Month: February 2023

Authorities poised to wield new legislation to ban films featuring LGBTI characters

Stuart Mitchell

Reacting to the news that the Russian media regulator is poised to censor online content containing references to LGBTI people or rights, including banning movies and TV series featuring LGBTI characters, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “The Russian authorities are preparing to further scapegoat and stigmatize LGBTI people in the country through new homophobic legislation, including by perversely banning globally acclaimed movies like Brokeback Mountain and Call Me by Your Name. “This unabashed censorship shows that the Russian authorities are wholly out-of-step with human rights, willing to blatantly…

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Asda changes its yoghurts range to reduce food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced a major change to over half of its own-brand yoghurts by removing Use By dates and replacing them with Best Before dates to help customers combat food waste in the home. *The change follows data from climate action NGO WRAP which says that half of all yoghurt wasted in UK households is in unopened packs. The report also showed that 70 per cent of all the yoghurt wasted in the home is due to the product ‘not being used in time’, with the date label cited as…

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B Lab Forces for Good Podcast — Episode 7: How can business advance racial justice?

Stuart Mitchell

Episode 7 of the Forces for Good podcast. Our current economic system is built on a history of injustice, inequity, violence, and oppression. But businesses do have options to build more inclusive workplaces. On the latest podcast from B Lab they speak with businesses (both large and small) that are attempting to disrupt legacies of oppression.  In this episode they aim to answer: What can companies do to dismantle these conditions of violence and oppression in their business practices? How can business standards drive our economy towards a system that is…

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Fourth time for Carbon Clean on the Global Cleantech 100

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon Clean, a leading global carbon capture solutions provider, has been named on Cleantech Group’s 2023 Global Cleantech 100. This is the fourth time that Carbon Clean has appeared on the Global Cleantech 100, which features the most innovative and promising companies that will ensure commitments become actions to reach net zero. A shortlist of 330 companies was compiled from over 15,000 nominations, from 93 countries. The final 100 was chosen by a Global Cleantech 100 Expert Panel, made up of leading investors, corporate and industrial executives who are active…

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CISL report reveals how banks and corporations can better support SMEs on the path to net zero

Stuart Mitchell

A new report by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), ​Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the We Mean Business Coalition and the SME Climate Hub highlights the role of commercial banks and multi-national corporations in helping small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) reach net zero.   SMEs account for 99 per cent of businesses globally and, in the OECD region, are responsible for more than half of industrial emissions. But the majority of SMEs don’t have the right skills, knowledge, or resources to reduce their carbon emissions. There is…

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