Author: Stuart Mitchell

IPA announces 2025 Council election results

Stuart Mitchell

Karen Martin, Chief Executive of BBH London, was formally elected as IPA President at a Special Meeting of the IPA Council. Karen succeeds Josh Krichefski in the role. Karla Smith, CFO of Ogilvy UK, was elected as IPA Honorary Treasurer, replacing Bronwen Hemming, Finance Director of Wieden+Kennedy London, while Jamie Elliott, CEO of The Gate London, was re-elected as IPA Honorary Secretary. Additionally, Brian Scott, Director and Co-Owner of Navigator Blue, and Jim Kelly, Deputy MD Head of Planning at Story, were appointed as the new IPA Chairs for Northern…

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Vattenfall’s Annual and Sustainability Report 2024: The direction is clear, the pace is not

Stuart Mitchell

In 2024 Vattenfall delivered a stable financial result, advanced its key projects and sustainability goals, despite global challenges. The Annual and Sustainability Report for 2024 shows how Vattenfall continues to enable the fossil-freedom that drives society forward, as well as introduces updated strategic targets for 2030, alongside updated financial targets. Although big steps have been taken towards fossil freedom during the year, our society is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. It not only endangers our climate, but also our energy supply and our way of life. Even though the…

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Kimberly-Clark Announces First Tissue Manufacturing Site on Path to 100% Renewable Energy

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark (K-C), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of personal care and hygiene products, has announced that its manufacturing site in Koblenz, Germany has become the company’s first tissue manufacturing facility globally with a pathway to transition its operations to 100% renewable energy. The site will electrify its heating needs as well as source its electricity demand via a portfolio of European power purchase agreements of offsite renewables. The transition is intended to be completed by 2029 latest. The move has been made possible by a Carbon Contract for Difference…

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Bezos family announces an up to US$500 million challenge for UNICEF’s Child Nutrition Fund to address global child and maternal undernutrition

Stuart Mitchell

Recently, global nutrition leaders met in Paris at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit to discuss how to improve access to life-saving child and maternal nutrition. To significantly address the urgent needs of the most at-risk women and children, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the UK government and other private and public partners, established the CNF in 2023 with a goal of raising US$2 billion by 2030. Currently, the World Bank estimates that an additional US$13 billion per year over the next…

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RESTORE announces new finance from Triodos Bank UK to help scale its natural capital services

Stuart Mitchell

RESTORE, a nature restoration company, has partnered with Triodos Bank UK on a new finance arrangement to help expand its services and grow its team. The finance will facilitate a significant step for the organisation as RESTORE scales from an embedded rewilding consultancy to a comprehensive nature restoration business, designing and delivering bespoke 100-year natural capital products. With this transformation, it aims to help clients to accelerate their land transitions and ultimately provide more protection for nature across the UK. Founded in 2023, RESTORE works with landowners, farmers and NGOs…

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