The Crown Estate and Lendlease sign transformational partnership for six major development projects

The Crown Estate and Lendlease have entered into a conditional agreement to create a new joint venture partnership focused on Lendlease’s undeveloped UK land management portfolio.   The Crown Estate’s investment in the new 50/50 joint venture aligns with two of its core areas of strategic focus; supporting the development of science, innovation and technology space, and unlocking housing in the UK. The partnership should progress Lendlease’s existing masterplanning across the developments, thereby providing vital infrastructure, stimulating growth, creating jobs and benefitting communities.  About the Joint Venture  The joint venture has…

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UKGBC launches new initiative to scale sustainable solutions for the built environment

‘Scaling Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment’ is seeking to build on UKGBC’s existing work on solutions an innovation to accelerate the uptake of sustainable solutions in the built environment. Many solutions currently struggle with issues of “pilotisation” in the built environment, where they go through many trials, but struggle to scale across assets, projects and portfolios. In other words, they fall victim to the infamous “valley of death” (the gap between R&D and widespread deployment).   Backed by a growing network of partners and informed by UKGBC’s engagement with industry,…

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Bruichladdich Distillery featured in new film series on B Corps making an impact on global society and the environment

A SCOTCH whisky and gin distillery based on the remote Hebridean island of Islay has been selected as the only spirits producer to appear in a new global film series presented by B Lab Global and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions highlighting some of the world’s most impactful businesses.  Bruichladdich Distillery, known for its pioneering sustainability efforts and commitment to the local community, is one of a select group of certified B Corporations featured in the series presented by B Lab Global and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions.…

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Photoplay’s Dropbear and Greenpeace Unite to Protect Oceans from Long Line Fishing

Photoplay director and animator Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong) has joined forces with Greenpeace Australia on a powerful new animated campaign aimed at raising awareness about the devastating effects of long line fishing on the ocean’s ecosystem – particularly the alarming threat it poses to blue sharks, which are the most common victims of bycatch. The campaign’s striking film uses a bold mixed-media animation style to educate and move viewers about the unseen brutality of industrial fishing practices occurring just off Australia’s coastline. The campaign will be launched across Greenpeace’s website,…

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University of Sheffield academic teams up with former BBC producer to launch “sector-merging” research communications agency

Dr. Rivka Smith, an award-winning academic and criminologist from the University of Sheffield, has joined forces with Edwin Buckley, communications expert and former BBC producer, to launch Creative Smarts, a new research communications agency based in Manchester. Combining Edwin’s expertise in media and communications, with Rivka’s in-depth knowledge of the academic sector, the agency aims to bridge the gap between complex research and creative, accessible communications. Rivka and Edwin have known each other since they were 11-years-old, when they were cast in a local pantomime production of Babes in the…

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