Author: Stuart Mitchell

New joint industry project to standardise offshore wind geospatial data management kicks off

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of the Unison Project, which will develop a standardised offshore wind data model to support safer, faster and more cost-effective construction of offshore wind farms. The Unison Project is led by a consortium of 12 major offshore wind developers and industry stakeholders and will be delivered by the Carbon Trust. The rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry has led to a surge in demand for geospatial data services that support offshore site development, with a growing number of contractors and developers producing…

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Trade unions urge a renewed social contract anchored in decent work and social justice in report released ahead of Global Summit

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) has released a new global report on a renewed social contract on 31 October 2025, in the lead-up to the second World Summit for Social Development and in light of profound economic, technological, environmental, and social transformations that are reshaping the world of work. The report, The New Social Contract: Towards the Second Summit for Social Development, synthesizes the outcomes of several regional and global conferences organized by ACTRAV. During these encounters, workers’ organizations had the opportunity to exchange and…

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By signing a new five-year partnership, UNESCO and LVMH expand their joint actions for biodiversity conservation.

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO and LVMH Group announce the renewal of their privileged partnership dedicated to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. This new agreement, entitled “For the Beauty of the Living”, strengthens and expands the cooperation first initiated in 2019 around UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. Now extending beyond the scope of this programme, the partnership aims to intensify joint actions by mobilizing all of UNESCO’s education, science and cultural programmes, with the active support of LVMH. It also includes a new project conducted with the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, focused on…

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A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year

Stuart Mitchell

Released last month ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget — the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep humanity hooked on fossil fuels to maximize their private profit. The report, “Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster,” presents extensive new updated data…

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Football Foundation announces game-changing Lionesses HERe to Play Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Following the trail-brazing success of the Lionesses, the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation has launched a new fund to provide women and girls playing grassroots football with welcoming and inclusive facilities. In the last four years the number of girls participating in football has more than doubled from 1.2m in 20/21 season to 2.7m in 24/25, undoubtedly inspired by the Lionesses triumphant success in back-to-back UEFA Women’s EUROs. Through the Lionesses HERe to Play Fund, the Football Foundation will help ensure grassroots sports facilities across England are…

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