bp and Mauritania to explore green hydrogen at scale

bp recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Mauritania under which it will deliver an innovative programme exploring the potential for large-scale production of green hydrogen in the country. Building on bp’s existing strong relationships with the country, the agreement could be an important step towards the development of significant green hydrogen production in Mauritania.    The MoU was signed at last months COP27, by the President of Mauritania, His Excellency Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, H.E. Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh, Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy…

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IKEA takes lead in tackling air pollution

IKEA launched the first-ever guide on measuring air pollution across value chains at last months Science Day at COP27. The guidance is developed in partnership with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). Using the guidance, IKEA set a baseline and encourages other businesses to join the Alliance for Clean Air in contributing to clean air and health. For the first time, a guide is now available for all businesses to make air pollution emission inventories across their value chains. This enables joint action on climate…

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Whirlpool Corporation To Reach 100 Percent Renewable Electricity for U.S. Plant Operations

Whirlpool Corp. announced that it has entered into a second wind Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to accelerate progress towards its commitment to reach Net Zero (scopes 1 and 2) emissions in its plants and operations by 2030. This latest agreement with ENGIE North America will represent 53 megawatts of clean, renewable wind energy over 12 years, equivalent to: Removing 30,633 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles from the roads each year, or displacing 329,151 barrels of oil consumed each year, or providing 27,662 homes’ electricity use for one year.* To meet its…

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PRCA and PR Academy launch self-paced Specialist Diplomas

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has joined forces with PR Academy to bring self-paced learning to their specialist diplomas for PR and Communications professionals across the world starting in 2023. The brand-new ‘anytime, anywhere’ offering provides practitioners’ greater control and flexibility in how they want to learn. Self-paced learning is especially helpful for participants that have other tasks and can’t attend a live class or training. The PRCA’s suite of diploma qualifications will be delivered on PR Academy Study Hub, which hosts easy to follow lessons with podcasts,…

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Cost of Living Crisis Threatens to Widen Disparities for Ethnic Minority Workers in the UK

New research from non-profit People Like Us and Censuswide reveals professionals surveyed from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minority ethnic backgrounds say government support will not see them through the next six months, a rate 7% higher than their white counterparts (52% vs 45%). This is causing them to dip into savings at a greater rate, with ethnic minority professionals’ savings declining 1.3x faster than their white colleagues (falling 16% vs. last year; compared to 13% for white professionals). Therefore professionals from racially diverse backgrounds are facing a two-fold crunch,…

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