Day: 31 October 2026

Delivering for mothers globally: Local campaigners call on Prime Minister at No10 North to prioritise clean water and maternal health at G20 summit

Stuart Mitchell

As the UK prepares to host the G20 summit in Manchester next year, WaterAid campaigners took their message directly to No10 North today, calling on Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to listen to women’s demands and take urgent action to ensure that every healthcare facility globally has access to clean water.   Every two seconds around the world a woman gives birth in a healthcare facility without clean water, decent sanitation or good hygiene.   Holding loud ‘ticking’ clocks to symbolise the urgency of the crisis, the campaigners delivered letters urging…

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Apple and the American Academy of Pediatrics release new guide to help families build healthy digital habits

Stuart Mitchell

In partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Apple released a new guide to help families create healthy digital habits that balance screen time with sleep, exercise, schoolwork, and time with friends and family. The AAP’s expert guidance has been tailored for Apple’s new parental controls in “Building Healthy Digital Habits: A Guide for Families.” “Every family approaches technology in their own way,” said Sumbul Desai, M.D., Apple’s vice president of Health and Fitness. “That’s why we wanted to combine trusted guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics with…

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Inside the virtual potato harvester: How PepsiCo and Grimme are helping growers protect quality and reduce waste

Stuart Mitchell

A new digital twin and virtual reality (VR) training platform gives operators a safer, faster way to learn best practices while significantly reducing waste and supporting farmer livelihoods and PepsiCo Positive (pep+). Every harvest, millions of potatoes begin their journey underground only to lose their value before they even get peeled to become a potato chip. The source of this loss is unexpectedly small: a bruise which affects crop quality, storage life and ultimately farmer income if potatoes have to be discarded as waste. Mostly this bruising occurs during harvesting…

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Ceres applauds permitting deal, urges action to deploy affordable homegrown clean energy

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres commends Senate negotiators for releasing a bipartisan deal today on permitting reform and transmission and urges lawmakers to act this year by passing this bill to reduce barriers to clean energy deployment.  “We appreciate all the work that made this strong package possible. Any bipartisan compromise will have trade-offs, but the permit certainty, transmission, and grid modernization components of this deal are strong, and now is the time to deliver reforms that allow us to build the clean energy infrastructure we need to reduce costs for American businesses and…

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