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World Environment Day 2025 mobilizes commitment, action to end plastic pollution globally

Stuart Mitchell

Communities, civil society, businesses, and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution, with official celebrations held in the Republic of Korea’s Jeju Province. Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet. By 2040, plastic leakage to the environment is predicted to grow by 50 per cent, and that pollution creeps into our bodies through the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the air that we breathe. World Environment Day 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. It comes exactly two months before…

The One Club Opens Call for Entries For Global Young Guns 23

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for Young Guns 23, the leading global competition to celebrate international creative professionals age 30 or younger. Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  The program is open to creatives ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work. The online entry system is open, with the reduced-fee…

The Pitch: CIM and IBM to Challenge Marketing Students in Global Competition to find the Marketers of the Future

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has launched the global student marketing competition, ‘The Pitch’, to students across the world. This year’s competition will be run in partnership with IBM, a global leader in technology and innovation. CIM will work with IBM to provide students with an experience that equips them for their first professional role in marketing. Not only will IBM be setting this year’s challenge, but they will also host webinars and provide top tips to students on their journey through The Pitch, helping them to bring their…

Final NECPs show progress, but fall short of being true investment roadmaps

Stuart Mitchell

The European Commission has released its long-awaited assessment of the final updated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) submitted by 24 Member States. While the final plans reflect progress compared to earlier drafts, they still fall short of being the full set of investment and implementation tools needed to meet Europe’s 2030 climate goals.  “Despite some general improvement, the final NECPs still fall short as credible investment plans that can accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies,” said Alejandra Muñoz Castañer, Senior Government Affairs Manager for Europe at CATF.  “Member States must…

All-star food consortium uses AI to redistribute the equivalent of up to 1.5 million surplus meals.

Stuart Mitchell

World leading brands and food charities have come together to pilot a first of a kind AI solution to redistribute the equivalent of up to 1.5 million surplus meals. 4.6 million tonnes of edible food, which is equivalent to 10 billion meals of food, is wasted in the UK each year. Sustainable Ventures have brought together Bristol Superlight, FareShare, FuturePlus, Google Cloud, Howard Tenens Logistics, Nestlé UK&I and Zest (formerly The Wonki Collective) to develop a solution to help get more of the good-to-eat food that is currently being wasted…