Day: 4 September 2024

Pro Carton champions fibre-based packaging this Zero Waste Week

Stuart Mitchell

During this Zero Waste Week (2-6 September 2024), Pro Carton proudly emphasises the critical role of fibre-based packaging in driving sustainability across Europe. With the increasing global focus on reducing waste, the packaging industry has a unique opportunity to lead by example, and fibre-based materials, such as paper and cartonboard, are at the forefront of this movement. Our planet faces an urgent challenge: the world generates over two billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, and this figure is expected to increase by 70 percent by 2050[1]. In the face…

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Indira Varma, Adjoa Andoh, David Morrissey and Dougray Scott among stars supporting WaterAid campaign to new government

Stuart Mitchell

Actors Indira Varma, Adjoa Andoh, David Morrissey, Dougray Scott and Ariyon Bakare are among several celebrities backing WaterAid’s Vote Water campaign by adding their name to an open letter highlighting the global water and climate crisis and calling for urgent action.  Actors Sir Mark Rylance, Finbar Lynch, and Niamh Cusack, comedian Aisling Bea, and presenter Tyler West have also pledged their support for the not-for-profit’s campaign, which calls on the UK’s new Labour Government to prioritise investment in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene in the international development budget.    …

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Rolls-Royce and easyJet to perform hydrogen testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

Stuart Mitchell

Rolls-Royce has announced it has broken ground on a truly unique engine test site to perform outdoor, full-scale gas turbine hydrogen testing. The development of the site and engine testing is in partnership with easyJet and will be located at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. This will be the third Rolls-Royce test stand at NASA Stennis, expanding a relationship with NASA that goes back decades and includes joint research on a variety of aerospace technologies. This program is part of Rolls-Royce’s goal to develop technologies that meet the world’s…

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VCMI announces public consultation on beta Scope 3 Claim

Stuart Mitchell

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) will run a public consultation on further development of the proposed Scope 3 Claim. Running from 2nd September to 7th October, the consultation will be conducted in accordance with established best practice. Inviting feedback on an updated version of the Scope 3 Claim, the process will help build on and strengthen existing requirements and guardrails to finalize the claim and ensure that it maintains high standards of integrity, while also being practical to potential corporate adopters. The Scope 3 Claim will offer a mechanism…

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UK aid helping cities grow sustainably but more support needed to tackle climate change threats

Stuart Mitchell

UK aid is helping developing countries to build sustainability into their city planning but more focus on adapting to climate change is needed, the aid watchdog reports recently.   The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) found the UK is not doing enough to meet its international climate finance (ICF) ambition to help cities strengthen how they adjust to climate change threats, such as extreme weather, focusing more on the commitment to support emissions reduction.   Nature-based solutions – working with nature to address environmental challenges – are considered key investments in…

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