Month: July 2025

EcoVadis and Ivalua Build on Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Risk Identification in Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, and Ivalua, a global leader in spend and supplier management, extend their partnership with the availability of a new integration that brings EcoVadis IQ Plus directly into Ivalua’s Risk Center, expanding on the existing integration of EcoVadis Ratings into the Ivalua platform and deepening the collaboration between the two companies. Today’s global supply chains place procurement teams under heightened pressure. They must navigate rising risk management costs, greater market volatility, geopolitical tensions, climate change and resource scarcity, all while facing increasing…

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IPA and Tracksuit outline transformative growth framework for start-ups

Stuart Mitchell

New industry research from the IPA and Tracksuit, supported by TwentyFirstCenturyBrand and Depop, outlines a transformative growth framework for early-stage businesses. The central thesis is that brand-building, when driven by entertainment and aligned through clarity of purpose, is not a luxury for start-ups; it is a commercial necessity. It will be unveiled by IPA President and BBH London CEO Karen Martin at a session in the Palais in Cannes  (17 June 2025). The framework challenges the traditional start-up mindset that prioritises short-term sales over long-term brand value. Drawing on robust…

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Businesses face ‘far-reaching’ challenges to help achieve clean power target, new Co-op and Green Alliance report shows

Stuart Mitchell

A new report published uncovers the critical role small businesses must play in delivering the Government’s clean energy targets, as millions continue to face significant challenges shifting to renewable electricity. The research from Green Alliance, commissioned by Co-op, uncovered that electricity usage by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) was equivalent to 85% of all renewable electricity generated in 2024. This demonstrates the size of potential demand for renewable electricity from these organisations and the critical role that these businesses will play in the Government’s clean energy mission. Speaking to a…

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Global leaders unite to accelerate cervical cancer elimination efforts

Stuart Mitchell

Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, the private sector and partners today announced significant policy, programmatic, and financial commitments to eliminate one of the most preventable cancers.  At the 2nd Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Forum, hosted in Bali, Indonesia, on 17-19 June, leaders announced a wave of new investments and policy pledges to expand access to HPV vaccination, screening and treatment – bringing the world closer to making cervical cancer the first cancer to ever be eliminated.   The forum is attended by more than 300 participants, among them are high-level delegates,…

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Flue2Chem: Unilever partners in UK collaboration to explore sustainable sources of carbon in household cleaning products

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time in the UK, 17 stakeholders – including businesses, universities, and industry experts supported by the UK Government – have united to explore using an alternative source of carbon to virgin fossil fuels for the manufacturing of everyday products, including laundry and cleaning products. Culminating in the launch of report findings at an event attended in Westminster on 17 June 2025, Flue2Chem looks to tackle one of the toughest challenges in achieving net-zero goals across multiple sectors. The challenge Currently, over 5% of global carbon derived from…

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