Day: 11 May 2026

CAP – Avoid a false start with our sports supplement marketing tips

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Tread carefully:- Avoid a false start with our sports supplement marketing tips. but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. When the juicing in your ads doesn’t involve fruit Let’s warm up with the basics. If you are advertising prescription-only medicines (POMS) to the public, your ads will immediately come off injured. Anabolic steroids, though not typically our ball game, if they fall foul of CAP…

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GCF portfolio hits USD 20 billion for climate action, Board selects host countries for new regional offices

Stuart Mitchell

The 44th meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has approved USD 960.3 million in new climate finance for developing countries, greenlighting 18 new projects for climate action around the world. The new approvals raise GCF’s total portfolio past the USD 20 billion mark across 354 projects and programmes, reinforcing its position as the world’s climate fund for developing countries. In a landmark decision, and in strong support of the GCF’s reform agenda, the Board also selected host cities for regional offices, marking the first time GCF will have…

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British International Investment targets £15 billion of capital for developing economies as it launches climate initiative as part of new five-year strategy

Stuart Mitchell

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today said it is aiming to drive £15 billion of new capital into developing countries as it unveiled its new five-year strategy. A central pillar of the new strategy, launched by Minister for Development Jenny Chapman, is a focus on accelerating the flow of private capital to developing countries. Of the £15 billion, BII will contribute up to £8 billion, with the balance coming from private institutions. For every £1 of public money, BII expects to crowd-in around…

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New Network Rail deal to run depots, offices and stations from wind power

Stuart Mitchell

Network Rail has taken another major step towards powering all its offices, depots and managed stations with renewable electricity after signing a deal with leading renewable energy company RWE to supply around 65% of its non-traction electricity from one of its offshore wind farms. The Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CoPPA), Network Rail’s second within a year, will deliver 300 GWh of renewable electricity annually over five years. Under the deal, power will be supplied from RWE’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, located 15 miles off the coast of North…

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Global push for reuse stalls as fragmented policies hold back progress of tackling plastic pollution, new report finds

Stuart Mitchell

Reuse systems, as a model to reduce plastic pollution, are beginning to emerge across the world but remain constrained by fragmented policies, weak financial incentives and gaps in infrastructure, according to a trio of new reports released today.  The research, launched by the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth, provides the first comparative analysis of reuse policy across Europe, South America and Southeast Asia.   Drawing on multi-year policy analysis, stakeholder interviews and comparative research, the reports examine how governments are supporting reuse and what must happen next for systems to…

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