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2025 IEA Methane Tracker shows methane emissions still too high as public support for action grows

Stuart Mitchell

The International Energy Agency released its 2025 Methane Tracker report analyzing global methane emissions from the energy sector in 2024. The findings make it clear that methane emissions remain stubbornly high – despite readily available means to act and growing public support to do so.  “The IEA’s latest data underscores how far we still have to go to rein in methane pollution from the energy sector,” said Jonathan Banks, Global Director, Methane Pollution Prevention at Clean Air Task Force. “The good news is that we know how to solve this problem. The…

UK is falling behind international efforts as microplastics infiltrate food, bodies, and ecosystems

Stuart Mitchell

Researchers warn the UK is falling behind international efforts as microplastics infiltrate food, bodies, and ecosystems The UK government must urgently draw up a comprehensive national strategy to tackle microplastic pollution or risk falling further behind international efforts to address one of the most pervasive environmental threats of our time, researchers have warned. A new policy brief, delivered to MPs earlier this  month by the University of Portsmouth’s Global Plastics Policy Centre, outlines the growing scale of the crisis and calls for a coordinated UK roadmap with clear targets and…

Blue Yonder Acquires Pledge, Expanding Its End-to-End Supply Chain Platform With Accredited Carbon Emissions Reporting

Stuart Mitchell

Blue Yonder, the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, today announced it acquired the business of Pledge Earth Technologies Ltd. (“Pledge”), including its global supply chain sustainability solution for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), enterprise supply chain leaders and logistics service providers (LSPs). Blue Yonder’s already robust platform will now expand to include globally accredited logistics CO2e emissions reporting that allows customers to monitor their own emissions and those of their trading partners and suppliers.   Pledge provides software solutions to empower enterprise supply chain teams and LSPs to…

New “RPF” Certification To Help Protect Coral Reefs Debuts In Earth Month

Stuart Mitchell

With “reef-safe” sunscreen claims still largely unregulated, a new certification is helping to set an industry standard: Reef Protection Factor (RPF), developed by the University of Derby in collaboration with the global creative agency McCann. RPF is a pioneering certification designed to address the issues around chemical pollution around the world which is impacting our oceans and aiding in the decline of vital ecosystems such as tropical coral reefs. It pushes the industry forward by initially targeting one of the most preventable local stressors facing these ecosystems: harmful chemicals, for…