Day: 18 July 2024

From classroom to playroom: LEGO® Braille Bricks now widely available for Nordic, Dutch and Portuguese speaking fans!

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group has announced a special top-up package solution to its LEGO Braille Bricks – Play with Braille set, which will bring the total number of alphabets supported to eleven. Until now, the product has been available exclusively in English, Spanish, German, Italian and French. By adding top-up packs to existing English and Spanish sets, this unique tactile experience becomes accessible for Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch and Portuguese speaking families. The set is aimed at kids aged 6+ and designed so that anyone who is curious about braille,…

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M&S Food Invests Over £1 Million In Donating Bespoke Meals For Redistribution

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it is investing over £1 million in a brand-new way of addressing food poverty. By redistributing food directly from its supply chain, the retailer has created three new meals which will be distributed to families in need via FareShare – the UK’s largest charity fighting food insecurity and waste – as part of the Coronation Food Project, inspired by His Majesty King Charles III. From September, M&S will be sending the specially developed products to FareShare to distribute through its national network. Developed by M&S…

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AGRA Industries and Carbon Clean partner to accelerate the adoption of carbon capture in the biofuels industry

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon Clean, a leader in revolutionising carbon capture solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AGRA Industries, an established leader in the design, fabrication and complete construction of turnkey facilities. Under the strategic partnership, AGRA Industries and Carbon Clean will collaborate to provide Carbon Clean’s semi-modular CaptureX technology to companies in agriculture-related sectors, including the production of biofuel ethanol and sustainable aviation fuels. Carbon Clean’s CaptureX technology is proven across 49 sites globally and prefabricated, with 80% of the solution modularised and containerised. This substantially reduces on-site activity…

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ClimateWise insurance group prepares sector for evolving disclosure requirements on climate and nature-risk management

Stuart Mitchell

Global insurance industry leadership group, ClimateWise, which is part of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has updated its reporting framework Principles to help insurers prepare for an evolving disclosure environment. ClimateWise plays a key leadership role in helping to promote excellence in reporting, undertaking impact-orientated, collaborative research into how the insurance industry can support the transition to net-zero. The ClimateWise Principles guide members’ contribution to addressing climate change and are used to help members to annually benchmark their activities. In 2018 the ClimateWise Principles were aligned with the…

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Ceres releases first-of-its-kind resource for companies to deliver leading climate transition action plans

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres has released new corporate guidance on transition planning to help companies address the financial risks of climate change and maximize the opportunities for them to thrive in a low-carbon future.   Ceres’ Blueprint for Implementing a Leading Climate Transition Action Plan is a first-of-its-kind resource for companies to develop and implement leading climate transition action plans or CTAPs. CTAPs outline the actions companies take across their business to achieve their sustainability goals and transition to a cleaner, more just economy. Ceres’ guidance focuses on six action areas: setting goals and…

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