Author: Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace UK commits to match London’s diversity

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace UK’s office is in London, one of the most diverse, multicultural cities in the world, and we draw tremendous benefits from that as a global campaigning organisation. But the organisation itself is significantly less diverse than the city we work in, and so we are leaving some of those benefits and insights on the table. But not for much longer. Today Greenpeace UK is announcing our 2030 Race & Ethnicity Representation Goals, and committing to match the diversity of our host city at every level of our organisation. This…

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Meeting UK’s solar targets will be a ‘massive stimulus’ to the economy

Stuart Mitchell

Solar power and battery storage is powering up the UK’s economy. The sectors are expected to almost triple their annual contribution to £5.1bn by 2035, while employing well over 40,000 people, says a new report.[1] Around 20,000 people already work in the sector, providing £321m to the Exchequer, according to a new report by BiGGAR Economics. It was commissioned by Solar Energy UK and launched today at the Solar & Storage Live London conference and exhibition at the Excel Centre, London.[2] Put together, the two sectors are estimated to have…

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TfL’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and net-zero targets validated

Stuart Mitchell

Transport for London’s (TfL) commitments on climate action have been recognised as the gold standard. This is after the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated TfL’s near and long-term emission reduction targets, and net-zero target in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. SBTi is a UK based climate-action organisation that provides validated standards, tools and guidance to help companies and organisations like TfL, and thousands of others across the transport, financial and consumer sectors to reduce their carbon…

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Wild to partner with Unilever

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has confirmed its acquisition of British refillable deodorant brand Wild with a message from Wild’s founders, Charlie & Freddy appeared on their website here, and reproduced below: BIG NEWS! We are excited to announce that Wild has joined Unilever. We started Wild five years ago with a simple mission: to remove as much single-use plastic from personal care routines as possible. Thanks to your support, to date we’ve diverted over 750,000 kg of single-use plastic and planted over 1.2 million trees. To make an even bigger impact, we knew…

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ING’s climate targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Stuart Mitchell

ING have announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated their climate targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own operations and in their client portfolio. In their client portfolio, the SBTi validated the fossil fuel, power generation, cement, steel, automotive, aviation, and commercial real estate sector targets. The article from their website is below: The SBTi has concluded that the emission reduction targets – which we use to steer our climate goals – are in line with the latest science and the goal of limiting global…

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