Day: 6 October 2023

Global power sector saved fuel costs of USD 520 billion last year thanks to renewables, says new IRENA report

Stuart Mitchell

The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power. Around 86 per cent (187 gigawatts) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil fuel-fired electricity. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that the renewable power added in 2022 reduced the fuel bill of the electricity sector worldwide. New capacity added since 2000 reduced the electricity sector fuel bill in 2022 by at least USD 520 billion. In non-OECD countries, just the saving…

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Supporting Young Climate Innovators and Entrepreneurs: The Lifeline Our Planet Needs

Stuart Mitchell

CISL to support UNICEF and global leading innovation accelerators in launching Under-30 Climate Innovators Shaping the Future Initiative (the Initiative). The twenty-first century faces one of the most pressing challenges in history: climate change. With every year, the world witnesses an increasing number of extreme weather events, declining biodiversity, and the very tangible effects of our actions on the environment. Addressing this crisis requires all hands-on deck and, most importantly, innovative solutions. And who better to offer a fresh perspective than the young climate innovators and entrepreneurs? The Energy of…

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ICO publishes new guidance on sending bulk communications by email

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to organisations to use alternatives to the blind carbon copy (BCC) email function when sending emails containing sensitive personal information, following a catalogue of business blunders. The warning comes as the ICO publishes new guidance to help organisations understand the law and good practice around protecting personal information when sending bulk emails. Mihaela Jembei, ICO Director of Regulatory Cyber, said: “Failure to use BCC correctly in emails is one of the top data breaches reported to us every year – and…

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The Coca‑Cola Company and Partners Help Restore Drought-Stressed Watersheds in the Colorado River Basin

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca‑Cola Company is part of a coalition of partners working to restore a critical, drought-stricken watershed in Colorado. Since the summer of 2021, a National Forest Foundation (NFF)-led team of conservationists and volunteers has installed dozens of man-made beaver dams along a one-mile stretch of Trail Creek to help restore the natural ecosystems across nearly 130 acres of wetlands.  Trail Creek is a key tributary to the Taylor River, which flows into the Gunnison River. The Gunnison’s headwaters feed into the Colorado River. The pilot project is reconnecting the…

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CAP – Automated vehicles and assisted tech: helping you stay on the road to compliance

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Automated vehicles and assisted tech: helping you stay on the road to compliance. 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. Smart tech is big and it’s everywhere – in our homes, in our phones and wearable tech and, increasingly, in our cars.  From smartphone integration, through clever adaptive headlights using matrices of LEDs and lasers, to genuinely automated…

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