Category: Articles

BNP Paribas takes another step forward in its commitment to contributing to the Paris Agreement

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2015, several banks, including BNP Paribas, have committed to aligning the greenhouse gas emissions elicited by their loan portfolios with the Paris Climate Agreement. In 2018, during the COP24 in Katowice, Poland, BNP Paribas and four other European banks signed an agreement concerning the development of a common, concrete methodology to make this alignment possible. On September 21st, the signatory banks announced the publication of their first paper on the application this methodology. Imène Ben Rejeb-Mzah (Head of Methodologies and Data within the CSR Department at BNP Paribas), who coordinated this mechanism…

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WRAP Launches Recycling Tracker 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The latest Recycling Tracker, WRAP’s annual survey of UK households that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge and behaviour, is published: https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/recycling-tracker-report-0 The survey, the largest and longest-running of its kind, undertook a total of 5,297 interviews in March 2020 (prior to the Covid-19 lockdown). Key findings are:  Overall levels of recycling are high and an established norm. Almost nine in ten (87 per cent) UK households say they ‘regularly’ recycle, in contrast to only just under one in ten (9 per cent) who recycle ‘occasionally’ and one in 25…

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Social Distancing Measures Encourages Cyberbullying Among Children

Stuart Mitchell

Anti-Bullying Awareness Week runs from the 11-15 November 2020. In this article Need2Know Books looks at the effects that social distancing and lockdown measures have had on children as social media dependency and online screen time increases, creating more opportunities for cyberbullying. For further information the Essential Guide to Bullying by Jennifer Thomson is a great resource. Enhanced anxiety and stress are not the only conditions parents and caregivers need to be careful of in this world of ‘new normal.’  A recent multidisciplinary researchreport found that the consequences of quarantine and…

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Watchdog warns charities and the public to protect themselves against fraudsters amid pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Commission is warning trustees and donors to strengthen their defences as it fears the pandemic has created environments that are enabling charity fraud. Charities have reported being victims of fraud or cybercrime 645 times since the start of the pandemic in March, amounting to £3.6 million in total losses to charities. The true scale of fraud against charities is believed to be much higher, as fraud is known to be underreported. The regulator is concerned that remote working and virtual activities and sign-off processes, combined with charities’ tendencies…

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UNESCO Launches the EQUALS Digital Skills Hub for girls and women

Stuart Mitchell

Worldwide, 2 billion women are offline. They are 4 times less likely than men to know how to use advanced digital technologies. In today’s society, women and men, girls and boys must have equal access to tech skills development and career opportunities. To face this challenge, the EQUALS Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age has just launched the EQUALS Digital Skills Hub, a one-stop shop on projects, resources and good practices to advance digital skills for girls and women. The Hub was created by UNESCO, with the…

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