Month: February 2024

AT&T and Rivian Team Up to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Enable Smart, Connected Vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Rivian Automotive, Inc. and AT&T have recently announced that they have signed an agreement for AT&T to purchase Rivian electric vehicles (EVs) for AT&T’s fleet through a pilot program aimed at cutting transport emissions. AT&T expects to begin adding the Rivian Commercial Van and R1 vehicles to its fleet in early 2024 to begin evaluating the various ways these vehicles help improve safety, reduce costs and cut its carbon footprint. AT&T’s commercial fleet plays an important role in keeping customers connected. Piloting EVs from Rivian will allow AT&T to explore…

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Washington D.C. art installation seeks to ‘Change Habits, Save Habitats’

Stuart Mitchell

World Land Trust (WLT) had an exciting start to 2024, with a week-long collaboration between artist LISA WOOD STUDIO in the form of an art installation called ‘SHIFT AND CONSERVE’. Placed outside the Washington D.C. National Mall, the art had a powerful intention; to inspire people to start the year with an act that had long-lasting and universal impact. As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, a public art installation was brought to life in the shadow of the Washington Monument. Blending contemporary art with sustainability, the installation’s…

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New report finds investors view the quality of available climate data as “insufficient”, recommends broader use of high quality, independent assurance

Stuart Mitchell

With the growing climate crisis creating significant risks and opportunities in capital markets, the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets released a new report today sharing investor insights on the quality of climate data, where the most critical credibility gaps lie, and how high quality, independent assurance can help close those gaps.  The report, Closing the Gap: Investor Insights into Decision-Useful Climate Data Assurance, outlines the role of third-party assurance in promoting efficient capital markets and gives recommendations on how data preparers can incorporate assurance over climate. The message from…

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Getting active made easier with £93 million funding for over 1,100 grassroots sports projects

Stuart Mitchell

Research shows exercising more was the UK’s most common New Year’s resolution for 2024, and the Government is helping hundreds of thousands more people across the UK keep their resolution and get active by delivering high-quality grassroots sport facilities. From Belfast to Bracknell, over 1,100 projects are receiving funding that will go towards facilities such as changing rooms, pavilions, state of the art 3G artificial grass pitches, goalposts and floodlights, improving access to sport and physical activity for local communities. Sports Minister Stuart Andrew announced the funding during a visit…

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Daimler Truck and Masdar explore liquid green hydrogen supply options to decarbonize road freight transport in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, and Daimler Truck Holding AG (“Daimler Truck”), one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility of liquid green hydrogen exports from Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Europe by 2030. The MoU was signed in Abu Dhabi by Fawaz Al Muharrami, Executive Director of Clean Energy and Deputy COO at Masdar and Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO of Daimler Truck.  The collaboration between the two pioneering companies with complementary roles…

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