Month: August 2023

Global Coalition for the Right to a Healthy Environment Wins UN’s Highest Human Rights Honor

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Coalition of Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Local Communities for the Universal Recognition of the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment has been awarded the prestigious 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize. The coalition is recognized for its vital role in advocating for the universal recognition of the right to a healthy environment by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2022. The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is an active member of the coalition. The UN Human Rights Prize is awarded once…

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Green construction boost as new service provides transparent environmental data on concrete products

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and consultants WAP Sustainability have taken a major step towards greener construction for the industry, with the launch of on-demand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for concrete producers in North America. The new EPD on-demand service will enable concrete producers to quickly, accurately and cost effectively produce verified EPDs of their products. EPDs are becoming a key part of sustainable construction. They allow producers to show the environmental impact of their products across a number of metrics, including global warming potential, often referred to…

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Hospice UK and Corndel launch the Hospice Data Academy for hospice professionals across England

Stuart Mitchell

A recent report by the NHS Health and Social Care Committee has highlighted the considerable digital skills gap in the UK’s health and social care workforce. In hospice care, a better understanding of patient and care data can help streamline and improve service provision, as well as be utilised to improve equality and inclusion in hospice care. To increase data literacy in the sector, Corndel, the UK strategic skills training provider, has partnered with Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and end of life care, to launch the Hospice…

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Celebrities, charities and the public want radical new commitments for nature from politicians at the 2024 general election

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrities including Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, Megan McCubbin and Mya-Rose Craig, alongside a coalition of 80 charities led by Wildlife and Countryside Link, are urging all political parties to ramp up their ambition on environmental issues in the forthcoming general election. The charities, including the National Trust, The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB and Woodland Trust, recently launched the Nature 2030 campaign. The campaign outlines a 5-point plan of landmark measures needed to restore nature by 2030. The coalition is calling on all political parties to get behind these proposals in their general…

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Chivas Brothers makes its carbon cutting successes ‘open source’ to help the Scotch whisky industry reach net zero goals

Stuart Mitchell

Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard and maker of global Scotch whisky brands including Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet, has today made the expertise and learnings from its successful integration of enhanced heat recovery technologies ‘open source’. The move was made after the application of the technology at its Glentauchers site showed significant benefit in carbon emissions reduction, providing insights that will benefit the industry at large if adopted at other suitable distillation sites. The sharing of its design process and implementation insights is intended to put…

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