Author: Stuart Mitchell

Global chemicals fund helps countries turn commitments into action

Stuart Mitchell

As global chemical production is projected to double by 2030, countries are under growing pressure to strengthen systems that protect people and the environment from harmful chemicals and pollution. Yet many still face major gaps in the financing, technical capacity and institutional readiness needed to reduce exposure, strengthen monitoring, improve legislation and advance safer and more sustainable alternatives.  Exposure to harmful chemicals and pollution contributes to millions of deaths and significant disease burden every year. Addressing these risks increasingly requires stronger national systems, better coordination across sectors and sustained investment that can turn global commitments into practical…

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The FA extends charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society for a further two years

Stuart Mitchell

The FA have announced a new two-year extension of their charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, which will now run until the end of the 2027-28 season. This new extension will take their collaboration with us into a seventh year, giving The FA further scope to build on the £1.6 million that they have already raised for the us since our partnership started in 2021. Those funds have supported us to conduct groundbreaking research, and our partnership has helped spread important awareness of how and where people can access vital dementia…

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Companies Viewed as Retreating from Inclusion Risk Losing LGBTQ+ Customers at Twice the Rate of Other Consumers

Stuart Mitchell

As companies across the nation make high-stakes decisions about how – or whether – to engage with LGBTQ+ communities this Pride Month and beyond, new research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation makes the economic stakes unmistakably clear: LGBTQ+ consumers are watching, and spending accordingly. With more than $1.4 trillion in annual U.S. spending power and more than $3.9 trillion globally, LGBTQ+ consumers are not a niche audience. They are a market force companies cannot ignore.  The HRC Foundation Pride in the Marketplace 2026 consumer report found that:  71.5% of LGBTQ+ consumers report…

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IFC partners with Sify to support expansion of data centers and strengthen digital economy through sustainability linked loan

Stuart Mitchell

IFC has announced a partnership with Sify Infinit Spaces Limited (SISL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sify Technologies Limited, to promote the development of AI ready, energy-efficient data center infrastructure in India. The sustainability-linked investment will support SISL, a leading Indian data center operator, in developing two next-generation data centers in Navi Mumbai and Chennai with a combined capacity of 103 MW specifically built for AI ready workloads while bringing in jobs to add a multiplier effect to the local economy. Designed in line with Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)…

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Mars accelerates sustainability progress with all U.S. operations now powered by 100% renewable electricity

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated today released the 2025 Mars Sustainable in a Generation Report, highlighting continued progress against its sustainability initiatives. The launch coincides with a major milestone that all its U.S. operations are now powered by 100% renewable electricity. Together with broader operational decarbonization efforts, this progress contributed to a 42.6% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions against a 2015 baseline. It also helped deliver a 6.4% reduction in GHG emissions across its full value chain in 2025, bringing the company’s cumulative absolute emissions reduction to 16.9% against a…

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