Month: May 2025

Octopus Energy ramps up Asian renewables push with South Korean investment

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm accelerates its Asian renewables plans with a solar investment in South Korea, set to help ramp up clean power in the country. Octopus has backed a highly experienced and expert local team – Skygreen Energy – to develop up to 20 small- to medium-sized solar farms in the next two years. The new solar farms will generate 140 MW of clean energy – enough power for around 45,000 homes a year. Skygreen is planning to scale up to 500 MW of solar, with ambitions to potentially…

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B Lab Forces For Good Podcast — Episode 7: What does it mean to “go purpose?” With Patagonia.

Stuart Mitchell

When Patagonia made headlines in 2022 for “donating itself to the planet,”, it challenged the way we think about business governance, bringing forth important questions about who really owns a business, and what happens when we shift power and control.  In this episode of Forces For Good, we dive into those questions and more with Greg Curtis, Executive Director of the Holdfast Collective, the organization now stewarding Patagonia’s purpose now and into the future. We also hear from Mark Hand, a researcher exploring how alternative ownership structures – like employee…

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M&S Removes Over 5 Million Units Of Plastic From Its Men’s Essentials Range

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has moved to paper packaging across its men’s essentials range, removing almost 5.5 million units of plastic from its Clothing & Home business over the next 12 months. All of M&S’ men’s socks, as well as men’s woven pyjama sets, and almost 40% of men’s underwear lines are now available in FSC-approved paper packaging with paper hooks, which can be easily recycled at home. With 1 in 5 men in the UK purchasing their underwear and nightwear from M&S, the retailer is focused on…

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OAAA Announces 2025 Future Leaders Program: Empowering the Next Generation of OOH Talent

Stuart Mitchell

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) is excited to announce the 2025 Future Leaders Program delegates—10 talented emerging professionals who will have an unparalleled opportunity to advance their careers in the OOH industry. Now in its second year, this program is a key initiative of OAAA’s OOH UNITED committee, dedicated to championing diversity and fostering the growth of the next generation of out of home professionals. Future Leaders delegates will receive a sponsored trip to the 2025 OOH Media Conference in Boston, where they will connect with…

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Apple unveils environmental progress, surpassing 60 percent reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Apple has announced that the company has surpassed a 60 percent reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels, as part of its Apple 2030 goal to become carbon neutral across its entire footprint in the next five years. The company achieved several other major environmental milestones, including the use of 99 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets and 99 percent recycled cobalt in all Apple-designed batteries. Apple shared this and other progress in its annual Environmental Progress Report, published today. “We’re incredibly proud of…

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