Day: 16 December 2023

New £300,000 “Nature Hubs” grant fund launched to support community green spaces

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub has recently launched a brand-new fund to support green spaces that benefit local communities. The charity is urging local community groups across the country to apply for a grant of up to £6,000 to help enhance or create a green space that can be accessed by the local community to visit, relax and connect with nature in. Applications must relate to any one or more of these four themes: increasing access to green space, upskilling the community, bringing people together and building climate resilience. This could be…

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Unilever to share reformulation patents with ice cream industry to tackle freezer emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has announced it will grant a free non-exclusive license to the ice cream industry for 12 reformulation patents, following two successful pilots to warm up its last mile ice cream freezer cabinets. Access to these patents will help the industry reformulate ice cream products that remain stable at the warmer freezer temperature of -12°C, rather than the current industry standard of -18°C. It is hoped that by sharing these patents with other ice cream manufacturers the industry will be able to move towards more energy efficient freezer cabinets across…

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Denham Sustainable Infrastructure Launches New Brazilian Renewables Player Pontal Energy After Completing Transaction With Equinor

Stuart Mitchell

Denham Capital, the global energy transition investment firm, has completed a transaction with Equinor for the sale of certain Rio Energy assets, the Rio Energy trade name, and the management team platform. Denham Sustainable Infrastructure (“DSI”) has established a new renewable energy developer and operator, Pontal Energy, to manage the continued growth of the assets and pipeline retained by Denham in the transaction. The launch of Pontal Energy and the appointment of its management team strengthens DSI’s footprint in the region as an experienced investor in Brazilian sustainable infrastructure. Pontal…

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Social investment arm of the Big Issue Group releases Impact Report showing support for 1.5 million people in need in UK

Stuart Mitchell

Big Issue Invest (BII) has launched its 2022-2023 Impact Report. The report revealed that the social investment arm of The Big Issue supported 140 social enterprises across the UK and had £45 million Assets Under Management (AUM) as of 31 March 2023. The report detailed how, in turn, those 140 social enterprises were able to support 1.5 million customers across the UK in the same period. 94% of investments made by BII contribute to core solutions to poverty, extending the mission and work of the Big Issue Group. The organisation also…

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Nearly three-quarters (70%) of marketers plan to unlock the potential of Generative AI in their marketing

Stuart Mitchell

Socio-political polarization, the potential of generative AI, masculinity in crisis, “sportswashing”, and community-based sustainability are five key trends that have reached an inflection point and will shape global marketing strategies in 2024, as revealed in WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit 2024 released today.  Now in its 13th year, The Marketer’s Toolkit 2024 provides marketers with strategic support for planning and decision-making to help navigate the challenges and benefit from the opportunities in the coming year. The trend identification for the report is based on WARC’s new proprietary GEISTE methodology (Government, Economy, Industry,…

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