Author: Stuart Mitchell

ConcreteZero publishes landmark specification guidance

Stuart Mitchell

ConcreteZero, a global initiative led by Climate Group, has recently published its Specifications Guidance Report 2025, offering much-needed clarity and practical guidance on how to use the concrete specification process to significantly reduce embodied carbon in construction. Concrete is responsible for around 8% of global carbon emissions. As companies increasingly pursue low-carbon concrete, the report positions specification as one of the most effective levers for change – enabling project teams to integrate lower-carbon solutions from the outset. The Specifications Report 2025 outlines how developers, engineers, contractors and suppliers can collaborate…

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Four new CISL Network Ambassadors announced

Stuart Mitchell

CISL is delighted to announce the appointments of Khanyi Mlambo, Simon Wong, Perses Bilimoria and Daniel Vaughan as Network Ambassadors.    Khanyi will represent the CISL Network in South Africa, Simon in Japan, Perses in India, and Daniel in Hong Kong.    The expansion of CISL’s ambassadorship programme reflects CISL’s commitment to driving wide-reaching impact on a global scale. Promising ideas and solutions for addressing the challenges we face originate in every part of the world. CISL’s global Network is a key mechanism for identifying and scaling these. An extraordinary worldwide…

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“Who’s Saving Who?” Flips the Script on Traditional Blood Donation Messaging

Stuart Mitchell

In a striking departure from traditional blood donation campaigns, Canadian Blood Services has launched a new national brand platform that shifts the spotlight from patients to the people who make donation possible: the donors themselves. Developed by Toronto-based independent agency Diamond, “Who’s Saving Who?” reimagines the donation experience by flipping the script to show how it can be deeply personal and rewarding, not only for those whose lives are saved, but also for those who give. At the heart of the campaign is a powerful insight: “What you get when…

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Asda Foundation publishes 2024 Impact Report

Stuart Mitchell

Asda Foundation has published its 2024 Impact Report, and revealed it gave 2,603 grants totalling £3,229,392 of funding to enable community groups to address the issues that mattered most in their local communities. Using grants from the Asda Foundation, grassroot community groups across the UK funded a variety of activities. This included keeping the lights on in community centres at risk of closing, to refurbishing outdoor spaces, to bringing people together to combat isolation and loneliness. Asda Foundation is funded by an annual donation from Asda. Throughout its 36-year history,…

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Amid uncertainty, global tax leaders are doubling down on transparency and digitalization, while sustainability’s impact grows: New Deloitte survey

Stuart Mitchell

As tax policy evolves on the global stage, Deloitte’s 2025 Global Tax Policy Survey gathered insights from more than 1,100 tax and finance executives across 28 countries, uncovering critical insights into the evolving landscape. The survey, now in its 12th year, revealed transparency and reporting and digitalization as enduring key priorities, while sustainability policy is having a growing impact on organizations amid ongoing regulatory uncertainty. “As they grapple with widespread uncertainty, global organizations are focusing on what they can control as the tax function undergoes significant policy shifts with the…

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