Day: 13 February 2023

UK Green Jobs growing at four times the pace of the overall employment market

Stuart Mitchell

Green jobs are growing around four times the rate of the overall UK employment market, with 2.2% of all new jobs classed as green. However more than one-third of these roles are now based in London and the South East, with a dominance of professional and scientific roles.  The second edition of PwC’s Green Jobs Barometer has found that the number of green jobs advertised in the UK has almost trebled in the last year, equating to 336,000 positions, providing encouragement that the economy is becoming greener.  The Green Jobs…

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Gategroup Commits To 100% Cage-Free Eggs Globally By 2025

Stuart Mitchell

As the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and food service, gategroup has the commitment to helping build a better future. As part of this undertaking, gategroup has pledged to make its entire egg supply chain cage-free by 2025.  gategroup’s pledge  All egg (shell egg, liquid egg and mixes containing more than 80% egg) purchases globally will conform to certified standards of animal welfare that meet or exceed those dictated by local legislation. Its global, group-wide, minimum welfare standard is ‘barn’ (cage-free) eggs. gategroup is working with its partners and…

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Greenwashing growing increasingly sophisticated, says Planet Tracker

Stuart Mitchell

Corporate greenwashing involves a company enhancing – or fabricating – the environmental impact of its services and products. According to the latest report by financial think tank Planet Tracker, The Greenwashing Hydra, this practice has become increasingly sophisticated, taking many different forms. Greenwashing activities range from seemingly innocuous strategies that market a product inaccurately, to practices that emphasise a singular green activity to intentionally distract from broader damaging environmental policies. In the report, Planet Tracker identifies six types of greenwashing: Greencrowding is built on the belief that you can hide…

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Global CEOs Pledge 50% Cut in Real Estate Emissions by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Leading CEOs made a pledge today to reduce their real estate emissions by 50% by 2030 and reach net-zero carbon no later than 2050. With buildings contributing 38% of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, leaders across all industries have a critical role to play in lowering their global real estate emissions. “While real estate represents nearly 40% of all energy-related GHG emissions, the sector is frequently an afterthought when it comes to an organization’s decarbonization and sustainability strategies,” said Matthew Blake, Head of Financial and Monetary Systems, World Economic Forum.…

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UNESCO leads global dialogue to improve the reliability of information

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its mandate, UNESCO has launched a global dialogue to provide guidelines for regulating digital platforms, to fight disinformation and hate speech and protect freedom of expression and human rights. The high point will be an international conference organized at the Organization’s Paris headquarters on 21-23 February. This will result in the presentation by UNESCO, in mid-2023, of global guidelines for governments, regulatory bodies and digital companies. A flawed business model Social media and other digital platforms have empowered people all over the world to communicate, share information,…

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