Month: June 2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Credit Unions become first in UK to align with Green Home Finance Principles

Stuart Mitchell

In a UK first, five credit unions, members of the Soundpound Group (a co-operative of 14 credit unions in Greater Manchester) are now offering unsecured green home loans aligned with the Green Home Finance Principles (GHFPs) – a framework that recognises the use of finance to support home electrification and energy efficiency, while promoting transparency and integrity in the market. Announced today with support from Andy Burnham, Mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), this milestone marks significant progress towards making green home upgrades accessible through trusted, community finance.…

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Carbon Clean and MODEC collaborate to accelerate the scale-up of CycloneCC for offshore carbon capture

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon Clean, a global leader in revolutionising carbon capture solutions, and MODEC, a leading provider of offshore floating platforms, have signed a landmark agreement to jointly develop and scale Carbon Clean’s CycloneCC carbon capture technology for offshore applications.  The collaboration will accelerate progress toward the deployment of a fully commercialised CycloneCC solution on MODEC’s industry-leading FPSO designs. Under the agreement, a pilot plant is targeted for installation on an FPSO in 2026. This will be followed by the first commercial-scale deployment, targeting capture of up to 100,000 tonnes of CO2…

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Leaders gather in Cambridge for CISL’s annual CSO Forum

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Chief Sustainability Officers convened in Cambridge earlier this month to discuss how the private sector can manage current risks and compete and win in markets of the future.  The CSO Forum took place at CISL’s Cambridge headquarters, the Entopia Building and brought together a combined expertise of almost 1,000 years in the sustainability profession. nearly Sixty global sustainability leaders from a variety of sectors including finance, technology, the built environment, healthcare, education and government attended. Among them were a dozen delegates from African nations, bringing diverse perspectives on shared…

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Out of Home Advertising Revenue Hits Record $1.98 Billion in Q1 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The U.S. out of home (OOH) advertising industry posted its highest-ever Q1 revenue, reaching $1.98 billion, according to new data released today by the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the leading trade group representing the entire OOH advertising industry. The figure represents a 2% increase compared to the same quarter the previous year, extending the industry’s growth streak to 16 consecutive quarters. Following a record-setting $9.1 billion in OOH revenue in 2024, the channel’s momentum carried into 2025 with a historic first quarter. Digital OOH (DOOH) accounted…

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Page joins Global Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management Board of Directors is honored to inform that Page, the premier global professional association for senior strategic communication leaders, is our newest member. “We are delighted to welcome Page to Global Alliance as our newest member. This endorsement speaks highly of the many wide-sweeping changes implemented by the Board at the new Global Alliance over the past eight years, always putting our members first, continuing to increase their membership benefits, advocating on their behalf and leading the world’s profession. As the confederation…

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