Month: December 2024

Actress Ashley Jensen hosts exclusive premiere for schoolchildren to launch new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

Stuart Mitchell

Actress Ashley Jensen has joined a group of lucky schoolchildren on a knitted red carpet in the East Midlands whilst hosting an exclusive premiere to launch a brand-new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. Academy Award®-winning studio Aardman has colla-baa-rated with the international children’s charity on a ewe-nique Shaun the Sheep animation, The Knit Before Christmas, to celebrate the charity’s fundraising campaign and encourage everyone to sign up, take part and donate. Save the Children Ambassador Ashley Jensen hosted the film’s premiere at Launde Primary…

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PRCA supports launch of awards recognising top independent PR practitioners

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is proud to support the launch of The Independent Impact 50, a new awards programme celebrating the achievements of the PR industry’s most influential and impactful independent practitioners. Founded by leading independent practitioners and PRCA members Rod Cartwright FPRCA and Nigel Sarbutts CMPRCA, these awards will evaluate PR professionals’ campaign work while showcasing independent practitioners who demonstrate exceptional client impact, industry contributions, and a steadfast commitment to raising professional standards. The inaugural Independent Impact 50 will be selected by a panel of judges,…

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Dr Shiva Shirani wins Innovandi NanoCem Prize for research using 4D nano-technology to help improve low-carbon cement

Stuart Mitchell

A post doctorate researcher from Spain, whose research could help understand how to reduce the time it takes for low carbon concrete to harden, has been honoured with an international prize. For her PhD, Dr Shiva Shirani, from the University of Malaga, focused on studying advanced X-ray images (4D nano-imaging) of cement particles. Recently, she was named as winner of the Innovandi NanoCem Prize 2024, which recognises research focused on helping the global cement and concrete industry achieve net zero. The Innovandi NanoCem Prize was established to recognise outstanding academic…

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NextGen – a South Pole and Mitsubishi Corporation joint venture – signs historic deal with Alt Carbon to scale Asian CDR from India’s tea plantations

Stuart Mitchell

NextGen CDR (NextGen), one of the world’s largest diversified portfolios for permanent carbon dioxide removals (CDRs), announced at the Futures Summit 2024 that it will purchase CDRs from India’s leading CDR developer, Alt Carbon, scaling Asia’s carbon removal market. NextGen and Alt Carbon were joined on stage by joint venture partners South Pole and Mitsubishi Corporation at the event celebrating the offtake agreement.  Alt Carbon spreads basalt on tea plantations in the Himalayan foothills, where the humid weather conditions speed up the rock’s ability to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere…

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GGGI Launches the First of Its Kind Carbon Transaction Facility

Stuart Mitchell

At the Global Green Growth Week 2024, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched the Carbon Transaction Facility (CTF) in a high-profile event inaugurated by GGGI’s President of the Assembly and Chair of the Council, H.E. Ban Ki-Moon. The CTF offers a comprehensive solution to scaling up international carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, addressing major challenges in market development. The Carbon Transaction Facility is the first of its kind, standing as the only international facility solely focused on expanding Article 6-aligned carbon markets Through the CTF,…

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