Month: August 2024

The PA Foundation publishes second annual report and announces £2m+ in grants towards STEM and skills education in 2023

Stuart Mitchell

The PA Foundation has published its latest annual report, announcing that it distributed over £2 million of grant-based funding in 2023. This marks a doubling in funding from 2022, when The PA Foundation distributed over £1 million in its inaugural year. The funds targeted initiatives that increase access to opportunities for people in underserved communities or those facing societal, cultural, or financial barriers. In partnership with PA Consulting, the global innovation consultancy, the report highlights The PA Foundation’s activities to support and inspire these people, particularly those at a disadvantage,…

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ACEVO launches its first-ever Climate Week, taking place 9-13 September 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) is excited to announce its inaugural Climate Week, taking place from 9-13 September 2024. This event aims to galvanize civil society leaders around the pressing issues of climate change and environmental sustainability. Throughout the week, ACEVO will host a series of online events, publish content, and encourage civil society leaders to share their challenges and experiences with integrating climate action into their work. Highlights include a digital meeting open to anyone, not just ACEVO members, asking the question ‘can civil society…

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France and Austria release ambitious carbon management strategies to combat climate change

Stuart Mitchell

France has unveiled its Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) strategy, outlining its roadmap for reducing carbon emissions by capturing CO2 from industrial sources and utilising or storing it to prevent its release into the atmosphere. These technologies will also be critical in helping France reach carbon neutrality through the capture and storage of biogenic or atmospheric CO2.  “As one of the EU’s largest contributors to industrial CO2 emissions, France will need CCUS to achieve its climate targets while preserving its manufacturing base” said Toby Lockwood, Technology and Markets Director…

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TotalEnergies’ Latest Pangea Supercomputer Tackles the Energy Transition

Stuart Mitchell

TotalEnergies has launched the new generation of its Pangea 4 supercomputer at the Jean Féger Scientific and Technical Center at Pau in southwest France. Initially developed to support TotalEnergies’ exploration and production activities, the new version of Pangea is available for use across the Company and is at the service of its energy transition. Supporting TotalEnergies’ energy transition with scientific supercomputing Pangea 4 responds to the needs of TotalEnergies’ new activities, with: windflow simulations for the design and siting of wind farms; simulations of reservoir storage capacity in connection with…

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The Carbon Trust partners with Provenance to enable verified carbon reduction claims at the point of purchase

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust label is expanding its visibility online by partnering with sustainability claims platform Provenance. Through its partnership, the Carbon Trust’s ‘Carbon Emissions Reductions Achieved’ label will be added to Provenance’s platform, to support consumers with easy access to credible information regarding the carbon impact of the products they purchase. This is how the Carbon Trust’s label will be showcased at point of purchase on a product page where the Provenance widget is used to display the product’s sustainability claims.  Provenance enables brands and retailers to communicate product and…

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