Day: 23 March 2026

EcoVadis Launches Peer-to-Peer Community to Turn Sustainability Insight into Shared Progress

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, today announced the launch of its sustainability Community platform for suppliers who have received an EcoVadis Rating. Since its founding, EcoVadis has rated over 150 000 companies, onboarding more than 25,000 new rated companies just in the past year, making the potential of this Community one of the largest of its kind. This exclusive, peer-to-peer collaboration space arrives as data reveals that, despite political headwinds, and a shifting regulatory landscape, global companies are doubling down on sustainability as a core driver of…

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Integrity Council confirms carbon crediting program Rainbow as CCP-Eligible

Stuart Mitchell

Rainbow (formerly Riverse) has become the ninth program to be approved as CCP-Eligible, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) announced recently. The approval applies to Rainbow Standard Rules v7 or later. This version incorporates strengthened provisions that were introduced in order to meet the CCP requirements. For example: Enhanced governance and independence: Clearer roles for governing bodies and advisory committees. Reinforced conflict-of-interest and oversight provisions, including for Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs). More robust validation and verification: Tighter VVB accreditation, rotation, performance review, and sanctioning rules. Clearer…

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IFC and Carbonwave Turn a Growing Climate Threat into Sustainable Economic Opportunity

Stuart Mitchell

With the goal of supporting an innovative circular economy solution that transforms a growing climate and environmental threat into a job‑creating industry with high economic and environmental value, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the successful closing of an investment in Carbonwave, the first company to transform sargassum  into commercially viable agricultural biostimulants and cosmetic emulsifiers. Sargassum, a seaweed that once grew in an isolated part of the Atlantic Ocean, has started to bloom out of control and overwhelm beach ecosystems across…

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IPA announces iList 2026 shortlist

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA, in partnership with Campaign, has announced the sixty-two champions of diversity, equity and inclusion named on the shortlist for the IPA iList 2026. Since 2020, 90 inclusivity gamechangers have been honoured on the IPA iList for their part in some of the industry’s most impactful inclusion initiatives – both through the creative work itself or through initiatives in the business. The shortlisted candidates are from all levels of seniority and represent a wide variety of disciplines, including strategy and planning, production, talent, new business, media and creative, and…

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Vattenfall builds combined wind and solar park in south-west Germany

Stuart Mitchell

Hybrid park Hommerdingen-Biesdorf is Vattenfall’s first combination of wind and PV in Germany and sets standards for modern, cost-efficient, and grid-friendly energy generation. Producing smarter electricity with renewable energies: Vattenfall is now starting construction of the hybrid power plant Hommerdingen-Biesdorf. For the first time in Germany, the company is combining electricity generation from wind and solar under one roof and implementing a concept that Vattenfall has already been successfully operating in the Netherlands for several years. It is another important step for the company to support the transition to fossil-free…

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