Year: 2022

Channel 4 partners with The TV Collective for a second Indie Accelerator

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 revealed details of its second Indie Accelerator which is specifically aimed at supporting eligible ethnically diverse led indies who have not had a Channel 4 linear commission in the past five years, with a view to helping strengthen their position within the channel and the industry as a whole. Delivered by The TV Collective, the Indie Accelerator will support selected indies with a combination of leadership coaching and commissioner relationships, with the aim of strengthening their business. Indies selected to join the accelerator will have one to one…

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Walmart To Purchase 4,500 Canoo Electric Delivery Vehicles To Be Used for Last Mile Deliveries in Support of Its Growing eCommerce Business

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart has signed a definitive agreement with Canoo, a high-tech advanced mobility company, to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. The vehicles will be used to deliver online orders in a sustainable way which will also contribute to Walmart’s goal to achieve zero-emissions by 2040. While the LDV is expected to begin hitting the road in 2023, the companies plan to kick off advanced deliveries to refine and finalize vehicle configuration in the Dallas-Fort Worth…

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M&S Removes Best Before Dates Across Fruit And Veg In Bid To Tackle Food Waste

Stuart Mitchell

M&S is removing best before dates from a range of fresh produce to help reduce in-store and household food waste. Best before dates will be removed from the labelling of over 300 fruit and vegetable products – 85% of M&S’ produce offering – including commonly wasted items apples, potatoes and broccoli. Dates will be replaced with a new code which M&S store colleagues will use to ensure freshness and quality is maintained. The change, which is being rolled out across all M&S UK stores from this week, is designed to…

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BNP Paribas and EDF ENR partner on first renewable project bond as a digital asset

Stuart Mitchell

On 7 July 2022, BNP Paribas structured, tokenised and distributed a bond, the proceeds of which aim at refinancing a solar energy project sponsored by EDF through its subsidiary EDF ENR. This native digital asset, issued on the public blockchain, represents the first renewable energy bond tokenisation on the project financing market. This innovation will be instrumental in broadening the scope and increasing the efficiency of project financing, including better transparency of ESG data along the value chain. Solar–based electricity production is the leading energy transition segment, with several trillions…

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Morrisons Launches Lower Environmental Impact Store

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has recently opened a lower environmental impact store in Little Clacton, the latest initiative on its journey to becoming a more sustainable business.  The new store design, which has been built from scratch, for the first time incorporates the widest range of Morrisons structural features and loose products to reduce carbon emissions, energy and resources – and limit its environmental footprint.  Innovations include 366 loose products, a low carbon impact building, next generation fridges powered by CO2 from agricultural waste, roof solar panels to provide a fifth of energy,…

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