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Global Water Challenge and Cargill Improve Clean Water Access for 150,000 People in Water-Stressed Regions

Stuart Mitchell

Cargill and Global Water Challenge (GWC) recently announced an important milestone of improving access to safe drinking water for more than 150,000 people through their Cargill Currents partnership. Spanning five continents, Cargill Currents’ achievements demonstrate the power of strategic partnerships and collective action in addressing critical issues in water-stressed regions. Cargill Currents, a joint initiative of Global Water Challenge and Cargill, tackles water challenges in priority communities through adaptable solutions tailored to local needs. The partnership supports Cargill’s global ambition to enable a water positive impact in its operations, supply…

From Wind to Win: Vattenfall’s recycled turbine blades hit the ski slopes

Stuart Mitchell

Imagine the thrill of gliding down the piste on skis that not only offer top-notch performance but also contribute to a sustainable future. In a groundbreaking collaboration, Vattenfall, Gjenkraft and EVI are using discarded wind turbine blades to create high-performance skis. This project showcases the potential of circular economy principles and offers new inspiration to increase sustainability in the sports industry. “Circularity is essential to securing future resource needs, reducing costs, and achieving our sustainability targets”, says Gustav Frid, Environment & Sustainability Specialist at Vattenfall. “By moving from a linear…

Climate Positive Investors Are Driving Progress on Corporate Policy Engagement Despite Political Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

A new InfluenceMap briefing identifies key trends for 2024 in corporate climate performance from the 165 Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) Benchmark focus companies. It finds that in 2024 investor pressure helped secure several improvements in real world climate policy engagement from these companies. These data behind these findings were used as part of the CA100+ 2024 Benchmark, published in October. Key Findings: In 2024 there was a 5% reduction in companies assessed as being ‘misaligned’ in their real-world climate policy engagement. This trend has been driven predominantly by improvements in…

Industry coalition rallies advertisers for Know Your Customer consultation

Stuart Mitchell

UKSAFC (The UK Stop Ad Funded Crime Group) is calling for advertising industry cooperation as it announces the launch of a consultation on a forthcoming initiative to tackle ad-funded crime and fraud. Ad fraud is a major problem for advertisers. Estimates put the cost of ad fraud at up to $100 billion and suggest that almost half of ad spend drives no results. While there is no single measure to combat ad fraud, UKSAFC believes the scale of the problem could be significantly reduced if advertisers and their agencies took…

Global Cost of Renewables to Continue Falling in 2025 as China Extends Manufacturing Lead: BloombergNEF

Stuart Mitchell

The cost of clean power technologies such as wind, solar and battery technologies are expected to fall further by 2-11% in 2025, breaking last year’s record. According to a latest report by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF), new wind and solar farms are already undercutting new coal and gas plants on production cost in almost every market globally. Meanwhile, China’s clean technology manufacturing overcapacity has led to rising protectionism in the form of import tariffs by countries to avoid cheap imports upending their own energy markets. Trade barriers could temporarily stall…