Day: 16 May 2025

Power Generation from Renewables Set to Jump 84% in Next Five Years as Demand from New Data Centers Surges: BloombergNEF

Stuart Mitchell

Navigating the energy transition has never been more complex for investors and businesses as they face elevated policy risks and geopolitical tension. BloombergNEF’s (BNEF’s) New Energy Outlook 2025, published recently, examines the strong case for clean energy technologies and how the global energy transition is expected to progress at the intersection of increasingly cost-competitive solutions and growing energy demand. BNEF’s updated Economic Transition Scenario (ETS) maps out a route to a lower-carbon energy system in a world where cost-competitive technologies drive investment decisions to meet rising energy demand. Under this…

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Alzheimer’s Research UK receives £3.9 MILLION from the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

On Friday 11 April, it was announced that the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Scotland had raised £3.9 million to speed up the search for breakthrough dementia treatments, and ultimately, a cure.  Almost one million people in the UK are currently living with the condition, and it is the leading cause of death in the UK. But with the support of Omaze and everyone who entered the draw, Alzheimer’s Research UK is working to change this.  The £3.9 million raised will support Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Drug Discovery team. This team…

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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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