Day: 20 June 2023

Give a warm welcome to: Ben & Jerry’s Sunny Honey Home – A NEW flavour co-created with refugee entrepreneurs

Stuart Mitchell

Ice cream fans will be buzzing about Ben & Jerry’s latest never-before-seen flavour that hits freezers in time for Refugee Week; introducing Sunny Honey Home. Featuring creamy lemon flavour ice cream, gooey & sweet honey caramel swirls and lemon flavour cookies, it’s co-created with people from refugee backgrounds, and brings the home tastes of Morocco, Afghanistan, and Syria to our spoons. What makes the flavour so special is the people who created it and their passion for the ingredients inside. Eight entrepreneurs with refugee backgrounds, together with their allies from TERN (The Entrepreneurial…

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IRENA Unveils New Initiative to Accelerate Youth-led Renewable Energy Projects and Start-ups

Stuart Mitchell

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched a new initiative, the IRENA NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator (NewGen), aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs and innovators in driving the renewable energy transition. NewGen will provide capacity building, mentorship and other resources to youth-led projects and start-ups that are developing innovative solutions to advance the adoption of renewable energy at the global level. IRENA’s initiative, supported by the United Arab Emirates, was revealed during the World Utilities Congress at the Youth Energy Forum held by the TAQA Youth Council in Abu Dhabi.…

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Octopus Energy Group and Masdar sign agreement to manage UK battery storage

Stuart Mitchell

Global energy tech group Octopus Energy have announced it has signed a framework agreement with Masdar, one of the world’s leading clean energy companies, to license Octopus’ groundbreaking technology platform Kraken. Masdar will use Kraken to flexibly manage its battery storage portfolio in the UK. In the presence of HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Chairman of Masdar, and COP28 President-Designate, the agreement was signed between Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar, and Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group,…

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M&S Injects Financial Firepower Into Eco-Conscious Nobody’s Child To Support Continued Growth

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has injected further funding into Nobody’s Child, as the eco-conscious fashion brand continues to go from strength to strength. Nobody’s Child, founded in 2015 by Andrew Xeni, was the first guest brand to launch on M&S.com in 2020 and in 2021, recognising further opportunities from their shared brand values, M&S acquired a 27% stake in the brand. In the past two years Nobody’s Child revenues more than quadrupled, via its own channels and third-party brand partners. The fresh funding from M&S comes at a…

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New proposed EPA standards will aid in greatly reducing U.S. power plant emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres welcomes the proposal of two standards today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that, paired with federal incentives and investments, have the potential to significantly reduce the power sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These proposed standards deliver on the Biden administration’s pledge to decarbonize the power sector by 2035.  The EPA’s Clean Air Act Section 111(b) standard would address new, modified, and reconstructed gas- and coal-fueled power plants, making it possible to lower their emissions by as much as 90%. The 111(d) standard would address existing power plants,…

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