Author: Stuart Mitchell

A €12 million investment to bring returnable and resealable glass bottles to market in Austria in drive to Net Zero by 2040

Stuart Mitchell

Coca-Cola HBC has opened a new high-speed returnable glass bottling line (RGB) at its plant in Edelstal, Austria. The milestone €12 million investment from Coca-Cola HBC was supported by a €4 million grant from the Austrian government as part of its fund for beverage companies and retailers to enable a true circular economy for packaging. The new line, which is more water and energy efficient, will produce an innovative 400ml returnable and resealable glass bottle for the Austrian market. This is a first across Coca-Cola HBC’s 29 markets and is…

Read More

Cargill’s 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report Showcases the Company’s Progress to Deliver Positive Impact on Climate, Land and Water, and People

Stuart Mitchell

Cargill’s Fiscal Year 2023 ESG Report details the company’s progress towards its sustainability commitments and showcases the work being done on the ground to drive even greater positive global impact across operations, supply chains and communities. Cargill’s sustainability strategy is intentionally designed to deliver on the company’s purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way, by creating products, partnerships and programs in the prioritized areas of Climate, Land and Water and People. “When it comes to urgent challenges facing people and the planet, Cargill’s connections across…

Read More

Human Rights Campaign and SHOWTIME® Announce The 2023 QUEER TO STAY Small-Business Funding Recipients

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, and SHOWTIME recently announced this year’s 25 recipients of “Queer to Stay: An LGBTQ+ Business Preservation Initiative.” Supporting and uplifting small businesses that focus on LGBTQ+ people of color, women and the transgender community, “Queer to Stay” ensures that LGBTQ+ businesses can keep their doors open and serve their communities. In June 2020, the “Queer to Stay” initiative launched its inaugural awards to 10 LGBTQ+ small businesses across the country and addressed…

Read More

ELC Celebrates Six Years of Advancing Possibilities for Women in STEM With Springer Nature

Stuart Mitchell

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) have a long-term commitment to advancing possibilities for women and girls around the world. In our 6th year of partnership with Springer Nature, the world’s leading scientific research publisher, they continue to recognize and celebrate inspirational early-career women researchers and those who have worked to champion women and girls’ participation in science through the Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science. This year’s awards ceremony, hosted across 2 days and held for the first time at the company’s global headquarters and Research & Development (R&D)…

Read More

IFC Announces Support for UNEP-GlobalABC Buildings Breakthrough Target

Stuart Mitchell

 IFC announced its support of the Buildings Breakthrough Target (BBT), an initiative co-led by the Government of France (Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion) and the Kingdom of Morocco (Ministry of National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy), and coordinated under the umbrella of the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC). IFC will become the first private sector-focused development financial institution globally to endorse the Buildings Breakthrough Target via its two climate innovations: EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) Green Building market transformation program and…

Read More