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Danone is equipping 6,500 smallholder dairy farmers with biodigesters to reduce methane emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after its release. Dairy companies can play a meaningful role in reducing methane. This is because methane emissions from agriculture and livestock make up approximately 40% of global methane emissions, with dairy cattle representing an estimated 8% of these emissions. In 2023, Danone was the first food company to align with the Global Methane Pledge to reduce 30% of methane emissions from fresh milk by 2030. Since 2020,…

Benevity Releases First Enterprise Impact Platform to Solve CSR and Social Impact’s Biggest Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity Inc. has released its next-generation Enterprise Impact Platform, delivering the first all-in-one solution to simplify and scale corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social impact programs. The platform unifies giving, volunteering, grants management, and employee mobilization—empowering companies to better connect purpose with measurable business results. Trusted by a community of more than 900 clients worldwide, Benevity developed the Enterprise Impact Platform to address the most pressing challenges faced by CSR and social impact professionals today: disconnected systems, limited visibility, employee disengagement, and risk exposure.  Benevity’s secure, enterprise-grade solution meets those…

EcoVadis Joins Nature Positive Forum, Signs Business for Nature’s Call to Action to Help Reverse Nature Loss by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

In recognition of the International Day for Biological Diversity, EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, today announced it has joined the Nature Positive Forum and signed the Business for Nature’s Call to Action — uniting with over 1,500 companies calling on governments to adopt strong policies to reverse nature loss by 2030. These actions come as countries move to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at COP15, with momentum building after the COP16 negotiations in Colombia and financial investment secured in Italy. The call to action and…

Satellites, Robots, Drones and AI win Ofwat’s fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

A ‘drone- and lab-in-a-box’ that provides near-real-time, on-site results and lab-grade analysis of coastal bathing water quality is one of the winners receiving funding from the Ofwat Innovation Fund. This project is one of 16 solutions being awarded a share of £42 million today in the water regulator’s latest innovation competition – the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge . Each solution is committed to fostering innovative approaches to water and waste management. The Smart Skies, Healthy Waters project is using automated drones, robotics and cutting-edge sampling techniques to significantly improve coastal…

Phoenix Group report calls on Office for Investment and National Wealth Fund to drive net zero transition

Stuart Mitchell

Phoenix Group, one of the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement businesses, today launches its policy white paper, Unlocking Investment to Support the Net Zero Transition, calling for barriers to investments to be overcome by outlining a set of practical and fiscally neutral policy reform recommendations in four key areas. Institutional investors currently face a range of barriers that limit their ability to deploy capital at scale. These include regulatory constraints, competition with bank financing, an insufficient pipeline of projects, a lack of investment-grade assets, and market uncertainty driven by…