Day: 28 October 2026

M Group launches first Sustainability Strategy alongside 2026 ESG Report

Stuart Mitchell

M Group, the UK’s leading infrastructure services partner, has launched its first Sustainability Strategy, turning its environmental, social and governance priorities into a clear set of measurable commitments through to 2032. The move comes after the Group unveiled record levels of revenue, profit and order book in its FY26 results. Published alongside M Group’s FY2026 ESG Report, the strategy follows the Group’s first Double Materiality Assessment, carried out with independent sustainability advisers ERM. It focuses on seven material outcomes across three pillars: Environmental Stewardship, Social Responsibility, and Trusted Operations. The…

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ISO and UNDP launch world’s first International Standard to advance action on the Sustainable Development Goals

Stuart Mitchell

ISO and UNDP recently launched ISO/UNDP 53001, Management systems for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Requirements, live from the first day of the ISO Annual Meeting. The new standard is the world’s first International Standard providing organizations with a structured management system to integrate the SDGs into strategy, governance and operations.  As governments, businesses and institutions face growing expectations to demonstrate meaningful progress on sustainable development, ISO/UNDP 53001 provides a globally agreed approach to help organizations move beyond commitment towards measurable implementation and continual improvement.  ISO/UNDP 53001,…

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Scottish charity celebrates one million operations for children worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

A Scottish charity has hit a major milestone, helping create capacity for one million life-changing operations around the world. Kids Operating Room, founded by Garreth and Nicola Wood MBE, has created over 135 dedicated children’s operating rooms in 39 countries, from Ukraine and Bangladesh to Peru and the West Bank and supported the training of more than 70 surgeons. The couple marked the achievement at Murrayfield Stadium, returning to an early ambition to one day help enough children to fill its 67,000 seats. Garreth Wood MBE, co-founder, said: “Standing here…

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The World Food Prize Foundation Selects Four Students for the Fall 2026 Internship Program

Stuart Mitchell

The World Food Prize Foundation announced that four students have been selected for the fall 2026 intern cohort. Since 2001, a group of undergraduate students have joined the Foundation to gain real world experience relating to their field of study. The internship program provides students the ability to take on significant responsibility and initiative within a wide variety of Foundation projects.. During each academic semester, the interns are selected and then paired with a mentor to have a hands-on experience in their given position, ranging from public relations, international awards…

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Inside Track launches Hate Speech memo with Ad Execs

Stuart Mitchell

The ad industry’s “inertia” in cutting out the funding of online hate speech stems from seeing it as “the cost of doing business” with tech giants, industry insiders warn today. Influencers and groups making “enormous financial gain” from online ad revenue are being bankrolled by the laissez-faire attitude of some of the UK’s biggest agencies, they explain – leaving their clients with no idea they are being “auto-enrolled” into buying ads placed next to racist vitriol. Senior executives from major advertising agencies have come together to explain how their employers…

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