Day: 8 June 2025

Closing the Climate Finance Gap: Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance and Green Finance Institute, UK, Develop Governance Blueprint for the Sustainable Finance Committee

Stuart Mitchell

The Ministry of Finance, OJK, and Bank Indonesia are working to establish the Sustainable Finance Committee (SFC), as mandated by Law No. 4/2023, and are currently drafting a supporting government regulation. The Green Finance Institute (GFI), a globally recognised financial institution and expert in green finance, supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Financial Services Centres of Expertise programme, has taken on a strategic role in Indonesia by working with the Ministry of Finance to develop a White Paper. This document will propose the governance structure for the…

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EFA launches Fundraising4Democracy resource hub

Stuart Mitchell

EFA has created a new resources hub to help fundraising professionals navigate the growing challenge of shrinking civic space, and mobilize support. The Fundraising4Democracy hub can be found on the EFA site, and brings together essential articles, toolkits, and case studies, as well as listing key events. It invites fundraising professionals to explore the materials to learn, act, and advocate. Many of the resource materials are accessible to all. They include links to EFA’s own Spotlight on civic space series, reports such as Philea’s 2025 Democracy Briefer for Funders: What’s…

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M&S Food Launches First Alternative Tray For Ready Meals

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced a trial of a paper fibre alternative ready meal tray, on its fan-favourite Fiery Chicken Tikka Masala. The first-to-market tray is still as convenient as ever, suitable to be cooked in both the microwave and the oven. Made of renewable paper fibre, the FSC-certified tray is available in stores and on Ocado from today. It is easily recycled at home as paper, with no need to remove the thin plastic lining.   The retailer is trialling a limited run of the new paper fibre tray…

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Carbon Clean announces successful factory test of revolutionary CycloneCC C1 technology at commercial scale in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

This breakthrough technology uses centrifugal force to enhance CO2 absorption and can capture up to 285 tonnes of  CO2 per day. It has successfully completed an extensive verification programme at Thomas Broadbent and Sons and is now ready for commercial deployment at industrial scale. This achievement marks a significant milestone for Carbon Clean’s modular CycloneCC C1 series, which combines RPBs with the company’s proprietary APBS-CDRMax solvent to increase efficiency. It represents a more than 20-fold RPB scale-up from the first industrial demonstration of CycloneCC, which was designed to capture up…

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MUFG joins CISL’s Investment Leaders Group

Stuart Mitchell

MUFG Asset Management (MUFG AM), under its financial group MUFG, is the latest organisation to join the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), underlining its initiatives to promote sustainable investing and commitment to advancing economic, social and environmental sustainability throughout the investment chain.  Partnering with MUFG AM, a prestigious Tier 1 financial group in Japan, presents the Investment Leaders Group with the excellent opportunity to build on CISL’s strong work across Asia, combining the academic rigour of Cambridge with MUFG AM’s strong and growing sustainability foundations, while driving sustainable investment practices in…

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