Month: February 2024

Octopus Energy and Gett spark EV charging partnership for London’s iconic black cabs

Stuart Mitchell

Gett, a leading UK black cab app, and Octopus Energy announce a partnership to bring easy electric vehicle (EV) charging to over 4,000 iconic electric taxis in London. Available from today, the offer includes charging discounts and credits, as well as reduced prices on home charging equipment for cab drivers on the Gett platform. Octopus’ award-winning EV charging platform – Octopus Electroverse – is already integrated with most charge point brands in the capital. As part of this latest tie-up, taxi drivers will get exclusive discounts when they charge up…

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Benevity Releases its Top Charitable Causes Supported by Companies and Their People in 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced its annual top charitable causes and giving trends data, which revealed that humanitarian aid for the people impacted by the Israel-Hamas war significantly impacted giving behavior in 2023. In the last three months of the year, support poured in from around the world, with $83.5 million in donations towards providing emergency medical assistance, food and shelter for the people of Israel and Palestine. Overall, a record-breaking $3.2 billion was donated to nonprofits in 2023 by more than 2.3…

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Morrisons to make further significant improvements to its chicken welfare standards

Stuart Mitchell

By November 2024, all of Morrisons own-brand fresh chicken will be grown with over 20% more space than the industry standard of 38kg/m2. This change forms part of Morrisons journey to improve and enhance animal welfare standards. Morrisons has been reducing its chicken stocking density steadily over a number of years and with the help of its suppliers will reduce this to 30kg/m2 (from 34.2kg/m2 currently) making it easier for customers to make the positive choice to support higher standards of welfare whilst remaining competitive on price. Currently, all of…

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WFA President: Marketing’s new ways to deliver value

Stuart Mitchell

In 2024, marketers need to deliver for their businesses in new and unprecedented ways. CMOs have more power than ever to shape the fortunes of their brands, says WFA President and Mastercard CMO Raja Rajamannar. The landscape of marketing is evolving, providing a fertile ground for innovation and creativity. We have more power than ever to redefine how businesses connect with their target audience and achieve unprecedented success. In such a dynamic environment, the potential for marketers to shape the fortunes of their businesses is more promising than ever before.…

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Lindsay Hooper announced as interim CEO for CISL

Stuart Mitchell

CISL’s current Executive Director Lindsay Hooper will now step up to take the helm of the Institute into an exciting 2024  The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership today announces that Lindsay Hooper has been appointed as its interim CEO/Director. In her previous position as Executive Director at CISL, Lindsay made an important contribution as part of the senior leadership team in setting the Institute’s ambitions for impact, its sustainability strategy and organisational purpose.   Lindsay played a foundational role driving transformative change and supported CISL’s evolution into the…

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