Day: 19 June 2024

IKEA launches new in-app feature and products to empower smarter energy use at home

Stuart Mitchell

IKEA pilots the new Energy Insights feature, to enable customers to monitor their electricity consumption and use energy smarter. The feature is now available in the Swedish IKEA Home smart app, and will be further improved and developed throughout the year.  As energy costs and consumption continue to capture homeowners’ attention, IKEA embarks on a journey to create digital experiences and smart energy products designed to help customers save energy and make better decisions around their electricity consumption at home. Marking the beginning is the pilot launch of Energy Insights in…

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PACAC misses opportunity to improve lobbying, says PRCA

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) – the professional body that represents the lobbying industry – is disappointed that proposals issued by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), won’t deliver transparency to members of the public, while adding to requirements placed on, and only on, consultant lobbyists. PACAC’s report, Lobbying and Influence, follows their two-year investigation during which PRCA provided evidence and made proposals for greater transparency. PRCA chief executive James Hewes said: “PACAC have missed an opportunity to increase transparency in lobbying. They rightly recognise that…

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Boy Scouts of America to Become Scouting America

Stuart Mitchell

The Boy Scouts of America have announced that it will rebrand to Scouting America, reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family in America to experience the benefits of Scouting. The change will go into effect on February 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th anniversary. This announcement also comes as the organization celebrates the fifth anniversary of welcoming girls into Cub Scouting and Scouts BSA programs. Scouting America currently serves more than 176,000 girls and young women across all programs, including over 6,000 who have earned the rank…

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No shrinking violets! Conservation charity aims to create purple patch with mass planting of 20,000 violets to satisfy particular tastes of rare butterfly

Stuart Mitchell

Across the Shropshire Hills this spring, the National Trust and many dedicated volunteers will start the mass planting of 20,000 marsh violets, the largest planting of its kind in the UK. These delicate little plants are the favourite food of caterpillars of small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies, and by planting more, it’s hoped to attract many more of these rare butterflies. Led by the National Trust, and funded by the Natural England Species Recovery Programme, this ambitious planting is part of the Stepping Stones Project to restore habitat connectivity across the…

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GlobalGiving UK Women in Tech Giving Circle

Stuart Mitchell

Growing women-led philanthropy through collaboration & collective giving In April 2024, GlobalGiving launched the UK’s first Women in Tech Giving Circle at its inaugural event in central London, bringing together a collective of successful women leaders working in technology. Enclosed is their invite – please have a look! GlobalGiving is currently seeking founding members for the UK Women in Tech Giving Circle who aspire to make a meaningful philanthropic difference in communities worldwide through selected causes or themes.   Giving circles are a growing global movement with over 4,000 active circles…

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