Day: 22 November 2024

U.S. Steel Earns World’s First Ever Certification for ResponsibleSteel™ Certified Steel at its Big River Steel Operation

Stuart Mitchell

United States Steel Corporation has just announced it is the first steel company in the world to qualify to sell its products as ResponsibleSteel Certified Steel at its Big River facility in Osceola, Arkansas. Big River received the first ResponsibleSteel Site Certification in North America in 2022 and is once again at the forefront of innovation by achieving certification for sustainably sourced and manufactured steel. ResponsibleSteel is the industry’s leading global multi-stakeholder standards body, enabling certification at the site level – and now for the first-time – steel certification. By…

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IKEA partners with the Baby Bank Alliance, as cost of living crisis drives 44% of UK parents to consider visiting a baby bank in the last year

Stuart Mitchell

IKEA has announced a new partnership with the Baby Bank Alliance, an organisation dedicated to supporting and advocating for over 300 UK baby banks and families.  With concerns surrounding the rising cost of living and the need to provide for their family, new research revealed 44% of parents have considered visiting a baby bank in the past year.  It comes as 4.3 million children in the UK are currently living in poverty₁, with referrals to baby banks up 54% in the past year, according to research undertaken by the Baby…

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Thousands turn out to support Fairtrade’s ‘Be the Change’ Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade Fortnight – two weeks of events and awareness-raising about Fairtrade in the UK (9-22 September) – has concluded, with thousands of committed Fairtrade supporters turning out to support its ‘Be the Change’ Campaign. Following Fortnight there was a significant increase in awareness amongst the UK public, with 23% of people saying they have heard of Fairtrade Fortnight (up from 12% in 2023). 83% of people who said they had heard of Fairtrade Fortnight said that they went on to purchase a Fairtrade product as a result of seeing the…

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Industry launches new guidance for measuring the carbon footprint of offshore wind farms

Stuart Mitchell

A first-of-a-kind methodology to standardise how the carbon footprint of an offshore wind farm is measured has been published by the Offshore Wind Sustainability Joint Industry Programme (SUS JIP). The collaborative initiative aims to help the global offshore wind industry scale up as sustainably as possible to meet global Net Zero targets by 2050. This new methodology is a key first step in the delivery of commitments made by many offshore wind developers to reduce emissions and will improve the transparency of carbon emission data increasingly required by regulatory bodies.…

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ILO adopts conclusions for promoting decent work and a just transition in the building materials industry

Stuart Mitchell

Representatives from governments, employers and workers gathered in Geneva to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the building materials industry, including cement, reaching a set of conclusions and recommendations. The meeting, the first of its kind, was hosted by the International Labour Organization (ILO). It brought together a panel of senior experts from the United Nations Environment Programme, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. “The building materials industry is a cornerstone of the global economy and now stands at a critical crossroads,…

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