Day: 16 August 2024

Alfie Boe launches special rose in memory of his father

Stuart Mitchell

Alfie Boe OBE, has launched a special rose in memory of his dad who died from a brain tumour. The West End and Broadway star was just 23 when he lost his father Alfred to the disease in May 1997. On 7th July, Alfie launched the Alfred Robert Boe rose at the RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival, just days after the final night of his 18-date UK tour. The nation’s favourite tenor, said: “My dad loved his roses, so it’s really special for me to do this in his memory…

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Princes Group reports global reduction in food waste

Stuart Mitchell

International food and drink group, Princes, has published food waste data for its global operations, reporting an 18% fall from last year, and a 38% reduction against the Group’s 2018/2019 baseline. This marks half a decade of continued progress and puts the company firmly on track to meet its 2030 goal to halve food waste. Of the 58,575 tonnes of food waste generated globally 19,269 tonnes were sent to anaerobic digestion plants to be converted into energy, while 34,409 tonnes were recycled into bio-based materials and 3,794 tonnes were used…

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Lloyds Banking Group appoints Khadija Ali as Group Director of Sustainability and Responsible Business

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Khadija Ali as Group Director, Sustainability and Responsible Business. In the newly created role, Khadija will be responsible for leading the Group’s Social Sustainability and Environmental Sustainability teams. Khadija will report into the Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Andrew Walton. Khadija is a recognised sustainability leader with extensive experience and a deep understanding of the critical role financial services play in building a more sustainable and inclusive society. Khadija joins from EY where she led the UK Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice and advised global…

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Channel 4 appoints Katie Jackson as Chief Marketing Officer

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 has announced it has appointed Katie Jackson as the organisation’s new Chief Marketing Officer. Katie will lead marketing and brand strategy across Channel 4 and will play a key role in its ambitious Fast Forward strategy, accelerating its transformation into an agile and genuinely digital-first public service streamer. Katie will have oversight for elevating the organisation’s impact and ensuring the channel’s important, distinctive and disruptive content and brands stand out in a crowded market. She will sit on the organisation’s Executive Team and will report directly to Chief…

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Dedicated clean hydrogen production likely has a limited role in power sector decarbonization, finds CATF report

Stuart Mitchell

Clean Air Task Force analyzed the plausibility of clean hydrogen use in the power sector and found that dedicated clean hydrogen production and use, in many cases, is a costly and inefficient decarbonization strategy. Meanwhile, using electrolytic hydrogen as a storage fuel to balance excess surplus clean electricity could have some applications, but alternative strategies that minimize the need for long-duration storage, such as deploying clean firm generation like geothermal or nuclear, would likely be more cost effective.  “Interest in using hydrogen to decarbonize power systems has skyrocketed, specifically as…

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