Day: 23 February 2024

Refreshed governance for global sustainability standard setter

Stuart Mitchell

Three new members have been appointed to the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent body responsible for developing and setting the GRI Standards.  The GSSB membership is globally diverse and covers five defined constituency groups: business enterprise, investment institutions, labor organizations, mediating institutions, and civil society. This ensures that the GRI Standards, the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, reflect the needs of a multi-stakeholder audience and are developed in the public good. The new additions to the GSSB are: Rebeca Coriat, Head of Stewardship, Lomboard Ordier Investment…

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Hitachi Digital Services and OneThird Fight Supermarket Food Waste With First-of-its-Kind Digital Solution

Stuart Mitchell

Hitachi Digital Services, the digital consultancy and technology services subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., is supporting food waste prevention specialists OneThird in the development of a breakthrough solution tackling the global food waste crisis. OneThird selected Digital Services from Hitachi Vantara, now a new entity known as Hitachi Digital Services, to combine its Azure cloud and application expertise with their in-depth understanding of sensing and AI technology and together they created a real-time data insights platform to enable a smarter and more flexible food supply chain. The solution enables fresh produce…

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£1m safety net for domestic abuse survivors as SafeLives and NatWest renew crucial frontline fund

Stuart Mitchell

SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good, has announced the three-year renewal of its successful Circle Fund, thanks to a further £1m donation from NatWest. Designed by services and survivors, the Circle Fund provides fast, flexible and impactful grants of up to £500 to answer victims’ individual needs, delivered via a network of frontline services.  Since NatWest’s initial £1m donation in 2020, 137 frontline services across the UK have now accessed the Circle Fund, directly supporting over 4,000 survivors of domestic abuse. This includes specialist services…

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Jellyfish appointed by Sanofi to power CO₂ measurement alongside Scope3

Stuart Mitchell

Global digital marketing business Jellyfish recently announced a pioneering partnership with global healthcare company Sanofi and supply chain emissions data specialist Scope3, having been appointed by Sanofi to help achieve its ambition of systematically measuring CO₂ emissions in paid media across all markets, and support markets with carbon reduction initiatives. A carbon calculator will cover eight different channels, across 35 countries and all brands within the Sanofi Consumer Healthcare division. Sanofi had success reducing carbon emissions with Scope3 in early 2023 tests and is expanding carbon measurement and reduction with…

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ABAC joins ICAS as new associate member

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) and its members warmly welcomes the ABAC Scheme as associate member.  ABAC, the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Scheme, is a non-profit organization established to promote  responsible marketing of alcohol beverages in Australia. ABAC achieves this through an effective advertising self-regulatory system, and through education and advisory services for the industry. The ABAC Scheme is administered by a Management Committee which, along with government, includes representatives from the industry and advertising. It is funded by the industry via membership levies, direct signatory fees and pre-vetting fees. The ABAC Responsible…

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