Month: October 2023

Olivia Colman backs new campaign, as charity reveals 1 in 2 people don’t know dementia causes memory loss

Stuart Mitchell

Despite almost one million people in the UK living with dementia today, and it being the UK’s leading cause of death, there is still a widespread lack of awareness around the impact it has on people affected by the condition. A YouGov survey, commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK, asked 2,162 people to name how dementia affects a person’s everyday life. It revealed that: Less than half (49%) could name memory loss as an effect of dementia. Nearly a quarter (22%) said they had no idea how the condition impacts people.…

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Hey Girls have been shortlisted for two national awards!

Stuart Mitchell

Hey Girls has been named a finalist in both the Social Impact: Prove It and Social Enterprise of the Year categories at this year’s UK Social Enterprise Awards, recognising us as one of the country’s most innovative and impactful businesses.​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌ The team beat stiff competition to make the shortlist, which attracted more than 400 entries from all over the country. The news comes as Hey Girls was also named in the shortlist in the Social Value category at this year’s GO Awards Scotland. Hey Girls exists to eradicate period poverty…

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Ocean launches exclusive sustainability strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean has launched a new sustainability initiative which moves the company closer towards delivering its decarbonisation goals and reaching net zero by 2040. Effective from January 2024, Ocean will pledge a percentage of its annual revenue to four critical marine based projects that remove atmospheric carbon and are helping to repair the planet’s natural ecosystems. In a media first for the out of home (OOH) industry, when buying and planning campaigns across Ocean’s UK assets, clients and agency partners will get to vote for which of the high potential projects…

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Octopus Energy makes a splash with investment in one of Europe’s largest wind farms

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm announces its investment in one of continental Europe’s largest wind farms, as it continues to turbocharge the energy transition globally. The 732 MW Borssele III & IV wind farm in the Dutch North Sea is made up of 77 turbines. Its 9.5 MW turbines are the largest in Octopus’ portfolio – each turbine as tall as the Gherkin building in London. The wind farm has been operational since 2021 and generates enough power every year equivalent to around 825,000 Dutch households. This latest deal comes as…

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Nestlé collaborates with GreenGas AD Plant on furthering sustainability commitments

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé Development Centre (NDC) Nutrition, Askeaton, is building further on its commitment to sustainability, through an exciting new partnership that will redirect more than 95% of its dairy processing residue from incineration to anaerobic digestion. Co-located with Wyeth Nutritionals Ltd., the NDC has been working with GreenGas AD Plant, Ireland’s first ever commercial anaerobic digestion plant, since March of this year, as part of its plans to provide an improved and more sustainable solution to the management of by-products created during dairy powder manufacturing. Dairy processing residue created during the…

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