Category: Articles

Gender equality experts recommend key actions for COVID-19 response and recovery for G7 leaders

Stuart Mitchell

As the pandemic is moving beyond a global health crisis and morphing into a labour market, social and economic crisis, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and European Commission Head of Service for Foreign Policy Instruments Hilde Hardeman, and International Labour Organization (ILO) Deputy Director-General for Policy Deborah Greenfield today convened Ministers, CEOs, and business associations, trade unions, civil society and academia representatives at the High-Level Roundtable, “The G7’s role in ensuring women’s economic empowerment and security in the post-COVID future”. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious threat to women’s…

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Carbios announces the publication of an article on its enzymatic recycling technology in the prestigious scientific journal Nature

Stuart Mitchell

CARBIOS , a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announces the publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, entitled “An engineered PET-depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles”. The article is co-authored by scientists at Carbios and at the Company’s renowned academic partner, the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute[1] (TBI). The article describes the development of a novel enzyme, which can biologically depolymerize all polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste, followed by an extremely efficient recycling into new bottles. PET is the…

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Amnesty: Privacy must not be ‘another casualty’ of the virus

Stuart Mitchell

Warning comes as Government plans to introduce COVID-19 tracking app Move could ‘open the door to pervasive state surveillance and privacy infringement’ – Kate Allen UK Government plans to introduce a COVID-19 tracing app with a potentially centralised contract tracing system are deeply concerning and may mean that people’s right to privacy could become “another casualty” of coronavirus, Amnesty International UK warned. Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK Director, said: “We’re extremely concerned that the Government may be planning to route private data through a central database, opening the door to…

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National Audit Office Report warns Parts of England could run short of water within 20 years

Stuart Mitchell

The government must take more concerted action now to prevent parts of southern England running out of water within 20 years, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published. The country’s total water supply is forecast to drop by 7% by 2045 because of climate change and the limits of sustainable abstraction. Almost all of the public water supply is obtained through abstraction from ground and surface water sources, but abstracting too much water can lead to physical changes that reduce biodiversity. Even at current levels of average rainfall,…

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Studies showcase hopeful facts for organizations weighing the risks and opportunities of marketing during COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

A pair of studies conducted in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis reveal two hopeful facts for organizations weighing the risks and opportunities of marketing during a global pandemic: 1) consumers still want to hear from brands; and 2) more Americans than not believe advertisers should carry on as normal. The crucial question is, what messages should brands communicate—and how? Drawing from historic research and literature on past pandemics and recessions, and examining what we have already learned from the coronavirus threat, Beth Egan, associate professor at Syracuse University’s S.I.…

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