Month: September 2022

PepsiCo and Arizona State University Launch Global Water Academy

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo, Inc. announced, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), the open sourcing of the PepsiCo Water Academy. The course, jointly developed by the partners, will be open to individuals outside of the company for the first time. The program will initially be available to a limited number of participants outside of PepsiCo this year, with a goal of expanding this in 2023 based on demand. The Academy is designed to help professionals gain a basic understanding of water resources and how water stewardship practices can be implemented. “PepsiCo has…

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Asda announces major change to help customers reduce food waste and save money

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced plans to remove the best before dates on almost 250 of its fresh fruit & vegetable products to help customers reduce food waste and save money. From 1st September, the supermarket has removed the dates from a host of packaged fruit and vegetable products including citrus fruits, potatoes, cauliflowers, and carrots, across all of its UK stores. The change comes as research from the climate action group WRAP reveals that the average family throws away £60 worth of food and drink each month. By removing best before…

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New Octopus Energy renewables fund makes first investment to develop green energy and the UK’s largest battery

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy Group has launched its new renewables fund Octopus Energy Development Partnership (OEDP). It comes as the fund makes its debut investment in renewables developer Exagen to build new green energy and rapidly grow the UK’s energy storage capacity. The €220 million OEDP focuses on investing in early stages of building new green energy, vital to help reduce Europe’s dependence on gas imports and to lower energy bills in future. Managed by Octopus Energy Generation, OEDP is targeting solar, onshore wind and energy storage projects in the UK and…

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Benevity Surpasses $10 Billion in Global Donations, Adds 124 New Clients

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity, Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced that more than $10 billion has been donated by Benevity clients and their people to over 326,000 nonprofits to-date. In addition, in the past year Benevity added 124 clients, taking the company’s total client portfolio to 940; almost 21 million users can now access Benevity’s platform, making it the largest corporate purpose software provider in the world*. Of the $10 billion in donations recorded on Benevity’s platform, $3.8 billion was donated by individuals and $6.3 billion by companies. Importantly,…

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PRSA Partners with News Literacy Project to Create Programming Exclusively for PRSA and PRSSA Members

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, and the News Literacy Project, the nation’s leading provider of news literacy education, have partnered to create a series of webinars exclusively for PRSA and PRSSA members. Under the heading of “Are You as News Literate as You Can Be,” these three sessions are designed to strengthen communications professionals’ effectiveness in counseling clients, improve their ability to recognize and battle disinformation, and incorporate news literacy into their overall strategies and daily practice. “We are all in the news business, whether…

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