Day: 24 November 2023

Southern Company Provides 100% Renewable Energy for TOUR Championship

Stuart Mitchell

For the second year in a row, Southern Company provided 100% renewable energy for the TOUR Championship. The PGA TOUR season finale at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club is the culminating event of the FedExCup Playoffs. The tournament is a massive operation. But longtime partner Southern Company has been driven to create the most sustainable TOUR Championship yet. Sustainable solutions touched every facet of the tournament’s operation, including: 500,000-kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits to avoid emissions generated from fossil fuel-based electricity used on course Renewable natural gas (RNG) to…

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Baker Hughes and Avports Sign Agreement To Develop Lower-Carbon Energy Solutions for Airport Industry

Stuart Mitchell

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with airport management and operations company Avports to develop, implement and operate onsite microgrid solutions for the airport industry. The collaboration agreement addresses emissions reduction and the global industry’s goal to focus on zero-emission buildings, horizontal airport infrastructure, vehicles and aircraft systems. At their managed airport locations, Avports focuses on airport innovation and sustainability initiatives that include power resilience and using power solutions such as green hydrogen. With Baker Hughes’ broad energy technology portfolio, which includes both hydrogen-ready…

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Olympic Forest Network Expands As India Launches Eco-Restoration Project

Stuart Mitchell

Launched by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in September 2022, the Olympic Forest Network is adding an ambitious ecological restoration project in India’s eastern state of Odisha – an area with one of the largest populations of tribal communities and home to a wealth of biodiversity and endangered species. Led by the Odisha Forest Department, the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust and The Habitats Trust, and driven by IOC Athletes’ Commission member and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, the Odisha Ridley Forest initiative aims to plant one million trees over an area…

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Community Foundation announces £2.6m deal to secure legacy of South Birmingham Friends Institute Trust

Stuart Mitchell

Heart of England Community Foundation has completed the takeover of South Birmingham Friends Institute Trust to provide it with a lasting legacy of supporting disadvantaged communities in the West Midlands. The transfer of assets included £1.2 million as well as five residential properties each valued at £280,000, which has been transferred into the Foundation’s endowment as a named fund. The transfer was made to overcome succession challenges for the charity’s board, with the charity requiring stewardship to enable it to continue its work providing grants that benefit communities across south…

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Charity Commission CEO to conclude term of office in 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Commission Chief Executive, Helen Stephenson, has announced her decision to step down at the end of her term in 2024, after seven years at the top of the organisation. Dr Stephenson, who will be the Commission’s longest serving Chief Executive, took up post in July 2017, following an extensive career in senior roles across the public and voluntary sector. Helen has led the organisation – and wider sector – through a series of challenges, from ensuring meaningful change following safeguarding and other scandals in 2015-18, which drove public trust…

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