Month: October 2024

EcoVadis Index: More Companies Are Mastering Sustainability Fundamentals to Reduce Risk, Build Resilience and Prepare for Due Diligence

Stuart Mitchell

Companies of all sizes across the EcoVadis Network, particularly those with multiple ratings, are making measurable progress on a broad spectrum of sustainability challenges. These insights and more are found in the eighth edition of the Business Sustainability Index, published recently by business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis.   This edition of the Index explores the trends behind the 125,000+ supplier sustainability ratings (~38,000 in 2023 alone) EcoVadis has delivered to 1,200 leading procurement teams from 2019 through 2023. It looks at how these suppliers, spanning all global regions and major…

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IEA policy review highlights UK leadership on climate policy and emission reduction efforts

Stuart Mitchell

Renewables and coal phase-out has helped the United Kingdom lower electricity system emissions, but greater focus is needed on end-use sectors to further advance its clean energy transition The IEA regularly conducts reviews of the energy and related climate policies of its member countries and provides recommendations – a process that supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange of international best practices and experiences. This latest review of the United Kingdom, based on work conducted during its previous government, finds that it has made significant progress to-date on emissions…

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Global Water Challenge and Cargill Expand Partnership Across Five Continents to Address Water Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

During World Water Week 2024, Global Water Challenge (GWC) and Cargill announced the expansion of their Cargill Currents partnership platform with a renewed investment of over $5MM USD over three years and new plans to tackle water-related challenges in communities and basins across five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Cargill Currents supports community health and livelihoods, promotes watershed health and advances water security around the world. In its second phase, the partnership platform will build upon these achievements and continue to focus on prioritizing solutions that…

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Ørsted shuts down its last coal-fired heat and power plant

Stuart Mitchell

Ørsted is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world and the global leader in offshore wind power. Earlier, Ørsted was one of the most coal-intensive energy companies in Europe, but since 2006, the company has reduced its coal consumption significantly through a reduction in the number of heat and power plants as well as conversions to certified sustainable biomass instead of coal. With this, the company will have shut down its last coal-fired heat and power plant, and Ørsted’s entire energy generation will be essentially fossil-free. Ole…

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£9m investment championing the next generation of dementia researchers

Stuart Mitchell

Alzheimer’s Society will be investing £9million into funding three new Doctoral Training Centres designed to support and nurture dementia researchers at the start of their career. Currently only one in five dementia PhD students go on to stay in dementia research often due to underfunding and the challenging nature of academic careers.  The news last week of potential new treatments in dementia highlights again that researchers taking their first steps into the field will be the dementia research leaders of the future. They are critical to maintaining the momentum to…

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