Day: 21 May 2024

UK B Corp community reaches 2,000

Stuart Mitchell

ompanies are leading the shift to better business as the UK B Corp community reaches its latest milestone. Today, B Lab UK reveals that there are officially 2,000 Certified B Corporations in the UK — a figure that has doubled in just 18 months. Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are businesses that prioritise people and the planet alongside profit. They measure and improve their impact on their employees, customers, local communities and the environment and make a legal commitment to ensure this expanded duty of care is locked in…

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Stonewall Housing raises awareness about the LGBTQ+ homelessness crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Kicked out for coming out won first prize in Ocean’s digital creative competition. Almost one in five LGBTQ+ people experience homelessness in their lifetime, with 77% citing family rejection as the reason fortheir homelessness when coming out or being outed. Mr. President’s DOOH campaign seeks to spread the message about LGBTQ+ homelessness in order to raise much needed funds for Stonewall Housing to support those in need of advice, temporary accommodation and advocacy. The campaign won first prize in the charity category of Ocean’s 2023 digital creative competition – with…

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RWE successfully issues its first inaugural US dollar green bond, marking a significant step into US debt financing

Stuart Mitchell

RWE successfully placed its first green US dollar bond with a total volume of US$2 billion. The bond was issued in two tranches of US$1 billion with 10-year tenor and US$1 billion with 30-year tenor, respectively. For the first tranche, the yield-to-maturity amounts to 5.926%, based on a coupon of 5.875% p.a. and an issuance price of 99.619%. For the second tranche, the yield-to-maturity amounts to 6.261%, based on a coupon of 6.250% p.a. and an issuance price of 99.852%. The issuance was met with strong interest from investors and…

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enfinium announces proposal for £200m investment in carbon capture project in North Wales

Stuart Mitchell

enfinium, a leading UK energy from waste operator, announces it is progressing plans to invest around £200 million in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Parc Adfer energy from waste facility in Deeside, North Wales, providing vital carbon removals and boosting the green economy. The project could capture up to 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year. As over half of the waste processed at the facility is organic, installing CCS would enable the plant to take more CO2 out of the atmosphere than it produces. The…

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Compassion Launches ‘Better Chicken’ Identity to Raise Awareness of Broiler Welfare

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has launched a new Better Chicken visual identity in response to food businesses who requested support in communication, recognition and understanding of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC).  The result is an eye-catching chicken ‘face’ logo with the strapline, ‘Committed to Better Chicken, Raising Standards Together’ with supporting visual and animated assets.  The identity and accompanying assets were created by creative change agency, Born Ugly, and can be used by companies that have signed up to the BCC on their digital channels to talk about their journey…

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