Author: Stuart Mitchell

Mary Kay Ash Foundation Awards $2.4 Million in Cancer Research and Domestic Violence Shelter Grants

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of Mary Kay Inc’s 60th anniversary, the Mary Kay Ash FoundationSM is honored to announce $2.4 million in cancer research and domestic violence shelter grants around the country. Established in 1996, the Mary Kay Ash Foundation remains committed to its two-fold mission: cancers affecting women and ending domestic violence. This year, 60 domestic violence shelters around the country were awarded $20,000 grants, totaling $1.2 million. These unrestricted dollars help fund life-saving work through programs, services, facility upgrades, coverage of rising operating costs, legal aid, counseling, and more. Access…

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IBM Sustainability Accelerator Announces Formation of UN Energy Compact

Stuart Mitchell

IBM has joined the UN Energy Compact through the IBM Sustainability Accelerator Clean Energy cohort. IBM technology and expertise will be used to help address clean energy issues, such as energy transition and renewables strategies for communities. The IBM Sustainability Accelerator’s Clean Energy cohort was launched in 2022 with a focus on addressing issues such as electricity access, energy usage, energy transition, and renewable strategies for communities, tied to the UN SDG 7 of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030. The partner organizations are using…

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Cummins Plant in the UK Powers Up New Solar Installation To Reduce Carbon

Stuart Mitchell

Global power technology leader Cummins Inc. has opened a new state-of-the-art solar array, the third largest company-owned solar installation within Cummins, to help power its engine plant in Daventry, United Kingdom. The installation has the capacity to generate 1.8 megawatts of renewable energy, equivalent to powering 746 domestic properties for a year. The Daventry site has already made significant progress in cutting emissions, achieving a 30% reduction even before the solar array became operational. “We are very excited about the opening of our new solar farm at the Cummins Daventry…

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Hormel Foods Commits to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Hormel Foods Corporation, a Fortune 500 global branded food company known for its commitment to sustainability, recently had its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company has committed to reduce absolute GHG emissions from its operations 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. Hormel Foods also commits to reduce absolute GHG emissions within its supply chain 27.5% within the same timeframe. The company’s ambitious targets are in line with the trajectory established during the Paris Climate Agreement to limit average temperatures…

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Climate Tax’n’Cash Could Eliminate All Energy-Related CO2 Emissons by 2035, Study Suggests

Stuart Mitchell

The potential negative impacts of global warming have been known for ages. The heat-absorbing characteristics of CO2 in the atmosphere was first experimentally proven in 1856; the first calculations of how our climate could be affected by continued burning of coal/oil and gas were published in 1907. Famous and respected scientists have warned the World since the 1970s again and again of what is to come. 2023 has seen temperature and climate anomalies on all levels – heat waves, droughts, interrupted by torrential rain and floodings of biblical proportions, all…

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