Day: 5 August 2026

Top Agency Creatives and Marketers Named to 2026 ONE Asia Jury

Stuart Mitchell

Leading creatives and marketers in 12 countries and regions throughout APAC have been selected to serve on jury for the 2026 ONE Asia Creative Awards, part of The One Club for Creativity. Along with having many of the region’s most recognized senior-level leaders, the ONE Asia jury also includes unique perspectives of brand marketers, directors, and the next generation of creative talent in the region. Confirmed 2026 ONE Asia jury members are as follows: Australia Rob Galluzzo, CEO, EP, Finch, Sydney Sarah McGregor, National ECD, AKQA Australia, Melbourne Anna Yates, ECD, Havas…

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First-of-its-kind census reveals mission-led businesses are growing faster than the wider UK business population

Stuart Mitchell

Allia Impact has joined forces with Beauhurst Insights to launch the first-of-its-kind data-driven census of the UK’s mission-led business landscape. Published today, ‘The Impact Business Tipping Point: A Data-Driven Census of the UK’s Mission-Led Business Landscape’, reveals that more than 150,000 mission-led businesses are now operating across the UK, contributing at least £37 billion in annual turnover and growing faster than the wider UK business landscape. This challenges the long-held assumption that purpose-driven businesses must sacrifice growth for impact, instead signalling their growing importance in the UK economy and their…

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The Tree Council opens £2.5m Trees Outside Woodland planting fund as Defra doubles investment in community trees

Stuart Mitchell

The Defra backed Trees Outside Woodland (TOW) Fund is now open for a second year, with more than double the support available for tree, hedgerow and orchard establishment projects in England. Following huge demand in 2025, the Trees Outside Woodland Fund, a collaboration between national environmental charity, The Tree Council and Defra, opens today, offering grants of up to £40,000 for local authority and charity-led projects. Supporting initiatives that boost biodiversity, improve air quality, reduce flood risk and create meaningful environmental enhancements for communities across England, the fund is specifically designed to…

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Greenly launches “Down Is the New Up” brand campaign at Times Square, Introducing The Carbon Index™, the First Economic Metric Designed to Perform by Decreasing

Stuart Mitchell

Greenly today unveiled The Carbon Index™, the first economic metric designed to improve by going down, as part of its new U.S. brand campaign, “Down Is the New Up,” debuting in Times Square. For decades, business leaders have been trained to read performance through a simple visual language: when the curve goes up, performance improves. Revenue rises. Margins expand. Market value grows. But as carbon emissions become an increasingly important business metric, a new curve is entering the equation, one whose success is measured in the opposite direction. With The…

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Global biomass burning emissions in 2026 at their lowest level since 2003

Stuart Mitchell

Global emissions from biomass burning during the first half of 2026 (1 January-30 June) were the lowest for the period in the 24-year record of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s fire emissions dataset. The Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) indicates that reduced seasonal fires in tropical Africa was a major contributing factor to the general decrease. However, in late June, fire activity in North America and Eurasia has quickly increased, meaning this positive picture could quickly change.  Total estimated carbon emissions from biomass burning for the first half of the…

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