Triodos Bank has been awarded the Global Good Finance Player of the Year award at this year’s Global Good Awards for its work in making positive impact through financing progressive companies and organisations. Founded in 2015, the Global Good Awards reward businesses, NGOs, charities and social enterprises of all shapes and sizes who are paving the way for purpose-driven sustainability and ethical leadership. The Finance Player of the Year award recognises companies that have leveraged their financial power, in the form of loans, investments or other financial mechanisms, to affect…
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The REA’s authoritative annual REview report highlights renewable energy’s role in UK’s future economic growth
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has recently published its latest annual report, REview 24, which reveals that renewable energy now provides nearly half of the UK’s electricity (47%), up from just 15% a decade ago. This significant achievement underscores the sector’s pivotal role in meeting the UK’s net zero goals, ensuring energy security and highlights its continued resilience and growth amidst evolving energy demands and challenges. An acceleration of renewables and decarbonisation is needed in the heat and transport sectors however, where renewables account for only…
Read MoreCultural and personal relevance is key driver to unlocking brand growth, new study finds
A new thought paper has been released by WARC Advisory and entertainment platform TikTok recently. The power of connective media: Unlocking impact through personal and cultural relevance explores how brands can achieve positive business effects from focusing on relevance, and provides a framework for creating content and ads that are culturally and personally relevant to consumers and their communities. Today, audiences are spread across countless channels, platforms, and touchpoints. Consumers now have the power to engage only with content that aligns with their specific interests, values, and passions, not just…
Read MorePrevented Ocean Plastic Enters East Africa To Collect Thousands Of Tonnes Of Plastic From The Tanzanian Coast
Prevented Ocean Plastic™ East Africa has announced the opening of a new plastic collection centre in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in the United Republic of Tanzania. The new centre is the first Prevented Ocean Plastic™ centre in the region and is the first of its scale in Tanzania, which currently lacks adequate waste management to deal with its growing quantities of plastic waste. The centre has been built with the support of Alliance to End Plastic Waste. It is estimated that 29 kilotonnes of plastic waste enter the…
Read MoreThe Ad Council Appoints 21 New Members to Its Board of Directors
The Ad Council, America’s leader in using the power of communications to inspire action and accelerate change around the nation’s most pressing issues, elected 21 new members to its Board of Directors chaired by Tara Walpert Levy, VP, Americas at YouTube. The Ad Council’s Board of Directors is comprised of an accomplished group of leaders and senior marketing, media, and business executives who provide insights, expertise, and financial support to ensure the Ad Council’s social impact campaigns are effective and drive measurable change. Collaborating closely with Ad Council leadership, the…
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