Month: June 2023

Clear Channel brings partners together to launch ‘Different minds, better outcomes’ initiative as part of national neurodiversity awareness campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel UK, one of the UK’s leading Out of Home (OOH) advertising and infrastructure companies, has announced the launch of its ‘Different minds, better outcomes’ neurodiversity awareness initiative, as part of its ongoing partnership with the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity. The new initiative, launched in collaboration with household names and charity partners, including Heineken, Arla, Keep Britain Tidy & LeoReader, aims to inspire change within the advertising industry towards being more inclusive and accessible to neurodiverse customers and talent. Around 20% of the UK’s population is neurodiverse, with Ben…

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IRENA and thyssenkrupp Agree to Accelerate Green Hydrogen Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has signed a partnership agreement with thyssenkrupp aimed at advancing the green transformation in pursuit of global development and Paris Agreement goals. Under the agreement, both organisations will work together and share knowledge on the large-scale production and supply of green hydrogen and other green energy carriers and their transport – along the entire hydrogen value chain in demand, supply and infrastructure. The agreement has been signed by IRENA’s General-Director Francesco La Camera and thyssenkrupp Chief Executive Officer Martina Merz in a virtual ceremony…

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Pinsent Masons wins Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards Apac 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has won the Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability award at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards Asia Pacific 2023. The firm secured the win for its role collaborating with a consortium of advisers including KPMG on Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) as it seeks to support the phase out of coal fired power stations in South East Asia. Via the ETM programme, the retirement of coal fired power plants and the shift towards renewable energy is projected to save two gigatonnes of carbon emission…

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CIPR opens voting to find ultimate public relations campaign that changed the world

Stuart Mitchell

Behind every influential campaign and social movement lies a story of individuals who harnessed the power of public relations for the greater good. As part of a series of events to mark its 75th Anniversary, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched an initiative to tell those stories. It is searching for the ultimate Campaign that Changed the World from the last 75 years.  The Institute is asking the public to vote on what they see as the most influential campaign from a shortlist determined by a panel…

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Airbus A330 MRTT performs landmark air-to-air sustainable aviation refuelling mission

Stuart Mitchell

One-hundred years since the first ever air-to-air refuelling of an aircraft, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) has carried out a landmark in-flight refuelling exercise with blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using an Airbus Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Voyager aircraft. On a crisp Spring morning in the Oxfordshire countryside, the RAF’s VIP Voyager – emblazoned with Union Flag tail and gold-lettered ‘United Kingdom’ livery – taxied on to the Brize Norton runway filled with 43% SAF. On board were UK Business and Trade Minister Nusrat Ghani MP, members of…

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