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World Food Prize Foundation Reveals Top Three Finalists Driving Global Solutions in $50,000 Innovate for Impact Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The World Food Prize Foundation today announced the Top Three Finalists for the inaugural Innovate for Impact Challenge: APOLO Biotech, Capsber Agriscience and Vet Konect.  “These finalists embody the spirit of innovation needed to confront the urgent challenges of food security and climate resilience,” said Mashal Husain, President, World Food Prize Foundation. “By bringing forward solutions that are both scalable and sustainable, they demonstrate the power of science and entrepreneurship to transform agriculture for farmers everywhere.” These three standout Agritech startups are redefining what’s possible in the fight against hunger…

Sargasso Sea surveys find vulnerable sperm whales and elusive pygmy sperm whales, as Greenpeace calls for ocean sanctuary

Stuart Mitchell

The presence of elusive pygmy sperm whales, as well as vulnerable and near-threatened species, has been detected in the Sargasso Sea using innovative environmental DNA sequencing and acoustic surveys, boosting calls for it to be declared an ocean sanctuary under the Global Ocean Treaty.  Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise spent three weeks on a voyage through the Sargasso Sea in May 2024, taking samples of seawater for ‘eDNA’ analysis[1] and carrying out an acoustic survey using hydrophones[2]. Greenpeace UK campaigners collected the samples, with help from British band Bastille’s frontman Dan…

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…