Day: 1 August 2023

Ørsted and WWF embark on marine restoration project in the Danish North Sea to contribute to ocean biodiversity

Stuart Mitchell

Over the last century, there has been a drastic decrease in the number and quality of biogenic reefs in the North Sea – with different species being affected by disease, overfishing, climate change, or changes to the water quality.   In Danish waters, biogenic reefs are created by bivalves such as mussels or oysters. These species can form biogenic reefs consisting of living animals and empty shells from bivalves.  The BioReef project aims to promote the recovery of these once common biogenic reefs of European flat oysters and horse mussels in…

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European Commission and UN Environment Programme agree to join forces to maintain the global momentum of green transition

Stuart Mitchell

The European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius, recently met with the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, in Brussels to discuss the key global developments and milestones in cooperation since their last high-level meeting in 2021. These include the historical outcomes of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-5.2), progress in the ongoing negotiations on a legally binding international agreement on plastics, as well as the outcomes of recent global environmental processes. The meeting had a special focus on…

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AI innovations are awarded £1.9m by Longitude Prize on Dementia

Stuart Mitchell

The Longitude Prize on Dementia has announced its 24 Discovery Award winners, who will each receive £80,000 grants as part of the overall £4million prize pot and progress to the semi-final stage. The prize, which is funded by the UK’s Alzheimer’s Society and Innovate UK and delivered by Challenge Works, is driving the development of personalised, technology-based tools that are co-created with people living with the early stages of dementia, helping them live independent, more fulfilled lives and enable them to do the things they enjoy. A total of £1.9 million has…

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Berry Global Introduces Spray Through Overcap with 50% Recycled Content

Stuart Mitchell

To support customers in achieving their sustainability goals with recycled content, Berry Global Group, Inc. has recently introduced a new recycled plastic stock option as a part of its Bmore Circular Solutions– a spray through overcap made with 50% recycled content. Demand for recycled content in packaging is growing, fueled by environmentally conscious consumers across markets. According to a consumer survey by McKinsey & Company, 60-70% of consumers said they would pay more for sustainable packaging. Among homecare consumers specifically, 18% consider packaging made with recycled content an important factor…

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CAP – Didn’t know you were invited to the party? Unexpected ads that broke the alcohol rules

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Didn’t know you were invited to the party? Unexpected ads that broke the alcohol rules. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. As with all age-restricted products, there are a number of rules that apply when marketing alcoholic products. But did you know that any non-broadcast ad that features alcohol is subject to the alcohol rules…

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