital , a global leader in the renewables sector, is pleased to announce the first close for NextPower UK ESG  at £327 million, which is over 65% of NPUK ESG’s target of £500m. The fund has a hard cap of £1 billion. Since it officially launched in December 2021, NPUK ESG has enjoyed significant fundraising momentum against a challenging backdrop.  The commitments in this first close have been made from investors in the UK and the Middle East including the UK Infrastructure Bank (“UKIB”), LGPS Central Limited, Merseyside Pension…

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Community First Fund Receives $2.25 Million Grant From Truist Foundation To Launch Fund Supporting Minority Small Business Owners

Stuart Mitchell

Truist Foundation recently announced a $2.25 million commitment to Community First Fund, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) dedicated to aligning capital with social justice. The grant will help launch Community First Fund’s Economic Justice Fund (EJFund) that will support lending activities to minority entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on Black and Latine small business owners, across Community First Fund’s service footprint in eastern and central Pennsylvania, including in the Greater Philadelphia region. Truist Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers and President of Truist Foundation Lynette Bell joined Community First Fund’s…

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