Day: 23 January 2024

Deloitte Expands Sustainability, Climate and Equity Upskilling for its Leaders and Professionals

Stuart Mitchell

Deloitte have announced expanded collaborations with renowned academic institutions, including MIT Sloan School of Management, NYU Stern Executive Education and Center for Sustainable Business, and most recently, Arizona State University, to create a differentiated, integrated learning program intended to enhance Deloitte professionals’ ability to help guide clients in identifying and engineering solutions to support what’s good for their business, people and the planet. Acknowledging the rapidly evolving market and science that encompasses effective sustainability, climate and equity problem solving, Deloitte continues to advance its large-scale enhancement of these skills among…

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TAQA and Octopus Energy Group’s Kraken team up to drive decarbonisation in the Middle East and Eurasia

Stuart Mitchell

Next generation energy technology provider Kraken Technologies is teaming up with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PSJC (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to launch a pilot project to trial the Kraken platform with TAQA’s power and water customers in the UAE. This program supports TAQA’s focus on operational excellence, optimisation and digitalisation across the value chain to improve customer services as well as exemplifying a high-performing and efficient transmission and distribution business.  The companies are also exploring a joint venture…

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UK Information Commissioner warns against 2024 becoming the year people lose trust in AI

Stuart Mitchell

UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, has warned that 2024 could be the year people lose trust in AI – and call on tech developers to embed privacy into their products from the very start. Referring to research which shows people are growing ever more nervous of AI, Mr Edwards will set out the steps the ICO has taken to support businesses using the smart technology and make it clear that there are no excuses for “bad actors” who do not comply with data protection laws. Delivering the keynote address at…

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Clear Channel UK supports Outvertising Live 2023: Advocating LGBTQ+ inclusivity in advertising

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel proudly supports Outvertising Live, the annual gathering of advertising’s queer community and allies, which is a celebration of inclusivity and progress.   Organised by Outvertising, a not-for-profit advocacy group for LGBTQ+ individuals in the industry, the event brings together thought leaders and experts to share insights and explore advancements in inclusive advertising practices. Representing Clear Channel in full force, our Queer Channel (ERG) members actively participated in this transformative event, engaging with a diverse audience from across the industry. The event kicked off with a thought-provoking discussion reflecting…

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Fairtrade calls for “fair due diligence” in new report on its actions on human rights and environmental sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade International’s first human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) report, published recently, features aggregated audit data on issues such as labour rights, child protection, and biodiversity. As the first of its kind for a sustainability certification, the report also describes Fairtrade’s HREDD process, drawing attention to poverty and inequality as underlying causes of persistent human rights and environmental harms and the need for collective action. Released to coincide with Human Rights Day on 10 December and the 75th anniversary of the International Declaration of Human Rights, the report comes…

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