Month: January 2025

Europe Off-Track For 2030 Climate Targets, Despite Record Clean Energy Investment, According to BloombergNEF

Stuart Mitchell

European governments face an uphill battle if they are to deliver rapidly approaching and legally binding 2030 climate goals, according to New Energy Outlook: Europe, a new report published today by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF’s base-case ‘Economic Transition Scenario’, which describes how the energy sector evolves as a result of cost-based technology changes, assuming no additional policy interventions are made, sees the European Union and UK both widely overshooting their end-of-decade emission goals. Energy-related CO2 emissions breach 2030 targets for all sectors by over 200 metric million tons, or…

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Deloitte’s first Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024 survey reveals that workplace accessibility is a significant challenge for many

Stuart Mitchell

Deloitte Global’s first Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024: A Global Outlook report provides insights into the workplace experiences of 10,000 respondents with disabilities, chronic health conditions or who are neurodivergent across workplaces in 20 countries. The findings paint a picture of varying attitudes toward self-identification and disclosure, hesitancy in asking employers for workplace accommodations, inability to participate in work events due to a lack of accessibility, and experiences with non-inclusive behaviors. However, the data also shows various actions and factors that can help enable and accelerate disability inclusion at work.…

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M&S Commits To Supporting A Further 2,000 Young People Into Work

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has committed to train and support a further almost 2,000 hard to reach young people through its Marks & Start programme over the next three years as part of an ambitious multi-year strategy with The King’s Trust.  M&S is this year celebrating 20 years of Marks & Start, a programme which helps those who face barriers to employment gain their first crucial step on the career ladder. In that time, the scheme has supported over 30,000 people get into employment, including 12,000 young people facing barriers to…

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The One Show 2025 Jury Presidents announced

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced the top global creatives from around the world who will serve as Jury Presidents for The One Show 2025. These esteemed creatives will lead judging for each discipline, and have a vote on the work.  Confirmed One Show 2025 Jury Presidents, by discipline, are as follows: Brand-Side/In-House: David Lee, CCO, Squarespace, New York Branded Entertainment: Malcolm Poynton, Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide, London Creative Use of Data, Creative Use of Technology: Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, CCO, FCB Canada, Toronto Cultural Driver: Bianca Guimaraes, partner, ECD, Mischief,…

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Aramco, Carbon Clean and SAMSUNG E&A Partner on Carbon Capture Plant

Stuart Mitchell

This technology demonstration is designed to deploy Carbon Clean’s novel CycloneCC technology to capture CO2 from natural gas turbine exhaust streams containing approximately 4% CO2. The modular CycloneCC unit has a 50% smaller footprint compared to conventional carbon capture processes. If successful, the CycloneCC technology is estimated to reduce the total installed cost of carbon capture systems by up to 50% compared to conventional systems, while maintaining high performance and process efficiency even at low CO2 concentrations. Ali A. Al-Meshari, Aramco Senior Vice President of Technology Oversight & Coordination, said:…

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