Year: 2024

Sainsbury’s launches agroforestry initiative as it celebrates 20-year partnership with the Woodland Trust

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of a new agroforestry initiative in collaboration with the Woodland Trust as the two organisations celebrate 20 years of partnership. Agroforestry is the integration of trees, hedges and shrubs into farming systems which provides benefits including shade and shelter for animals and crops, improving biodiversity and soil structure while reducing soil erosion and capturing ammonia from the atmosphere. The Woodland Trust will work with farmers and growers that supply Sainsbury’s to offer in-person support to create planting plans that fit their farming systems. With only…

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£11.8 million awarded from the Inclusive Communities Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Heart of England Community Foundation are pleased to announce the successful allocation of £11.8 million, distributing 388 grants from the Inclusive Communities Fund to projects across the West Midlands.  The Inclusive Communities Fund was established to empower communities to tackle local challenges. Inspired by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Fund is supporting community-based organisations, offering them access to new opportunities and legacy funding from the Games.  For Heart of England Community Foundation, this represents a remarkable achievement—disbursing approximately four years’ worth of grant making in just seven months, making…

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Ceres releases new resource for investors on understanding avoided emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres has released a new report for investors focused on how avoided carbon emissions can be used to identify solutions that address climate risks and investment opportunities arising from the shift to a low-carbon economy. The report, Investing in the Future: Unlocking Value Through Avoided Emissions, is designed to equip investors with the knowledge and tools needed to understand and calculate avoided emissions – the metric for expected emissions that a climate solution prevents or saves in place of a higher-carbon product or service in the market.    “While current resources…

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As Perceived Need for Personal Protection Spurs Record Levels of U.S. Adults Purchasing Firearms for the First Time, New PSA Emphasizes Need to Store Guns Safely

Stuart Mitchell

As a part of the national, award-winning End Family Fire program, Brady: United Against Gun Violence and the Ad Council have released a new public service advertisement (PSA) developed by advertising agency, Pereira O’Dell, in an effort to raise awareness among the millions of new gun owners in the U.S. about the importance of secure firearm storage to prevent gun-related deaths and injuries. This comes at a critical moment as firearms have become the number one killer of children and teens in the U.S. and secure gun storage is proven…

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Triodos Bank continues to deliver positive impact and maintains a solid financial performance

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank, a frontrunner in sustainable banking since 1980, announced today its performance over the first half of 2024. The 2024 Half Year Report was also published today and is available here: www.triodos.com/reporting. Delivering positive impact We announced a partnership with the Canadian pension fund Fondaction to accelerate positive change in global finance EUR 650 million in new loans were provided to social entrepreneurs under our five transition themes; the energy, food, resource, societal and wellbeing transitions  Across Triodos Bank and Triodos Investment Management, 10 new project loans and investments were…

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