Day: 11 May 2024

Major Indian businesses stay the course on doubling energy productivity under Climate Group’s EP100 initiative

Stuart Mitchell

In a promising push to India’s net zero goals 10 major Indian businesses are on track to double their energy productivity, according to Climate Group’s latest EP100 Annual Disclosure Report.   By being members of EP100 – Climate Group’s global corporate energy efficiency initiative – the businesses have committed to doubling their energy productivity within 25 years of their joining EP100. While the year of joining differs among members, on average they have achieved 64% of their EP100 commitments.   Two EP100 companies – Mahindra Heavy Engines Ltd. and Ultratech –…

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RAB and the Ad Council Launch New Model to Offer Advertisers Opportunity to Integrate with Social Good Campaigns

Stuart Mitchell

RAB, the not-for-profit trade association representing America’s broadcast radio industry, and the Ad Council are launching a new program to offer advertisers sponsorable, broadcast-ready public service advertisements (PSAs). This initiative is reimagining the traditional PSA donated media model by offering radio broadcasters the ability to bring their local, regional and national brand advertisers the opportunity to sponsor important purpose-based messages that will inspire consumer trust and support the communities they serve. The initiative officially kicks off on May 22 with a joint RAB and Ad Council live online presentation featuring…

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$20 billion from EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund builds local climate capacity

Stuart Mitchell

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded $20 billion to green banks, financial institutions, and nonprofit organizations for projects combating climate change in disadvantaged communities. Through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), thousands of communities will now receive funding for critical infrastructure and quality of life improvements like heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations, and community cooling centers. The GGRF is the single largest non-tax investment in the Inflation Reduction Act benefitting historically disadvantaged communities, and selected recipients of these funds have committed to reducing or…

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£12 million National Lottery cash injection to support communities to come together across the UK, as new report shows value of community

Stuart Mitchell

The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, has awarded a vital £12 million cash injection to support communities to come together across the UK. Communities from Glasgow to Kent will benefit from the first nine projects to be awarded through The UK Fund – one of the funder’s bold commitments as part of its new strategy, It starts with community, to tackle some of the big social issues facing UK communities. The announcement comes as The National Lottery Community Fund launches a new report, revealing…

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Alliance launches Inclusion Fund for non-English language writers

Stuart Mitchell

To open up the conversation about philanthropy, Alliance magazine has launched the Alliance Inclusion Fund. They have have posted the following post on their website here. We want to open and broaden the philanthropy conversation.   That means taking active steps to include, welcome and amplify previously excluded voices and making them more central to the philanthropy conversation.  Following our external EDI report, and as part of our ongoing efforts to find better ways to include an array of diverse voices, Alliance is launching a new Inclusion Fund.   The…

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