Month: October 2024

PRSA Honored with ASAE Power of Association Silver Award

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA has been honored with a 2024 Power of Association Silver Award for Promise & Pitfalls: The Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners. Announced today by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), this Power of Association Award recognizes PRSA for its work to advance industry standards. Promise & Pitfalls is an extensive framework that follows PRSA’s Code of Ethics, and provides best practices for preventing and managing potential ethical challenges that may arise from the improper use of AI tools. PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS) authored…

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Interconnectivity at heart of The Crown Estate’s new Nature Recovery approach

Stuart Mitchell

The Crown Estate has published a new ambition for Nature Recovery that will drive a consistent approach across its diverse assets on land and seabed, following a 12-month engagement process with a wide range of nature experts and organisations.   To ensure cohesive action across a diverse array of habitats and interconnected ecosystems, The Crown Estate sets out company-wide nature goals and commitments that will raise the bar on its ambitions for Nature Recovery. These goals set the focus of its delivery plan and there will be a further update published…

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IFC Unveils a New Initiative to Help Financial Institutions in Europe Manage Climate Risks

Stuart Mitchell

A pioneering initiative that will help equip financial institutions with knowledge, tools, and skills to manage climate-related risks is being launched in Europe by IFC. Climate-related disasters across Europe caused losses of about €650 billion, or around €15.5 billion per year from 1980 to 2022. Losses of financial institutions have also been significant. The World Bank’s global research shows that non-performing loans ratios are estimated to increase by 0.37 percentage points after severe climate and environmental disaster episodes. The region’s projected climate change impacts call for urgent action to improve…

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Berry White Paper Offers Key Considerations for Industrial Stretch Film Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

A new white paper from Berry Global offers insights on how to balance the drive towards more sustainable industrial stretch films while delivering the required levels of performance and reliability for every application. Businesses across all sectors are seeing increasing demand for more sustainable transit packaging. However, while this drive for sustainability is important, it is equally essential to acknowledge that stretch film’s primary function remains to provide load stability and protect against dust, dirt, and moisture. The paper discusses some of the main issues that need to be addressed…

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Vattenfall sets circular economy target for permanent magnets

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall has announced its commitment to achieving 100% circular outflow of permanent magnets from their wind farms decommissioned from 2030 onwards. This initiative marks Vattenfall as the first developer to commit to a detailed circular economy target for these crucial components. Permanent magnets are integral to wind turbine functionality, especially for direct drive turbines, and depending on size, turbines are housing between one to eight tons of these magnets. The amount of 1 ton of permanent magnets would be sufficient for use in approximately 20,000 standard home loudspeakers. These magnets…

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