Month: April 2023

New Global Commission Launched To Raise Mining Sustainability Standards By 2030

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 has been launched at the London Stock Exchange to address the systemic risks faced by the mining sector that challenge its social license to operate and the role it needs to play in providing the minerals for the low carbon transition.  The Commission is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, as well as global investor network the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and advised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).    …

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Sainsbury’s switches laundry detergent from plastic to cardboard while reducing carbon emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of its new laundry liquid detergent packaging in all stores and online this week, designed to help customers reduce plastic at home. The new packaging will help to save around 22 tonnes of plastic annually. The change is across all own-brand 750ml laundry detergents*, replacing sleeved plastic bottle packaging with cardboard cartons. The products are available across Sainsbury’s tropical super concentrated, bio super concentrated, non-bio super concentrated, colour super concentrated and lavender super concentrated lines. Customers can conveniently recycle the packaging at kerbside or deposit…

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New Samaritans figures reveal rising impact of financial worries on mental health

Stuart Mitchell

Samaritans is calling on the Government to invest more in crucial suicide prevention and mental health support as new analysis shows the charity is receiving record numbers of first-time callers worried about finances or unemployment. As the Chancellor prepares to announce the spring Budget, Samaritans figures show that January 2023 saw the highest percentage of first-time phone callers concerned about finance or unemployment, at 9.3% of total emotional support contacts and working out at over 1,300 new callers. The figures continued to rise in February 2023, hitting 9.7% of first-time callers,…

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Clear Channel LaunchPAD expands with the addition of Billboard Live

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel UK has added 372 Billboard Live screens – available in more than 85 towns and cities nationwide – to its inventory available to buy programmatically via Clear Channel LaunchPAD. With consumers being 63% more likely to take an online brand action following exposure to Out of Home advertising, advertisers now can target consumers regardless of location as part of any programmatic Digital Out of Home (DOOH) campaign.   The addition of Billboard Live screens marks the continued expansion of Clear Channel LaunchPAD in the UK where advertisers can…

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Wales aims to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035

Stuart Mitchell

Climate Change Minister Julie James has published a consultation on ‘ambitious but credible’ targets for Wales to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035. Wales is already making good progress on previous targets set in 2017 and, already, generates 55% of their electricity from renewables. The Minister proposed Wales sets a target for at least 1.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be locally owned by 2035, excluding heat pumps. There is also a target for 5.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be produced by…

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