Author: Stuart Mitchell

Kindle Survey: Personalized Reading Tools Are Essential for Neurodivergent Readers

Stuart Mitchell

A new survey conducted by Amazon Kindle reveals that nearly two-thirds of neurodivergent readers report abandoning books they were genuinely interested in because of issues with reading formats, and over half of neurodivergent readers say their confidence drops when reading takes longer than others. “The barriers for neurodivergent readers often aren’t with their motivation—they are with how the book is delivered,” said Peter Korn, Director of Accessibility for Amazon Devices & Services. “When the book adapts to the individual, rather than the other way around, barriers melt away form any…

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California could cut 2045 electricity costs by up to $44 billion a year by investing in next-generation geothermal, finds new CATF report

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) finds that next-generation geothermal energy could dramatically reduce the cost of achieving California’s clean energy goals, but only if the state acts now to remove critical development barriers. The report, “Build Here: How Targeted State Investment in Geothermal Can Fil California’s Clean Firm Gap,” calls on California to fund an in-field testbed program to explore and map the subsurface across high-potential geologic regions, generating the data needed to unlock large-scale private investment in next-generation geothermal development. California has ambitious clean energy…

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New Report Maps Global Due Diligence and Sustainability Reporting Rules

Stuart Mitchell

The global regulatory landscape for sustainability reporting and corporate due diligence is becoming increasingly complex as governments worldwide continue shifting from voluntary guidance to mandatory requirements. To help companies in the consumer goods value chain navigate these developments, Cascale has released a new 2026 Global Due Diligence and Sustainability Reporting Legislation Report, analyzing the most relevant adopted and emerging laws related to human rights and environmental due diligence and sustainability reporting. The report examines 21 legislations across Europe, the United States, the broader Americas, and Asia-Pacific, offering companies a region-by-region…

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Morrisons becomes first supermarket to install male sanitary bins nationwide as ‘bog standard’

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has announced the nationwide installation of male sanitary bins in customer toilets across all its stores, becoming the first supermarket to meet ‘The Bog Standard’ guidelines. A hallmark of good practice, The Bog Standard is a set of guidelines designed by phs Group and Prostate Cancer UK to educate organisations on providing essential support for men with incontinence, including many who have undergone life-saving prostate cancer treatment. Morrisons embarked on the rollout following customer feedback, alongside its broader commitment to continuously improving accessibility and inclusive facilities for all customers.…

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From Messaging to Prevention: What Allianz’s Seat Belters Campaign Reveals About the Future of Road Safety

Stuart Mitchell

As road safety challenges evolve, brands are looking beyond traditional awareness campaigns to find new ways of influencing behaviour in everyday moments. Allianz Ireland created Seat Belters to explore how creativity, technology and data could be applied to make safer driving a more natural part of daily life. With excess speed linked to more than half of fatal road crashes worldwide, road safety today is less about raising awareness and more about driving real‑world behavioural change. Allianz saw an opportunity to reach drivers through a universal, everyday medium that emotionally…

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