Month: September 2023

New Report Highlights U.S. Insurance Sector’s Efforts in Addressing Climate Change Risk

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released today by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets and the California Department of Insurance reveals that insurance companies are pursuing a wide variety of strategies to manage the increasing risks associated with climate change.  Climate Risk Management in the U.S. Insurance Sector: An Analysis of Climate Risk Disclosure, is the first comprehensive review of U.S. insurance companies’ climate risk strategies. The findings are based on an examination of nearly 500 publicly available insurance company responses to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) 2021 Climate…

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Philadelphia Cream Cheese Debuts Plant-Based Spread Nationwide

Stuart Mitchell

Philadelphia®, the brand that set the cream cheese standard for over 150 years, announces the nationwide rollout of its first-ever plant-based spread offering. With more than half of people looking to add more plant-based products to their diets, Philadelphia brings a new creamy, spreadable sensorial experience to the plant-based category for fans to enjoy coast to coast. Prior to Philadelphia entering the category, less than half of people that tried plant-based spreads became repeat customers. 1 After seeing repeat purchases almost double versus the category average during a successful regional…

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CAP – It’s not that easy being ‘green’ – promoting good work without misleading by omission

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: It’s not that easy being ‘green’ – promoting good work without misleading by omission. 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. Our environmental work continues apace, and one issue that’s resulting in some advertisers falling foul of our rules is where an ad leaves out information about a brand’s environmental impact, giving consumers only a partial,…

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Global benchmark for high-integrity carbon credits aims to mobilize climate finance at speed and scale

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has released its full global benchmark for high-integrity carbon credits, with the goal of maximizing the ability of the voluntary carbon market to support delivery of global climate targets. Following consultation with hundreds of organizations throughout the voluntary carbon market and advice from scientific and carbon-crediting experts, the Integrity Council has completed the framework it will use to assess whether carbon credits meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). Carbon-crediting programs can now apply for assessment by submitting evidence that they meet…

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Expensify Releases Enhanced Insights And Custom Reporting Functionality

Stuart Mitchell

Expensify, Inc., the financial management super app for expenses and corporate cards, today announced the release of enhanced insights and custom reporting functionality, built with expert input from top accounting leaders.  The Insights feature allows any Expensify member to easily monitor all aspects of company spend across categories such as employees, projects, departments, and subsidiaries. In addition to a visual reporting dashboard, Expensify introduced a Custom Reports feature, where trained admins can take a consultative approach and build the reports they need to understand, analyze, and summarize their companies’ spend. …

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