Year: 2022

SSE Renewables, Microsoft and Avanade are creating digital twins that could reshape windfarms and the environment around them

Stuart Mitchell

The way windfarms are built could be changed forever by a new project that uses real-time data to understand the effect turbines have on local wildlife and ecosystems. SSE Renewables, Microsoft and Avanade are working together to create Azure Digital Twins of offshore windfarms and their local environment, which they hope will encourage the sector to develop renewable energy solutions that have a positive impact on ecosystems. A digital twin is an exact replica of an object in the physical world that can be studied and changed to help improve…

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Fairtrade and Earthworm Foundation Join Forces in ‘Landmark’ Partnership to Combat Deforestation

Stuart Mitchell

A new partnership launched by Fairtrade International, Fairtrade Africa, and non-profit organization Earthworm Foundation will work together to monitor deforestation and assess environmental vulnerability. Using Starling, a satellite monitoring tool developed by Earthworm Foundation and Airbus, the pilot project aims to capture critical deforestation data within Fairtrade cooperatives and their smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to support these communities in better management of forest landscapes. The partnership, which comes amid the European Commission’s push to ban imports of cocoa, coffee and other commodities when production is associated…

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John Lewis Partnership becomes first retailer to launch Chef Academy to support hospitality sector

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has become the first retailer to launch its own Chef Academy to help address the current shortage of qualified chefs in the UK. A joint survey released recently by UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and the British Beer and Pub Association, revealed that staff shortages in the hospitality industry are reaching critical levels. The survey found that 76% of  operators within the sector currently have chef vacancies.  The Partnership will be taking on up to ten apprentices this year with the potential to increase that…

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Coalition Calls for Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Transition to Clean Energy, Launches Resource Hub of Indigenous-led Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

On August 9, 2022, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous leaders will launch a new site – www.sirgecoalition.org – as part of the official public announcement of a new coalition to Secure Indigenous People’s Rights in a Green Economy (SIRGE Coalition). The minerals necessary for renewable energy minerals, such as nickel, lithium, cobalt, and copper are critical to the development of a green, low-carbon economy. As demand for these transition minerals is skyrocketing, increased mining threatens Indigenous rights and territories where there is not a comprehensive assessment of…

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PepsiCo Expands Efforts To Address Global Food Insecurity, Issues Call To Action To Collaboratively Work Towards Long-Term Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the growing hunger crisis, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, announced an expansion of its holistic efforts to advance food security. Through its global Food for Good initiatives, the Foundation is doubling down on efforts to increase equitable access to nutritious food by increasing its own investments as well as offering three new ways to engage people in fighting hunger. Today, 345 million people globally face severe hunger. That number is expected to grow as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and global conflict…

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