Month: September 2024

Key Enablers to Triple Renewables by 2030: Finance

Stuart Mitchell

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has established that the course to achieve the UAE Consensus energy target remains off track due to persistent structural barriers including a notable shortfall in investment. Although global investment in energy transition technologies reached a new record of USD 1.3 trillion in 2022, it is insufficient to bring about 11.2 Terawatts by 2030 pledged by countries last year. By contrast, fossil fuel capital investments were almost twice those of renewables investments in the same year. With the commitment to triple renewable power generation capacity…

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Reed donates £10,000 per week to charity for a year to celebrate founder’s 90th birthday

Stuart Mitchell

To celebrate Reed’s 65th year of being in business, as well as its Founder Sir Alec Reed’s 90th birthday, Reed Foundation, part of the Reed Group, will be donating £10,000 a week for a year to 52 different charities. Every week, a Reed employee will be drawn randomly to nominate a charity of their choice to receive an incredible donation. This means that by April 2025, the Reed Foundation will have donated a whopping £520,000 on behalf of 52 of its employees. Sir Alec Reed, CBE, Founder of Reed, commented:…

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CAP – The need for speed: Navigating speed claims in broadband & telecoms ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: The need for speed: Navigating speed claims in broadband & telecoms 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. If a consumer has fallen victim to buffering whilst streaming one of their favourites this Summer, or their latest internet speed test has returned underwhelming results, perhaps they’re in the market for a new broadband deal.   If…

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Watt did you say? Octopus Energy launches Free Elec Sesh

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy is charging up the savings game with its new ‘Free Electricity Sessions’, giving customers free extra electricity when the grid is at its greenest. Starting today, customers who are signed up to the ‘Octoplus’ rewards scheme can revel in cost-free electricity when the wholesale price of electricity drops significantly or goes negative. UK renewables are at a record high, and in the past year alone there were 14 days where electricity prices dropped below £0 due to excess renewable energy being generated. During these times, wind farms are…

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Nescafé B2B by Nestlé Professional has partnered with Deborah Meaden to spotlight UK SMEs

Stuart Mitchell

In an exciting new partnership for 2024 – Nescafé B2B by Nestlé Professional – has given small and medium businesses, a unique opportunity to win bespoke insight and advice from serial entrepreneur and business guru, Deborah Meaden. Open to small to medium sized businesses (SMEs), across all industries, the new business programme, by Nescafé, Let’s Partner up for Good, has seen seven lucky businesses win a seat at the table to discuss their business challenges relating to their sustainability journey, workplace wellbeing and business growth with Deborah Meaden and Nescafé…

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