Category: News

Vast profits of 20 biggest food corporations could meet basic needs of 230m most vulnerable people

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s 20 biggest food corporations delivered $53.5 billion (£44.8bn) to shareholders in the last two financial years – enough to provide for the basic needs of 230 million of the most vulnerable people on Earth, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace. The 20 corporations – the largest companies in the grain, fertiliser, meat and dairy sectors – made huge windfall profits in 2020-21 and 2021-22 as a result of soaring food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.  At the same time, rates of food…

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Number of children counselled for loneliness remains high following pandemic and amidst cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

New data published recently by Childline reveals that the service is contacted 15 times a day on average by children struggling with loneliness – often a catalyst for mental health problems. Between April 2021 and March 2022, the counselling service run by the NSPCC delivered 5,564 counselling sessions with children on this issue.  With the support of retailer Lidl GB – which has fundraised for Childline since 2020 – the charity has launched a campaign called ‘Day in the Lonely’ to let children struggling with loneliness know that these feelings…

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Huge Opportunity For Industry To Drastically Reduce Carbon Emissions From Ad Production

Stuart Mitchell

New data, published in AdGreen’s first Annual Review, has highlighted the huge opportunity for carbon reduction in the process of ad production around the world. Significant changes to ad operations are crucial for the industry to meet its net zero target. Immediate measures to be actioned include fresh approaches to travel and transport, renewable energy choices in production facilities and locations and, data collection and analysis from a higher volume of campaigns. Key findings from the first full year of data recorded in the Annual Review include: 2,446.1 tCO2e (metric…

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Kyocera Document Solutions UK strengthens sustainable credentials by launching first fully carbon-neutral printers

Stuart Mitchell

Kyocera UK, a leader in document solutions, has expanded its printer portfolio with four new printers from its ECOSYS range: the PA4500x, PA5000x, PA5500x & PA6000x. The PA6000x series are Kyocera’s first printers to be supplied carbon-neutral as standard and follows on from the company launching its Carbon-Neutral Printers & MFPs and Carbon-Neutral Managed Print Services late last year. The updated range of printers incorporate a variety of new features, including a new controller to improve performance and enhanced security capabilities such as SIEM threat detection, auto certificate management and…

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EE launches new digital billboards to help Manchester Stay Connected at Night

Stuart Mitchell

EE has launched Stay Connected at Night, a billboard-led campaign harnessing the power of Stay Connected Data to offer dynamic, technology-enabled routes home. The EE campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi London, which won first prize in the brand category of Ocean Outdoor’s Digital Creative Competition 2022, uses Ocean’s out of home (OOH) technology in Manchester City Centre as a utility to bring to life the security that Stay Connected Data offers by keeping people connected even when they reach their monthly data limit. Capitalising on the locations of large and…

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