Day: 21 July 2026

CDP Launches Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board to Leverage CDP Data into Mainstream Economic Principles

Stuart Mitchell

CDP, the world’s environmental disclosure system, has announced the launch of the CDP Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board, to bring together leading economists, academics and corporate strategists to leverage CDP’s decades of corporate sustainability and resilience data into mainstream economic principles. Grounded in the principle that environmental health underpins economic prosperity, the Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board will guide work to utilize the power of CDP’s deep environmental data and insights, to move beyond the correlation of environmental impacts on economic value towards the identification of cause and effect based on proven…

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Help shape Fairtrade’s Add-on Standard for Advancing Farmer Livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

Public consultation open from 16 July to 15 August Living income has long been at the heart of Fairtrade’s mission. Across our work with farmers, companies and partners, we know that supporting farming households to improve their incomes is essential to creating resilient supply chains, reducing poverty and delivering lasting impact. Today, many companies are looking for credible ways to accelerate progress in this area. To support this ambition, Fairtrade International is developing an Add-on Standard for Advancing Farmer Livelihoods. This is an important next step that provides a harmonised…

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GWEC backs ‘Electrify Now’ movement to accelerate wind and renewable energy

Stuart Mitchell

Electrify Now, a new global campaign to supercharge electrification powered by renewable energy, launches today. The initiative seeks to expand opportunities for wind and other renewables and is spearheaded by the Global Renewables Alliance with support from the Global Wind Energy Council as the voice of the wind industry worldwide. Ben Backwell, CEO of GWEC and Chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, will join business leaders and government ministers to officially launch the campaign at a Global Energy Transition and Electrification Summit during London Climate Action Week. The new international…

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Angola Westbrook Racing, ESA And EOMAP Report Positive Water Quality Findings From Dubrovnik E1 Event

Stuart Mitchell

Angola Westbrook Racing, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and EOMAP, has released the latest findings from its environmental monitoring programme conducted around the UIM E1 World Championship event in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The report indicates strong water quality conditions throughout the monitoring period and no detected floating plastic litter patches larger than 10 square metres within the monitored race area. The report forms part of the environmental monitoring programme launched earlier this season through the partnership between Angola Westbrook Racing, ESA and EOMAP. The initiative uses Earth Observation…

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National Archive to Showcase the Untold Story of Disability Activism in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

A groundbreaking new digital archive documenting the history of disabled people’s fight for civil rights in the UK launched in June 2026. NDMAC: Crip Fights For Civil Rights is a major new initiative from the National Disability Movement Archive and Collection (NDMAC), capturing the heritage story of the UK Disability Rights Movement from the 1970s to the present day. Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the project brings together a rich collection of oral histories, photography, protest materials and personal stories that reveal how disabled people fought barriers, fought…

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