Author: Stuart Mitchell

Ipswich joins ‘In The Loop’ with new colourful bins to boost recycling on-the-go

Stuart Mitchell

Ipswich Borough Council has introduced eight new bins to Ipswich Town Centre in November 2023 thanks to £8,000 #InTheLoop grant funding.  The bright, colourful bins are part of an on-street recycling initiative to improve recycling on-the-go, with eye catching designs encouraging residents and visitors to recycle their plastic bottles and cans when out and about.  The eight new bins feature DiGBY the blue octopus, Ipswich Borough Council’s recycling mascot, and can be found in Tavern Street, Westgate Street and Carr Street. To keep contamination to a minimum, people are being…

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2022 Impact Report Highlights How Berry Global Drives Meaningful ESG Progress

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global Group, Inc. released its 2022 Impact Report, delivering a comprehensive and transparent assessment of the company’s progress towards its global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments. The 2022 Impact Report is focused on celebrating record achievements, leveraging key learnings to achieve “More Together,” and highlighting how Berry is advancing its Impact 2025 strategy. To date, Berry has reduced its operational (Scope 1 and 2) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an impressive 21%, expecting to achieve its science-based target of a 25% reduction from 2019 prior to its 2025…

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E.ON Sweden Partners with Skyqraft to Digitize Grid Inspections and Reduce CO2 Emissions

Stuart Mitchell

E.ON Sweden, a leading energy provider serving over 1 million customers across Sweden, and Skyqraft, the top provider of faster, more accurate, inspections for energy infrastructure, have teamed up to digitize and reduce CO2 emissions across Sweden. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in enhancing grid reliability and underscores E.ON Sweden’s commitment to delivering a more reliable, sustainable, and customer-centric energy experience. Before teaming up with Skyqraft, E.ON Sweden relied on helicopter-based manual inspections, where electrical engineers conducted visual assessments. In their pursuit of enhanced defect detection and operational efficiency, E.ON…

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Actor Zoë Wanamaker Presents New Undercover Investigation Footage of Shocking Cruelty in EU Fish Farms

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming recently called on the EU to introduce legislation to protect the welfare of farmed fish without delay after revealing new footage of shocking and widespread cruelty in EU trout farms. The results of the undercover investigation – which focused on four Polish trout farms – are revealed today in a new video presented by world renowned actor Zoë Wanamaker. The investigation shows appalling images of live fish: being gutted having their eyes gouged out being suffocated and crushed in overcrowded barrels, and even being packed into…

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UK can become a “pioneer of responsible AI innovation” but must boost business uptake and confidence, new research reveals

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly half of SMEs (43%) do not plan to innovate with AI in the next year, largely because of a lack of confidence among business owners in the safeguards in place to protect society — according to new research by the UK’s data and marketing industry trade body. Ahead of the inaugural UK AI Safety Summit, which ran from 1-2 November, the UK Government has been urged by industry to grasp its unique opportunity to become a global pioneer in responsible AI innovation. Of those SMEs who do plan to…

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