Year: 2022

Clean hydrogen accelerator receives UK government backing

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust is announcing its new clean hydrogen accelerator, which aims to help secure the UK’s energy supply and support climate targets. The project will join up industry players, backed by BEIS, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Clean Hydrogen Innovation Programme (CHIP) aims to speed up the deployment of clean hydrogen, by reducing the end-to-end cost through technical innovation so that it becomes cost competitive with conventional alternatives. Clean hydrogen is defined as hydrogen that is produced with a low level of greenhouse…

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The ILO, FIFPRO and the Didier Drogba Foundation launch a campaign against the risks linked to the emigration of young football players

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with former Ivorian international footballers including Didier Drogba and the International Federation of Professional Footballers’ Associations (FIFPRO), is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the risks associated with the emigration of young footballers. The objective of this campaign, which comes a few days after the signing of the first global agreement on working conditions and rights of professional football players  between the social partners of the sector, is to raise awareness among young Ivorian footballers of the risks of discrimination, exploitation and…

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CIPR research finds UK’s largest companies face reputational risk as almost half of management teams lack comms expert

Stuart Mitchell

Analysis of the boards and management teams of the FTSE 100 by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) found almost half have no director of comms, director of corporate affairs or similar dedicated (or hybrid) position at this senior level. The findings have been published (data below) as the UK economy slumps towards a recession, a period often associated with heightened reputational risks as consumers pay closer attention to the activity of companies with which they spend.  Despite the risk, the research found a lack of dedicated communications expertise…

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Carlsberg Group targets net zero carbon emissions by 2040 as part of new ESG programme

Stuart Mitchell

Carlsberg Group has launched its new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programme, Together Towards ZERO and Beyond (TTZAB) which contains updated targets and new focus areas. These include a roadmap to achieve net zero carbon emissions across the entire value chain by 2040, from the barley in the fields to the beer in hand. TTZAB is an evolution of the Group’s previous ESG programme Together Towards ZERO (TTZ), which has delivered strong progress, including 40% reduction in carbon emissions and 21% reduction in water use per hectolitre of beer since…

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Business Leaders’ Perception of PR & Communications Soars

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), the world’s largest and most influential PR professional body, has today published a new study that highlights the important role communications teams played in helping businesses navigate through the uncertainty of the last two years, including Brexit, the Coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The study of CEOs and CFOs from large organisations with more than 250 employees indicates that 92% of respondents believe their communications teams played either a ‘very important’ or ‘important’ role in helping their business deal with the…

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