Day: 14 February 2024

Digital Poverty Alliance partner with Disability Rights UK and Silver Voices to recognise the millions of vulnerable citizens who will suffer as all landlines become digital by December 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has partnered with Disability Rights UK and Silver Voices to shed light on the 95 per cent of over-65s and vulnerable individuals that could suffer from the national landline copper line switch off. In opposition to the planned Switch Off, Silver Voices has been leading a national petition calling to review the timetable for phasing out traditional landlines, and push this back from next year to 2030. Through the partnership, the DPA and Disability Rights UK will join forces to support the petition and raise…

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OVO cuts offsets from its pathway to true decarbonisation by 2035

Stuart Mitchell

OVO has doubled down on its commitment to reach True Net Zero by 2035 in its new Plan Zero report launched recently, radically reducing its reliance on offsets and increasing investment in energy efficiency measures for customers. This follows the latest climate science guidance by SBTi, detailing a true and transparent pathway to decarbonisation. OVO is calling for companies to do more to reduce their reliance on offsets when setting net zero targets, and do more to prevent carbon entering the atmosphere. A direct response to the climate crisis, Plan…

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FG Capital Advisers Announces Development of Carbon Credit Token and Platform for Congo Basin

Stuart Mitchell

FG Capital Advisers has announced that it has developed a carbon credit token and platform that will drive sustainability efforts in the Congo Basin. The initiative reflects FG Capital Advisers’ proactive stance on offsetting damage done to sub-Saharan Africa by invasive mining from corporations and individuals. This region is home to the world’s second-largest rainforest. As a vital, natural ecological sanctuary, the Congo Basin serves as a biodiverse vital carbon sink. Though the project originates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), its reach encompasses the Republic of the…

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Weetabix Puts Colleagues & Farmers Centre Stage in 2023 Sustainability Report

Stuart Mitchell

The Weetabix Food Company has published its 2023 Sustainability Report, sharing updates on progress against its ‘Change for Even Better’ strategy. For the first time the report features a new initiative to introduce consumers to some of the real British farmers growing Weetabix wheat.  In October, the company changed the slogan on its Weetabix Original boxes from ‘Britain’s favourite cereal’ to ‘Grown from 100% British Wheat’ sourced within a 50 mile radius of its Northamptonshire factory. This was inspired by consumer testing that showed choosing British grown wheat is a…

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Chris Stark to lead the Carbon Trust

Stuart Mitchell

Chris Stark, the UK’s chief climate change adviser, has been appointed as the new CEO of global climate consultancy, the Carbon Trust. He will take over the role in Spring 2024 to lead the organisation as it drives accelerated climate action towards Net Zero. This comes after the Carbon Trust’s CEO of over two decades, Tom Delay, announced he would step down in June last year. Chair of the Carbon Trust’s Board, Julia King Baroness Brown of Cambridge, said she was delighted to announce Chris’ appointment. “Chris Stark has been…

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