Month: May 2024

Invest in maternal nutrition to end world hunger: World Hunger Day 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Globally, 1 in 10 people go to bed hungry every night and 3 billion people can’t afford a healthy, nutritious diet. This World Hunger Day on Tuesday 28th May, The Hunger Project was urging investment in nutrition for mothers to break the cycle of malnutrition and hunger affecting millions worldwide. The 2024 theme, “Thriving Mothers, Thriving World,” highlights the critical role of maternal nutrition in ending global hunger. Despite producing enough food to feed everyone, over 1 billion adolescent girls and women suffer from malnutrition. The effects are passed down…

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OnePlanetCapital Climate Change EIS Fund leads 1.25m round into GT Green Technologies

Stuart Mitchell

OnePlanetCapital, the climate tech VC, has led a strategic funding round into GT Green Technologies. GT Green is a pioneer in emerging wind technology – dedicated to revolutionising commercial shipping with innovative Wind Assisted Propulsion (WAP) solutions. As part of the raise OnePlanetCapital will take a board seat in the company and advise the management team going forward. Alongside OnePlanetCapital, GT Green Technologies has received strategic investments from Carisbrooke Shipping, plus financial backing from several notable climate focused angels, alongside a retail tranche with over 500 investors. The broad interest…

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Global Alliance Announces Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Month – June 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance announces the celebration of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) Month this June 2024. In honor of this important initiative, Global Alliance are hosting a series of three insightful webinars that aim to foster best practices and innovative strategies within the realms of DEI. Webinar Schedule: 1. Best Practices in Diversity, Equality & Inclusion    – Date: June 13, 2024 2. Digital Inclusion    – Date: June 20, 2024 3. Public Relations & Communication Profession through Legislation Inclusion    – Date: June 27, 2024 Each webinar promises to…

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Cannes Lions unveils 2024 programme

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity’s 2024 extensive content programme will showcase more than 150 hours of content, with around 500 speakers from across the spectrum of creativity. The Festival runs from 17 to 21 June, in Cannes, France. About this year’s line-up, Natasha Woodwal, Director of Content, LIONS, said: “Our open call for content gives us unparalleled insight into what matters most to the industry right now, and we’ve used this to design a programme filled with a diversity of voices offering different perspectives of global challenges. Speakers…

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Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers, ILO report finds

Stuart Mitchell

A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational safety and health (OSH) protections are struggling to keep up with the resulting risks, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The report, Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate , says that climate change is already having a serious impact on the safety and health of workers in all regions of the world. The ILO…

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