IPA survey reveals consumer attitudes to brands at Qatar World Cup

Half of consumers and two-thirds of young adults have more respect for brands who address issues around the FIFA World Cup being hosted in Qatar than those who stay silent. This is just one of the findings from a new survey of 2000 people, commissioned by the IPA and carried out by Opinium, regarding consumers’ views towards the Qatar World Cup. According to the survey, 49% of all adults stated that they would respect brands more for speaking out around the Qatar World Cup, rising to 63% of 18-34s. This…

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Businesses Form Workforce and Justice Alliance to Drive Criminal Justice Reform

U.S. businesses have come together to launch the Workforce and Justice Alliance (WJA), a groundbreaking coalition to help deliver criminal justice reform across the country. MOD Pizza, Georgia-Pacific, Kelly Services, Checkr, Televerde, Small Business Majority, Honest Jobs, and CleanTurn have all committed to leveraging their platforms to advance systemic change in the justice system, share best practices with their peers, and remove workforce barriers for justice-impacted individuals. They are calling on others to join them.  “Over the years, we at MOD have seen first-hand the incredible opportunity that exists for…

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SWR leads rail industry with roadmap to net zero by 2040

South Western Railway (SWR) has announced a landmark commitment and roadmap to deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2040 at the latest, ten years ahead of the UK’s overall legal deadline to be net zero by 2050.  The Department for Transport (DfT) has backed SWR, in collaboration with Network Rail and other key stakeholders, to deliver the UK rail industry’s first robust, transparent, and cost-effective roadmap to net zero.  This can lead the way for the decarbonisation of the whole UK rail network, soon to be overseen by the new…

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Allwyn to operate UK National Lottery from February 2024

Allwyn has been officially awarded the Fourth Licence to operate the National Lottery for a decade starting February 2024. This formal award by the UK Gambling Commission kickstarts the process of transition to a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery. Under Allwyn’s stewardship, sales growth is expected to result in the money allocated to UK good causes more than doubling. The National Lottery of the future will build on a cutting-edge technology platform that will improve player protection over the next 10 years and beyond. Allwyn’s plans will transform and…

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Amazon Announces 71 New Renewable Energy Projects Globally, Including Firsts in Brazil, India, and Poland

Amazon announced that it is expanding its renewable energy portfolio globally, with an additional 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy capacity across 71 new renewable energy projects. This includes the company’s first renewable energy project in South America—a solar farm in Brazil—and its first solar farms in India and Poland. Once fully operational, Amazon’s global renewable energy portfolio will generate 50,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of clean energy, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 4.6 million U.S. homes each year. “We are bringing new wind and solar…

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