Author: Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 Opens 250 More National Databanks And Boosts Free Mobile Data This Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is helping more people in need access free mobile data this Christmas by rolling out the National Databank to all O2-owned stores and two major homelessness charities nationwide, alongside increasing the amount of data available to help those who need it get online and stay connected to loved ones. The National Databank, created by Virgin Media O2 and the UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation, is like a foodbank for data, providing free O2 mobile data, texts and calls.  Virgin Media O2 has committed more…

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New £300,000 “Nature Hubs” grant fund launched to support community green spaces

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub has recently launched a brand-new fund to support green spaces that benefit local communities. The charity is urging local community groups across the country to apply for a grant of up to £6,000 to help enhance or create a green space that can be accessed by the local community to visit, relax and connect with nature in. Applications must relate to any one or more of these four themes: increasing access to green space, upskilling the community, bringing people together and building climate resilience. This could be…

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Unilever to share reformulation patents with ice cream industry to tackle freezer emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has announced it will grant a free non-exclusive license to the ice cream industry for 12 reformulation patents, following two successful pilots to warm up its last mile ice cream freezer cabinets. Access to these patents will help the industry reformulate ice cream products that remain stable at the warmer freezer temperature of -12°C, rather than the current industry standard of -18°C. It is hoped that by sharing these patents with other ice cream manufacturers the industry will be able to move towards more energy efficient freezer cabinets across…

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Denham Sustainable Infrastructure Launches New Brazilian Renewables Player Pontal Energy After Completing Transaction With Equinor

Stuart Mitchell

Denham Capital, the global energy transition investment firm, has completed a transaction with Equinor for the sale of certain Rio Energy assets, the Rio Energy trade name, and the management team platform. Denham Sustainable Infrastructure (“DSI”) has established a new renewable energy developer and operator, Pontal Energy, to manage the continued growth of the assets and pipeline retained by Denham in the transaction. The launch of Pontal Energy and the appointment of its management team strengthens DSI’s footprint in the region as an experienced investor in Brazilian sustainable infrastructure. Pontal…

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Social investment arm of the Big Issue Group releases Impact Report showing support for 1.5 million people in need in UK

Stuart Mitchell

Big Issue Invest (BII) has launched its 2022-2023 Impact Report. The report revealed that the social investment arm of The Big Issue supported 140 social enterprises across the UK and had £45 million Assets Under Management (AUM) as of 31 March 2023. The report detailed how, in turn, those 140 social enterprises were able to support 1.5 million customers across the UK in the same period. 94% of investments made by BII contribute to core solutions to poverty, extending the mission and work of the Big Issue Group. The organisation also…

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