Day: 30 June 2024

Renowned UK artist and refugees sow The Seeds of Hope across London

Stuart Mitchell

If you were out and about in London this May, you might have noticed some unusual and meaningful flowers popping up across the city. In the latest collaboration between British conceptual artist, Kate Daudy and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, The Seeds of Hope calls to mind the oneness of nature and humanity. Through art, video and digital, the project evokes how refugees with the right support and compassion can thrive – just as seeds blown by the wind can flower under any circumstance. Daudy’s iconic felt flowers started growing…

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CAP – A guide to treating Mental Health responsibly in ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: A guide to treating Mental Health responsibly in ads. 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. Social responsibility and offence Advertisers should ensure references to mental health in ads are approached with care and responsibility to make sure their ads don’t have a detrimental impact on those affected or cause widespread offence or harm. Rule 1.3…

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Farmers count costs of climate change, as wet winter knocks nearly a billion pounds off revenues

Stuart Mitchell

New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has revealed that arable farmers face losing nearly a billion in revenue as a result of the wet winter. The analysis comes as a new study from the Met Office, World Weather Attribution (WWA) and others shows that the autumn and winter rainfall in the UK was made 15% heavier by climate change [2]. The ECIU analysis found that revenue from key arable crops is set to reduce by 19%. Based on current prices for wheat, barley, oats and oilseed…

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Home of Guinness to accelerate to net zero carbon goal with planned €100 million investment by Diageo at St. James’s Gate

Stuart Mitchell

Diageo has announced plans to invest over €100 million to decarbonise its historic St. James’s Gate site in Dublin 8, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years. The investment underpins the goal to accelerate to net zero carbon emissions for the site and will transform energy and water consumption with the aim to make it one of the most efficient breweries in the world by 2030. The investment was announced at St. James’s Gate by Diageo’s Global CEO, Debra Crew, this morning, where she was joined by the Taoiseach,…

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The Crown Estate launches Supply Chain Accelerator to catalyse early-stage investment in UK offshore wind supply chain

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s offshore wind industry is set to benefit from increased early-stage investment in its supply chain through the launch of The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator (“the Accelerator”). The Accelerator is a new £50m fund created to accelerate and de-risk the early-stage development of projects linked to offshore wind, helping to grow and nurture the UK’s domestic supply chain. An initial £10m round of funding is now open for Expressions of Interest for businesses looking to establish UK projects that could support the development of a new UK…

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