Month: May 2023

OVO calls for end to industry greenwashing

Stuart Mitchell

The CEO of OVO has outlined a new plan to get the UK’s net zero mission back on track, including the proposed reform of ‘100% renewable electricity’ tariffs. At an event backed by Friends of the Earth, Cornwall Insight, Ethical Consumer and Energy Saving Trust, the CEO of OVO, Raman Bhatia, stated that without significant change, the UK is on track to miss carbon targets, keeping customers reliant on fossil fuels and exposed to high costs each winter – but that a new way forward is possible.  The UK will…

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47 businesses urge EU leaders to stick with 2035 phase out of petrol and diesel cars

Stuart Mitchell

The European Union’s status as climate leader is at stake as a group of Member States, led by Germany, seeks to overturn a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, 47 businesses warned in a letter to the European Commission. Read the letter here. Any delay of the ban would have a devastating impact on air quality and the environment across the bloc, and would call into question the EU’s ability to reach its climate commitments, Climate Group added. The 47 leading businesses, including Volvo…

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Canadian Down Syndrome Society and FCB win One Show’s Prestigious Penta Pencil

Stuart Mitchell

The rewarding partnership between the Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) and FCB Canada has resulted in the two being awarded The One Show’s prestigious Penta Pencil. It is the first time in the award’s eight-year history it has been awarded to a client and agency working in the non-profit sector. First awarded in 2016, the Penta Pencil is won by a brand and agency who have created stellar work together for five or more years. It recognizes that award-winning work is only possible as a result of collaboration between creatives…

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From Waste to Race: Recover E competition launched to address problem of e-waste

Stuart Mitchell

British Formula E race team Envision Racing has launched a global call to address the growing problem of electric waste and support the transition to e-mobility. The team, which runs the Race Against Climate Change to encourage and enable fans to take action to reduce carbon emissions, announced its partnership with British artist and designer Liam Hopkins to increase awareness of the need to reuse and recycle old electrical products. Through an active schools engagement programme across the United Kingdom, Envision have launched the Waste to Race competition to explain…

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An Audacious Plan to Save the World’s Most Vital Forests

Stuart Mitchell

A plan to save the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests was given a massive capacity boost, designed to unlock widespread transformation of the paper, packaging, and fashion viscose supply chains. Canopy, a solutions-driven non-profit that has partnered with over 900 global brands, from H&M Group and Zara, to Penguin Random House, Stella McCartney, and LVMH, will receive $60 million in funding from The Audacious Project to catalyze the commercial production of low-carbon and circular solutions across the globe. Such a move will have planetary impacts for the climate and biodiversity.…

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