Month: September 2025

JLR Powers Ambition For Lower Carbon Global Operations With Renewable Energy Drive

Stuart Mitchell

JLR has reached a significant milestone in the roll‑out of its global renewable energy strategy with the opening of a new solar farm the size of up to 36 football pitches at its Gaydon headquarters this summer. The 26‑hectare, 18MW facility will supply up to 31% of the site’s energy requirements, marking the completion of the first of three of its UK solar energy projects. Alongside the development, JLR has advanced its biodiversity efforts by planting native wildflowers beneath and between the ground‑mounted panels and restoring hedgerows with bird and…

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As Agentic AI Gains Traction, 86% of Enterprises Anticipate Heightened Risks, Yet Only 2% of Companies Meet Responsible AI Gold Standards

Stuart Mitchell

Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), the research arm of Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today unveiled critical insights into the state of responsible AI (RAI) implementation across enterprises, particularly with the advent of agentic AI. The report, Responsible Enterprise AI in the Agentic Era, surveyed over 1,500 business executives and interviewed 40 senior decision-makers across Australia, France, Germany, UK, US, and New Zealand. The findings show that while 78% of companies see RAI as a business growth driver, only 2% have adequate RAI controls in place…

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UK Launches consultation on Transition Finance Guidelines

Stuart Mitchell

The Transition Finance Council, co-founded by the City of London Corporation and the UK Government, has unveiled draft transition finance Guidelines to unlock capital for high-emitting businesses.  Vanessa Havard-Williams OBE, senior leader at the Transition Finance Council, has stressed the need for a clear, credible playbook to support companies, investors and financial institutions (public and private) in funding the transition of high emitting sectors – a cornerstone of the UK’s ambition to be a global hub for transition finance.  Transition and green finance is playing an increasingly central role in…

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Ingka Group makes first circular investment in China with stake in plastic recycler Re-mall

Stuart Mitchell

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, today announces a growth capital injection in Re-mall (Shanghai Re-mall Environmental Protection New Material Co., Ltd.), the China-based recycler of post-consumer packaging waste, which uses a proprietary technique and process to produce transparent recycled polypropylene (“rPP”) for use in new products. The plastic recycling industry faces numerous challenges, which Re-mall is working to overcome. These include contamination from food residues and labels, quality degradation of the material across recycling cycles, high processing costs, and volatile market demand for…

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Saatchi & Saatchi and StreetDoctors expose the deadly myth of ‘safe’ stabbings in new campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Saatchi & Saatchi has partnered with StreetDoctors to launch The Fatal Question, a powerful new campaign which spotlights a chilling misconception that is putting young lives at risk. While knife crime has received widespread attention for many years, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed in 2025 that police-recorded offences involving knives or sharp objectives have increased by 81% over the past 10 years.  The campaign for StreetDoctors, a charity tackling knife crime by empowering and educating young people to make different choices, investigates the dangerous misconception among this demographic…

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