Month: January 2025

Big Give’s 2024 Christmas Challenge raises a record £44.7 million in one week

Stuart Mitchell

Big Give’s Christmas Challenge has become the UK’s biggest public fundraising campaign in 2024 after raising a record-breaking £44.7 million in just one week, marking a remarkable 35% increase from last year’s total of £33 million.The campaign, which concluded at midday on Tuesday, 10 December, attracted over 119,000 donations from the public, with 74% of participating charities meeting or exceeding their fundraising targets and 95% of all available match funds being utilised. This amount raised is particularly notable given the ongoing impact of the cost of living crisis, which has…

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Triodos Bank announces first BNG private sector loan to Nature Impact

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has announced its first private sector loan based on a biodiversity net gain (BNG) unit model, a landmark deal that could create a blueprint for financing nature-based solutions at scale. The loan has enabled environmental consultancy Nature Impact to purchase 70 acres of land in Rolvenden in Kent and another 52 acres in Wadhurst, East Sussex – two sites that offer huge potential to unlock underutilised and degraded farmland for BNG. The projects will see the restoration and creation of a wide range of habitats, including native…

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ASA – Looking into the depiction of older people in advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Looking into the depiction of older people in advertising. 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. As readers will no doubt be aware, the UK Advertising Codes contain rules which require advertisers to prepare ads with a sense of responsibility, and which prohibit ads from causing serious or widespread offence. As per these rules, particular care…

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Businesses can unlock a nature-positive economy with an enabling policy framework from government

Stuart Mitchell

A new briefing launched recently by the Aldersgate Group calls on the government to align policy and regulation to enable business action that can unlock the economic and ecological potential of a nature-positive economy. The UK stands at a pivotal moment for nature recovery. Bold leadership, clear frameworks and collaborative efforts are required to drive a transition from ambition to tangible delivery. Nature is vital to the economy, with 55% of global GDP moderately or highly dependent on it.[i] However, successive UK governments have struggled to progress towards legally-binding environmental…

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Investors shun long-term ESG rewards in quest for short-term gains

Stuart Mitchell

A blinkered view of climate change and sustainability has taken hold across the world’s investor community and is fueling a focus on short-term performance at the expense of longer-term gains from environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments, according to the latest EY Institutional Investor Survey. The survey, now in in its 11th year, canvasses the views of 350 key decision-makers from investment firms around the world – including asset managers, wealth managers, insurers and pension funds – and explores the extent to which they are building sustainability into their investment…

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