Day: 1 July 2026

Keeping the EU connected to the global reporting system

Stuart Mitchell

GRI has set out the priority changes to ensure the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards deliver stronger global alignment, support economic resilience and reduce reporter burden. Responding to two European Commission consultations – on the redrafted ESRS, and a new voluntary reporting standard for the thousands of companies now out-of-scope – GRI welcomes the significance of preserving both impact and financial perspectives on an equal footing, double materiality, at the heart of the EU standards. While recognizing that simplification of the ESRS was necessary, the GRI’s response focuses on the…

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CIM returns to Duxford for 18th Digital Marketing Conference

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) will host the annual CIM Digital Marketing Conference, which returns for its 18th year in July. The event, taking place at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on Wednesday 8th July and sponsored by Arboreal Marketing, will bring together leading marketers and top industry practitioners for a fascinating day of insight, innovation and practical learning, as they highlight the top trends shaping digital marketing. This year, key themes of the event will include the importance of email as a community-building tool, AI-powered competitor analysis and hyper-personalised marketing with AI. The state of digital advertising and futurescape, creativity in…

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Mexico’s Yucatán government permanently protects area larger than the Grand Canyon

Stuart Mitchell

The government of Yucatán and a broad coalition of partners, including WWF, celebrated a new initiative to permanently conserve and strengthen the management of more than 1.4 million acres of protected areas and enable sustainable community livelihoods through a new initiative called Herencia Maya. In a land famous for its cenotes—enormous underwater springs—Herencia Maya secures quality freshwater sources for more than a million inhabitants of Yucatán and countless wildlife. It also conserves more than 170 miles of Yucatán’s northern coast, including critical mangrove areas. The initiative will bring economic and…

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Currys launches new online microdonation drive in bid to stamp out digital poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Currys customers will be able to make microdonations to charity when they next shop online – in a cutting edge new drive to stamp out digital exclusion. The UK&I’s leading technology retailer has partnered with Pennies, a UK charity and trusted leader in microdonations, to introduce a new online donation solution, helping customers to donate quickly and easily when they checkout online. The move drives forward Currys’ progress in helping eradicate digital poverty, with online donations expected to at least double the funds currently raised in store, dramatically boosting the…

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At least $2bn in CORSIA Compliance Spend Hinges on Host-Country Authorisations, Not Credit Availability

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon markets are sitting on a paradox: potential CORSIA Phase 1 supply dwarfs demand, yet the market is functionally supply-constrained. New data from carbon data platform Sylvera shows that while 640 million tonnes of credits are theoretically eligible for Phase 1 compliance, only 47 million tonnes currently meet all requirements, not because the projects don’t exist but because host country authorisations haven’t kept pace. Even on an optimistic basis, including credits from countries Sylvera rates as likely to deliver authorisations, the accessible pool reaches only 118 million tonnes: still well…

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