Day: 5 August 2023

ICVCM and VCMI join forces to operationalize a high-integrity market to accelerate global climate action

Stuart Mitchell

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), representing key stakeholders in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), have announced their joint commitment to ensuring investors in the voluntary carbon market can invest confidently in high-integrity credits as part of comprehensive end-to-end climate strategies. With plans underway for coordinated launches of new standards throughout 2023, the shared aim of the organizations is to operationalize a high-integrity voluntary carbon market that the private sector can invest in as a critical complement to corporate efforts…

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Bentley Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Solar Power At Carbon Neutral ‘Dream Factory’ With New Generation Of Solar Panels

Stuart Mitchell

Installation started recently at the Bentley Motors carbon neutral ‘dream factory’ in Crewe to increase the number of on-site solar panels to 36,418. The announcement coincides with the 10th anniversary of the first solar panels at the Pyms Lane site, where all Bentley models are built. The solar panels cover an area of 60,911 m2 – the equal to nine football pitches or 311 tennis courts.  The additional state-of-the-art panels are highly efficient and produce nearly 60 per cent more power per panel as the original units, which date back…

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PayPoint announces charity partnership with Children with Cancer UK

Stuart Mitchell

PayPoint has announced a new partnership with Children with Cancer UK, a leading charity dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer. The two-year collaboration will see PayPoint shift its fundraising focus towards the charity and support events such as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. In addition, the retail services and technology provider has formed a team of employees to take part in this year’s London Marathon to raise awareness and funds for the charity. PayPoint’s partnership with Children with Cancer UK will help to fund research projects that increase…

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World-first breakthrough in textile recycling unveiled; New technology is a game changer

Stuart Mitchell

Polyester textiles have been successfully recycled back into raw material as part of a joint venture between the UK’s largest charity textile collector and a leading corporate wear producer. Project Re:claim is a joint venture between corporate wear specialists Project Plan B and Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL), the trading arm of the charity, and has unveiled plans for the first commercial-scale, post-consumer polyester recycling plant. Project Plan B developed the exclusive polyester recycling system which is based on plastic bottle recycling. The Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) will…

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TouchPoints data reveals paralyzing impact of cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Almost 40% of Britons aren’t coping on their current salaries; they are spending over an hour longer indoors; 60% are looking for the lowest prices when shopping, and when it comes to longer-term plans – from moving out of their parents’ homes to changing jobs to retiring – they are pressing pause. These are just some of the arresting findings from the 2023 IPA TouchPoints data which, in revealing the habits of British consumers’ daily lives and how their media usage fits into this, evidences the paralyzing impact the cost-of-living crisis…

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