Month: May 2025

Shell accelerates strategy to deliver more value with less emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Shell is strengthening its commitment to value creation and maintaining its focus on performance, discipline and simplification. ‘’We have made significant progress against all of the targets we set out at our Capital Markets Day in 2023. Thanks to the outstanding efforts of our people, we are transforming Shell to become simpler, more resilient and more competitive,’’ said CEO Wael Sawan. ‘‘We want to become the world’s leading integrated gas and LNG business and the most customer-focused energy marketer and trader, while sustaining a material level of liquids production. Today…

Read More

Arab States help shape a new global social contract grounded in social justice

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is working closely with Arab States to advance a transformative vision for social justice, decent work and inclusive development, as part of preparations to the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) to be held in Doha in November 2025. On the sidelines of the 51st Session of the Arab Labour Conference, convened by the Arab Labour Organization (ALO) in Cairo, the ILO and the ALO hosted a discussion on WSSD2 that brought together over 100 government, employer and worker representatives from the Arab region,…

Read More

UNESCO names 16 new Global Geoparks

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO has designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network now covers an area of almost 855,000 km², equivalent to the size of Namibia. The UNESCO Global Geoparks Network, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, brings together territories recognized for their rich geological heritage – rock formations, mountain or volcanic ranges, caves, canyons, fossil sites or ancient desert landscapes – which bear witness to our planet’s history, evolution and climate. These sites are also…

Read More

Birds, beetles and butterflies: conservationists reveal wildlife affected by UK fires

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has laid bare some of the varied species of wildlife that have been affected by April’s spate of wildfires. After the driest March in decades, and warmer than average temperatures in April, the UK has had one of the worst fire seasons on record. Fires in recent weeks have included one spanning 1,600 hectares – roughly 400 times the size of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium – at the National Trust’s Abergwesyn Common in Powys, Mid Wales. The blaze damaged vast areas of prime habitat for small mammals and…

Read More

Royal London and Turn2us extend partnership to break down barriers to financial security with £2 million donation

Stuart Mitchell

Royal London, the UK’s largest life, pensions and investment mutual, recently announces a £2 million boost to its partnership with Turn2us, a leading charity dedicated to ending financial insecurity in the UK.   Royal London has contributed over £1.4 million to the partnership since the collaboration began in 2021, primarily supporting the Turn2us helpline, which provides vital, immediate, assistance to those struggling financially.  Building on the success of the past three years, Royal London plans to support with an additional £2 million over the next three years. Aligned to its purpose1,…

Read More