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New alliance promotes gender-responsive recovery efforts in Ukraine

Stuart Mitchell

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to disproportionately affect women and girls. Women in Ukraine face higher rates of poverty, displacement, and gender-based violence, and are the majority in need of humanitarian assistance. Recent OECD data shows that, while official development assistance to Ukraine jumped from USD 1.3 billion in 2021 to USD 18.9 billion the following year, 90 per cent—or USD 17.1 billion—of this funding did not include any gender equality objectives. Only USD 44 million was allocated to efforts to advance gender equality as the principal objective. To…

Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley teams up with Nestlé and Tetra Pak to inspire collaborative innovation in sustainable packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, together with Valley partners Nestlé and Tetra Pak, brought together 60+ Swiss and European partners at a nationwide event in Bern this week. The joint project is designed to shine a light on some of the most promising approaches in sustainable packaging materials and drive further innovation through new collaborations. Commenting on the event, Christina Senn-Jakobsen, CEO of Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, says, “This event showcased the incredible potential of collaborative innovation. The challenges around sustainable packaging cannot be solved in silos. Collaboration between startups,…

Setting targets on DEI in production can be a challenge for half of major multinationals

Stuart Mitchell

New research from the WFA reveals that nearly half of major multinationals (49%) are struggling to measure Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts in the content production space and the same number find it hard to set consistent targets across markets and suppliers.  More than four in 10 are also struggling to identify diverse suppliers, with 22% saying that while driving DEI initiatives in the US is more straightforward, the rest of the world is a challenge. That’s borne out by the fact that while 24% of multinationals describe their…

UK hits 60,000 electric car charging points as rate of installation continues to rise

Stuart Mitchell

Zap Map and the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) have published new statistics on charge point installations across the UK. The new figures show that the country has surpassed 60,000 public charging points. Operated by char.gy, the 60,000th charging device was installed on Natal Road, a residential street in Streatham, London. Ideally placed for electric car drivers in Streatham to charge up overnight, the 60,000th charging device reflects the encouraging growth of the country’s charge point infrastructure. Indeed, the timing of the milestone illustrates a significant acceleration in the…

Global gathering of cement and concrete industry leaders, governments and experts in Bangkok, calls for new policy commitments to support net zero mission.

Stuart Mitchell

An international conference in Bangkok, attended by nearly 200 CEOs and leaders from the global cement and concrete industry has called for new policy commitments to support the industry’s drive to net zero. They were taking part in the Global Cement and Association’s 2024 CEO Gathering and Leaders Conference and were joined by ministers from the governments of Canada, the UAE and Thailand, as well as economists and a variety of experts. The GCCA is the voice of the global industry and its leading membership association, supporting its work to…