Day: 25 October 2025

Join Europe’s leading impact event as ImpactFest returns next week!

Stuart Mitchell

One of the absolute highlights of last year was our trip to The Hague to visit ImpactFest and see the many iniatitives they were working on, and we are delighted to be returning this year. If you are around next week we can’t recommend it enough – come and say hello, if you can’t make it this year put it in your diary for next year.  This is one of the trips we did last year to The New Farm. This is the interview I did with Aldeman Robert Barker…

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New facility launched to strengthen water enterprises and expand safe water access

Stuart Mitchell

Incofin Investment Management, together with Aqua for All and Norfund, recently announced the launch of a new Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) for the Water Access Acceleration Fund (W2AF).  The facility is designed to help promising water enterprises grow stronger and reach further. It will give them the tools, expertise, and systems they need to grow sustainably, improve service quality, and expand safe drinking water access to underserved communities.  The announcement follows a month of high-level gatherings at World Water Week, the World Economic Forum, and the UN Global Compact, where…

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RSM UK and Anthony Nolan celebrate 15-year partnership with lifesaving milestone

Stuart Mitchell

Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK is celebrating its 15-year partnership with Anthony Nolan – marking the milestone by funding its 10,000th courier trip to deliver life-saving stem cells to patients in need across the UK. Anthony Nolan is a charity that matches potential stem cell donors to patients with blood cancer and blood disorders, while carrying out pioneering research to increase the success of stem cell transplants. In collaboration with RSM UK it runs a courier programme where volunteers transport donated stem cells to a hospital to…

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Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

Stuart Mitchell

Big Issue has partnered with global tech leader Lenovo to equip charities and mission-driven businesses with Certified Refurbished ThinkPad laptops. The devices will support day-to-day operations, help organisations increase efficiency and improve how effectively they can serve various communities across the UK. Through the partnership, Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of Big Issue, is providing several of its investees with refurbished Lenovo laptops. An initial 50 devices have been made available. Investees that successfully applied to receive the devices include a charity dedicated to fighting digital poverty in…

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Acer EMEA focuses on green logistics: 2,470 tonnes of CO₂ reduction by 2025 thanks to electric trucks, biofuel and continuous emissions monitoring

Stuart Mitchell

Acer is set to achieve an ambitious goal in reducing CO₂ emissions in its supply chain, going from -274 tonnes in 2023 to a target of -2,470 tonnes by the end of 2025. This result will be achieved through a mix of innovative solutions: electric transport, certified biofuels and continuous monitoring of emissions with dedicated internal tools. From September 2025, the first shipments by electric trucks will begin in the Netherlands, significantly reducing local emissions and contributing to improved air quality in urban areas. Projects are also underway with Kuehne+Nagel…

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