Month: August 2025

The Ad Council Announces Disney’s Rita Ferro as Board Chair

Stuart Mitchell

Rita Ferro, President of Global Advertising for The Walt Disney Company has been named Chair of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors. She succeeds Tara Walpert Levy, Vice President, Americas at YouTube. For more than 80 years, the Ad Council has championed pivotal issues impacting people across the United States. Representing marketing, media, technology and business sectors, Board Members leverage their unique expertise, strong leadership and financial contributions to ensure the continued success and growth of the organization. The Ad Council’s Board of Directors works closely with the organization’s leadership…

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EcoVadis Study: 87% of U.S. Companies Quietly Boost Sustainability Spending Despite Regulatory Debate and Uncertainty

Stuart Mitchell

Eighty-seven percent of U.S. companies say they’ve maintained or increased their investment in business sustainability efforts this year, according to the 2025 U.S. Business Sustainability Landscape Outlook: Executive Perspectives on Supply Chain Disruption, Resilience and Competitiveness, released recently by EcoVadis. The findings reveal a shifting approach: companies are still prioritizing business sustainability behind the scenes, but fewer are promoting it publicly. Executives see sustainability as a way to stay competitive and resilient, especially at a time where the scaling back of ESG regulatory oversight raises concerns about greater supply chain…

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PepsiCo and Cargill Collaborate to Empower Farmers by Advancing Sustainable Agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo and Cargill recently announced a strategic collaboration to advance regenerative agriculture practices across 240,000 acres from 2025 through 2030.  The partnership will focus on the companies’ shared corn supply chain in Iowa, where Cargill sources from local farmers to produce ingredients used in some of PepsiCo’s most iconic products. Agriculture, and creating a more resilient agricultural system, is essential to PepsiCo’s business, as the company sources 35 crops and ingredients from more than 60 countries to make its convenient foods and beverages. As a global supplier to PepsiCo, Cargill…

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Integrity Council approves second Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation methodology

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market recently announced that the ACR Afforestation & Reforestation of Degraded Lands methodology meets its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), provided certain conditions are met. This is the second Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) methodology to be CCP-Approved. Approval of Afforestation & Reforestation of Degraded Lands methodology Forests are one of the world’s most important natural carbon sinks, but they continue to be destroyed by human and natural causes, with analysis by the World Resources Institute finding that 515 million hectares of tree…

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IFC Announces $20 Million Equity Investment in Transvolt Mobility

Stuart Mitchell

To enhance access to quality urban transport, scale up electric vehicles (EVs) production and strengthen India’s electric mobility ecosystem, IFC is providing $20 million equity investment to Transvolt Mobility Private Limited (Transvolt), as part of its $50 million financing round. This is IFC’s first equity investment in an EV platform in India and globally. It will enable Transvolt to scale its electric fleet portfolio to 3,500 vehicles and create 8,200 jobs in the next five years. It will also support the company’s long-term goal of deploying 8,000 heavy commercial EVs…

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