Day: 23 June 2024

Climate anxiety far higher among ad industry than general public

Stuart Mitchell

Climate anxiety is far higher for those working in the ad industry than the general public, and perceptions about the ad industry’s impact on the climate crisis are far less positive for those working in the ad industry business versus the general public. These are just some of the key findings from new IPA data, carried out by Ipsos, that were debated at an IPA Advertising Week Europe “Advertising and the Climate Crisis” event. The research was commissioned by the IPA Media Climate Action Group and carried out in April…

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Bristol Energy Cooperative teams up with Triodos Bank UK for new share offer

Stuart Mitchell

Bristol Energy Cooperative, a well-established energy cooperative,  has launched a new share offer with Triodos Bank UK that hopes to tap into the growing interest from everyday investors to support green energy generation, local communities and energy independence. The share offer is Bristol Energy Cooperative’s tenth raise, and it’s the first time that the organisation is working with Triodos Bank UK. The share offer will be available on the bank’s crowdfunding platform. Bristol Energy Co-operative was established in 2011 with the aim of building community-owned energy infrastructure. Over the past 13…

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CAP – Alcohol alternatives – new rules and guidance are live

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Alcohol alternatives – new rules and guidance are live. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Following a public consultation in 2022, the new CAP and BCAP Code rules on alcohol alternative product advertising that were announced at the end of last year have now come into force. As many of the rules depend on the…

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CORSIA carbon credit demand expected to outstrip supply by 2030 – Abatable analysis

Stuart Mitchell

The surplus of CORSIA-eligible carbon credits is expected to become negative by 2030 in the absence of new supplies coming online, according to Abatable analysis. Alejandro Limón Portillo and Greg Lydka Morris outline the findings and explain what’s next for the CORSIA scheme after its bumpy start. The aviation sector contributes around 3% to global emissions today. As a hard-to-abate sector, direct low-carbon technological solutions including the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and electrification are being developed to reduce this impact, but they will take time to proliferate due…

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UK: Window closing on infrastructure catch up, warn government advisers

Stuart Mitchell

Failure to go further, faster over the next five years on plans for infrastructure delivery could constrain economic growth and threaten climate targets, according to the government’s official infrastructure advisers. Noting the UK has faced several years of disruption from Covid and the cost-of-living crisis, the National Infrastructure Commission’s annual review charts a mixed picture of progress towards key infrastructure goals: Five-year funding settlements for local transport have been devolved to more city regions Funding diverted from the cancelled northern leg of HS2 has been earmarked for local transport budgets,…

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