Month: January 2025

ASA issues warning to weight-loss drug advertisers

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: ASA issues warning to weight-loss drug advertisers. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. We have issued a warning to businesses and individuals who are targeting members of the public with ads for weight-loss prescription-only medicines. We have instructed them to remove their ads from online and social media.   We have been taking action on this issue since 2021…

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Oil majors gamble on petchems to shore up demand

Stuart Mitchell

Oil majors are making risky bets that growth in petrochemical demand will offset the imminent decline in oil demand as the global rollout of electric vehicles gathers pace, finds a report from the financial think tank Carbon Tracker released recently. It warns investors and financiers that petrochemical demand would have to consistently grow at 3.9% a year out to 2035 to make up for declining demand for oil in transport fuels under a moderate-paced transition in line with announced government policies,[1] a growth rate that is at the top end…

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Panasonic Opens Europe’s First Panasonic Hx Renewable Energy Demonstration Facility In Cardiff

Stuart Mitchell

Panasonic Manufacturing UK (PMUK) has announced the official opening of Europe’s first Panasonic HX demonstration facility to be powered by renewable sources, based in Cardiff, UK. As part of Panasonic’s efforts to enable greener manufacturing, the 50-year-old manufacturing plant in Cardiff has been fitted with a combination of hydrogen fuel cells powered by green hydrogen, solar PV and battery storage, all steered by Panasonic’s proprietary Energy Management System (EMS). Microwave oven production represents the main electricity and overall energy need at the site; the Panasonic HX installation will power this…

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Beko Secures Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Validation for 1.5°C Aligned Near-Term and Net-Zero Targets

Stuart Mitchell

Beko, a global leader in home appliances, recently announced that it has received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its near and long-term net-zero science-based targets. With the targets designed to deliver ambitious and measurable action on climate change across every industry sector, validation from the SBTi represents a significant environmental milestone for both Beko and the broader home appliance space. Signed in 2016, the Paris Agreement on climate change aims to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Established in 2015, the SBTi is having…

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Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls for regulatory mandates on Scope 3 disclosure

Stuart Mitchell

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released a new paper emphasising the critical role of top-down regulatory mandates in overcoming data and disclosure challenges related to Scope 3 emissions. As regulations on these emissions evolve worldwide, with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in the European Union and emerging regulatory frameworks in Japan and California, the NZAOA’s new paper highlights the growing urgency for standardising disclosure and the need for policymakers to act decisively. The report finds barriers to tackling these emissions—which account for three-quarters of most companies’…

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