Day: 10 April 2025

Nature Recovery Project partners with WRAP to drive regenerative agricultural projects in key food sourcing areas

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP and Nature Recovery Project have joined forces to address one of the most pressing issues facing the planet – water security. Nature Recovery Project cemented the new partnership with a £1.14 million investment to support and accelerate essential work already underway in the UK, South Africa, Kenya, Spain and Peru through the Water Roadmap – managed by WRAP under the UK Food and Drink Pact. The funding will provide long-term support over the next four years to a number of existing collective action projects operating through WRAP’s Water Roadmap in…

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The One Club Brings Professional Development and DEI Events to Toronto

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community, brings its celebrated professional development and diversity programming to Canada for the first time with a pair of events scheduled for Toronto. The club’s Master Class in Creativity-Toronto, hosted in partnership with Cossette, takes place on April 22, 2025.  Designed as an evening of connections, collaboration, and inspiration, the event will elevate the talents within the ad community through dynamic, short-form sessions featuring conversations with industry leaders on creator economy, typography,…

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Pioneering Barbados water project kick starts

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Climate Fund and the Government of Barbados recently announced that a groundbreaking project that leverages an innovative financing model to scale up climate action and simultaneously avoid increasing the burden of public debt is all set to begin implementation. The pioneering project, with huge positive implications for climate resilience in the region, was today greenlighted for its first injection of GCF finance. The USD 110 million Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project financed jointly by GCF (Green Climate Fund) and the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) is…

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Hey Girls and South Lanarkshire council renew partnership in further 4 year commitment to tackle period poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Award-winning social enterprise Hey Girls CIC is delighted to announce the renewal of its partnership with South Lanarkshire Council as part of the Council’s Period Positive Initiative. Extending the collaboration through to 2028, the renewed contract demonstrates passionate commitment to providing period products to those in need, while reinforcing a shared dedication to ending period poverty. Since the inception of their partnership several years ago, Hey Girls and South Lanarkshire Council have worked tirelessly to ensure that period products are accessible to everyone in the local community, regardless of their…

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Wave energy converter Slow Mill successfully tested in The Hague

Stuart Mitchell

Dutch company Slow Mill Sustainable Power has successfully completed an offshore test of its wave energy converter off the coast of Scheveningen, The Hague, in early March 2025. The prototype, which captures both vertical and horizontal wave motion, has proven capable of reliably generating energy in North Sea conditions.  In addition to generating electricity, the structure also benefits the marine environment. It acts as an artificial reef, helps reduce coastal erosion, and may lower the need for costly sand replenishment by dampening wave impact. The project is supported by InnovationQuarter and…

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