Day: 23 June 2025

Data Center Market Breakdown: Sustainability Trends and Outlook

Stuart Mitchell

Data centers stand at the epicenter of today’s digital revolution. Fueled by advancements in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and global connectivity, data center development has surged to meet unprecedented demand. But with rapid growth comes an equally urgent responsibility: ensuring that these mission-critical facilities are not only powerful and scalable, but also resilient and sustainable.  With global investments in data infrastructure projected to reach $1 trillion by 2027, the stakes have never been higher. As data centers become increasingly essential to the functioning of modern life, industry leaders are rethinking…

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Revenues for nature announces global effort to unlock private sector finance for nature restoration and conservation

Stuart Mitchell

Following global attention on the urgent need for biodiversity protection during last week’s Biodiversity Day, the Revenues for Nature (R4N) project announces it will be supporting an initial seven models globally designed to unlock up to $200 million investment into nature restoration and conservation. Through working with partners and governments, R4N, aims to demonstrate the replicability and scaling of models and mechanisms that unlock private sector investment, such as mitigation banking, payments for ecosystem services, commodity supply chain financing and more. Achieving global nature goals requires an additional $200 billion…

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Octopus supercharges social housing with new ‘Tenant Power’ tariff

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy, the UK’s biggest energy supplier, is shaking things up with ‘Tenant Power’ – a brand-new tariff designed to help social housing tenants save money while encouraging landlords to go green. The game-changing new tariff gives tenants in social, affordable and shared ownership housing a discount on their energy bills of up to £200 per year compared to a standard variable tariff* (depending on the number of solar panels and the size of the battery). ‘Tenant Power’ also benefits social housing landlords, like housing associations, who get paid for…

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All-star food consortium uses AI to redistribute the equivalent of up to 1.5 million surplus meals.

Stuart Mitchell

World leading brands and food charities have come together to pilot a first of a kind AI solution to redistribute the equivalent of up to 1.5 million surplus meals. 4.6 million tonnes of edible food, which is equivalent to 10 billion meals of food, is wasted in the UK each year. Sustainable Ventures have brought together Bristol Superlight, FareShare, FuturePlus, Google Cloud, Howard Tenens Logistics, Nestlé UK&I and Zest (formerly The Wonki Collective) to develop a solution to help get more of the good-to-eat food that is currently being wasted…

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Guy Parker Elected as First President of the ICAS Global Think Tank

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is pleased to announce that Guy Parker has been elected as the first President of the ICAS Global Think Tank. His election was confirmed during the ICAS Annual General Meeting, held virtually on 27 May 2025. Launched in New York in September 2024, the ICAS Global Think Tank is a first-of-its-kind, inclusive platform for thought leadership and collaboration on the future of responsible advertising and self-regulation. The Think Tank brings together advertising standards bodies, global, regional and local brands, agencies, academics, consumer voices,…

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