Day: 12 August 2026

Deliveroo, Pho And Sheffield Hallam University Team Up To Rethink Delivery Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Deliveroo and Pho have joined forces with Sheffield Hallam University for the return of Deliveroo’s Sustainable Packaging Challenge for the third year. This follows the successful collaboration between the delivery platform and University with GAIL’s in last year’s competition, and the launch of the challenge in 2024.  The challenge will see students from the Higher Degree Apprenticeship Packaging Professional programme redesign two key pieces of Pho’s packaging: a bag used for its signature fresh herbs and chillies, and a container designed to keep rice and curry separate during delivery. Their…

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World’s ocean to be better protected as UK ratifies landmark treaty

Stuart Mitchell

International efforts to protect the ocean and the vital ecosystems it supports will be strengthened today, as the UK ratifies the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ Agreement), also known as the High Seas Treaty. The Agreement will strengthen the protection of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, which make up nearly two-thirds of the world’s ocean. It establishes, for the first time, a legal mechanism to create marine protected areas on the high seas, helping to conserve vulnerable habitats and species for future generations. The Foreign Secretary has now signed the document required…

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BloombergNEF’s Electric Vehicle Outlook 2026: Global EV Sales Set For Another Record-Breaking Year, But Growth in Some Major Markets Slows

Stuart Mitchell

BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) expects over a quarter (27%) of cars sold globally in 2026 to be electric – up from 9% five years ago – and over half (52%) of all passenger vehicles to be electric by 2035. The continued rise in sales comes as lithium-ion battery prices fall, more affordable EV models are introduced and EV adoption in emerging markets surges. In addition, the Iran war and resulting increase in prices at the pump have boosted consumer interest in buying an EV, although it is…

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Animal Welfare ‘goliaths’ join forces – and the results could be ‘game changing’

Stuart Mitchell

A leading academic and self-proclaimed animal lover has been named as the head of a new Animal Welfare Evidence Centre – and making the economic case to governments for better animal welfare will be top of her in-tray. Dr Jennifer Maher has been named Chief of Research for the new body, which will be focused on researching the human behaviours and societal systems that currently drive harm to animals.  She has started in post on 6 July, and says the formation of the Evidence Centre has been a “long time…

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Closing the Data Centre Water Gap: UK Tech Startups Secure $362M to Cool AI Workloads

Stuart Mitchell

Tracxn, a global market intelligence platform for private company data, released The Race to Cool Britain’s AI Boom:How UK cooling and heat-reuse technology is answering AI’s water and energy demands, a new research on the United Kingdom’s cooling and heat-reuse technology sector for AI data centres, examining the companies that supply the equipment operators use to manage the heat these facilities generate.  The research finds a UK field of 12 companies has raised about $362 million in disclosed equity funding, placing the country second globally behind the United States and…

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