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Digital Poverty Alliance Launches New Device Donation Pilot in Gateshead

Stuart Mitchell

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) is launching a Tech4Communities initiative in Gateshead to tackle digital poverty and e-waste across the area by collecting used devices from residents, refurbishing them and redistributing them to individuals and families who need them most. The DPA is calling on local people to donate unwanted and disused laptops, tablets and smartphones, at drop off points around Gateshead.  With around 33,000 (16 per cent) people in Gateshead living in one of the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England, as reported by the Gateshead Council,…

King’s Trust, Trinny Woodall and eBay launch Ultimate Designer Sale

Stuart Mitchell

The King’s Trust, Trinny Woodall, and eBay have united to launch the Ultimate Designer Sale – an exclusive two-day fashion event, all in support of The Trust’s Change a Girl’s Life campaign.  Held on the 10th and 11th October at The Vinyl Factory, Soho, the sale will feature new and pre-loved pieces from top brands such as LVMH, Chanel, Jil Sander, Balenciaga, Loewe, Zimmerman, Jimmy Choo, Prada and many more. Shoppers will have the rare opportunity to buy pieces donated by celebrity style icons such as Elizabeth Hurley, Dame Helen…

Ingka Group makes first circular investment in China with stake in plastic recycler Re-mall

Stuart Mitchell

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, today announces a growth capital injection in Re-mall (Shanghai Re-mall Environmental Protection New Material Co., Ltd.), the China-based recycler of post-consumer packaging waste, which uses a proprietary technique and process to produce transparent recycled polypropylene (“rPP”) for use in new products. The plastic recycling industry faces numerous challenges, which Re-mall is working to overcome. These include contamination from food residues and labels, quality degradation of the material across recycling cycles, high processing costs, and volatile market demand for…

SBTi Calls on Companies to Test Draft Automotive Sector Net-Zero Standard

Stuart Mitchell

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is inviting automakers and auto parts manufacturers to pilot test its draft Automotive Sector Net-Zero Standard—a unique opportunity to demonstrate credible climate leadership and a key step to help shape the industry’s pathway to net-zero emissions. The draft Automotive Sector Net-Zero Standard is a new, comprehensive framework designed for automakers and auto parts manufacturers to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in line with what is needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. It builds on key elements of the Land…

World Bank Group joins African Development Bank Group and Mastercard as Co-Chair of Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa, an initiative aiming to provide digital access to critical services for 100 million individuals and businesses across Africa by 2034. The World Bank Group joins current co-chairs and founding members, the African Development Bank Group and Mastercard, aligning collective efforts to deliver critical digital services across the African continent. The MADE Alliance aligns with the World Bank Group’s efforts to accelerate digitalization by expanding access to secure, affordable, high-quality broadband…