Month: October 2024

TotalEnergies joins the first Japanese fund dedicated to the development of low-carbon hydrogen

Stuart Mitchell

TotalEnergies announces its entry as an investor in the “Japan Hydrogen Fund” at its first close, joining several major Japanese companies in this fund dedicated to developing the low-carbon hydrogen value chain. At its launch, the fund is initially endowed with over $400 million, thanks to contributions from prominent Japanese investors: Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Tokyo Century Corporation, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka. The fund will be managed by Advantage Partners, one of Japan’s leading private…

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Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact but countries most impacted by the climate crisis are the least prepared

Stuart Mitchell

Governments are failing to make full use of the powerful potential of social protection to counter the effects of the climate crisis and support a just transition, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The report also finds that those countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change often have the lowest levels of social protection. The World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition finds that, for the first time, more than half of the global population (52.4 per…

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Donations from FTSE 100 companies to charities have not kept pace with profits over the past decade

Stuart Mitchell

New CAF research also suggests charities could be missing out on more than £5bn of donations from UK business community. Britain’s biggest listed companies donated £1.82 bn last year, slightly down on the previous year. GSK give the highest amount of FTSE 100 companies to charity, and Tesco donates the highest percentage of pre-tax profits. Only one in five UK companies intend to increase their giving next year. Charitable giving by Britain’s largest listed companies over the past ten years has not kept pace with profits, according to new research…

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Average salary falls as challenges to PR industry outlined in CIPR’s 2024 State of the Profession report

Stuart Mitchell

The average salary across the public relations profession has fallen by over £3,000 in two years, highlighting the impact of a challenging economic backdrop on the PR industry according to new data from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).  The Institute’s latest State of the Profession report – the first since 2022 – provides industry-leading insights into the public relations profession following a survey of over 2,000 PR professionals on a range of topics including working hours, industry challenges, activities most commonly undertaken, and a series of new questions…

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Changing food consumers’ choices may help cut greenhouse gases

Stuart Mitchell

Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions associated with the global food supply chains induced by diets could fall by 17% if people change their food choices towards more plant-based diets, a new study reveals.   Researchers believe that a currently over-consuming 56.9% of the global population would save 32.4% of global dietary emissions by changing their diet to the planetary health diet proposed by the EAT-Lancet Commission. Publishing their findings today last month in Nature Climate Change, an international group of researchers note that a diet switch to the planetary health diet would…

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