Day: 2 November 2022

Sainsbury’s switches all coffee pods from plastic to aluminium, saving over 10 million pieces of plastic each year

Stuart Mitchell

Mornings just got a latte better, as Sainsbury’s announces it has changed its entire coffee pod range from plastic to aluminium pods, allowing customers to recycle them at home. The new aluminium packaging means the range is now fully recyclable and will help to save over 10 million pieces of plastic each year. The change is across the whole Sainsbury’s coffee pod range, helping customers up and down the country to recycle more at home. The move comes after Sainsbury’s was the first UK retailer to label its own-brand aluminium…

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Sky Media invites innovative AdTech firms to pitch for place in first ‘Innovation Sprint’

Stuart Mitchell

Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky has announced an inaugural ‘Innovation Sprint’ that will take place at its Osterley HQ on 26th and 27th January 2023.   Sky, a business built on innovation has a track record of both market-changing consumer products (Sky+, HD, Sky Glass) and AdTech capabilities (AdSmart, Sky AdVance, Web Attribution and upcoming Smart Sponsorships). In 2023, Sky Media’s ‘Innovation Sprint’ aims to work with the industry to build the next generation of advertising innovations.  The two-day ‘Sprint’ will be attended by the hottest industry talent who…

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Alibaba Cuts Carbon Footprint by 620,000t With Use Of Renewables

Stuart Mitchell

Alibaba Group said it had saved 619,944 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in emissions across 12 months by tapping cleaner energy sources as it strives to hit its carbon neutrality target. That saving is on a par with the carbon dioxide generated by 12,915 U.S. households in a year, according to the platform company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report published on Monday. Besides upping its use of renewables, Alibaba said it is tapping energy-efficient technologies, deploying greener logistics and incentivizing consumers to buy eco-friendly products. “We believe in our responsibility and capability to be a driver of positive change more than ever,” said Alibaba Group Chairman and…

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New Ceres Report Analyzes Unaddressed Climate Risks in the Derivatives Market

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres, has released a new first-of-its-kind report, Derivatives & Bank Climate Risk: Financing a Net Zero Economy, on the $600 trillion global derivatives market. The report examines the financial risks that derivatives activities pose for the 25 largest U.S. banks and offers concrete actions to address them.  Derivatives are financial instruments that “derive” their value from an underlying asset class such as interest rates, credit markets, equities and even energy commodities and are used by banks and borrowers to, among other things, de-risk financing packages.   In the space of two…

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University helping to solve South African plastic waste crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Dr Cressida Bowyer, Deputy Director of Portsmouth University’s  Revolution Plastics programme, has just returned from a visit to South Africa. She was on a fact finding and planning mission, to understand more about current waste management practices in rural areas of the country . Dr Bowyer visited local communities in Mpumalanga province, a two-hour drive north-east of Johannesburg. Uncontrolled ‘mountains’ of plastic rubbish are becoming an increasingly serious problem there, threatening the environment and human health. Waste is often burnt, contributing to climate change and poor air quality. The project,…

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