Day: 12 January 2023

AWS Makes Water Positive Commitment to Return More Water to Communities Than It Uses by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company has announced it will be water positive (water+) by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations. The company also announced its 2021 global water use efficiency (WUE) metric of 0.25 liters of water per kilowatt-hour, demonstrating AWS’s leadership in water efficiency among cloud providers. AWS is already well on the path to becoming water+ and as part of this new commitment will report annually on its WUE metric, new water reuse and recycling efforts, new…

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Walmart Expands Commitment To Accelerate the End of AIDS in the US

Stuart Mitchell

On World AIDS Day last year, Walmart launches four new HIV-focused specialty pharmacies of the community, and nationwide pharmacy training program. The post they made is copied below. Over the past four decades since the HIV epidemic began, we have seen incredible progress in HIV screening, reducing stigma and the development of new therapeutics that may not only prevent disease transmission, but also lead to normal life expectancy. Despite this progress, of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States today, about 400,000 of them are not…

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Asda revamps refill proposition and guarantees cheaper prices

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced a new ‘refill price promise’ which guarantees that each refill product will be cheaper than packaged alternatives as part of its new refill proposition. The supermarket first introduced refill two years ago and has been continually testing and learning, working with customers to find what most appeals to them. Asda has partnered with WRAP and Unilever, with funding from Innovate UK, to find out customer barriers to participation, so it could look at ways it can increase participation. Clear pricing was the top priority, emphasised by the…

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Octopus Energy acquires renewables developer to boost British solar

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy Group’s generation arm announces the acquisition of UK solar developer and asset manager Zestec Renewable Energy to build cheap solar power on British businesses’ roofs, helping to drive down energy bills. Zestec is developing a pipeline of over 160 MW of new UK solar energy which will be sold to the organisations hosting the solar panels via power purchase agreements (PPA). This will allow SMEs, public sector organisations like schools and local councils, as well as large corporations to benefit from self-generated green power without footing the cost…

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A record-breaking $122.2 million donated to over 50,000 causes through Benevity on Giving Tuesday

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity, Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, announced a record $122.2 million was donated through its platform on Giving Tuesday 2022, on the 10th anniversary of this day of giving. Giving increased 9% year over year, setting a record for the highest amount of single day donations on its platform.  These tremendous results reveal the impact individuals and businesses around the world can have when we come together to address the social issues facing society and build awareness of how we can collectively help solve them. —…

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