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Vattenfall joins Airbus and partners to pave the way for hydrogen aviation

Stuart Mitchell

This cooperation will provide better understanding of hydrogen aircraft concepts and operations, supply, infrastructures and refueling needs at airports in order to help develop this hydrogen aviation ecosystem in both countries. The work will also identify the pathways to select which airports will be transformed to operate hydrogen-powered aircraft in both countries as well as the accompanying regulatory framework. This is a first step with a one year feasibility study that covers two countries and more than 50 airports. It reflects the partners’ shared ambition to use their respective expertise…

Co-op adds all its stores to UK-wide ‘Safe Spaces’ scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Committed to offering ‘safe spaces’ in communities, Co-op has added its stores to the National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) scheme which aims to provide provision in the retail sector for anyone feeling unsafe or vulnerable when out and about on the UK’s streets. Also known as Operation Portum, the NBCC Safe Spaces scheme is dedicated to ensuring communities are places where people feel safe and confident, and is focussed on increasing the number of spaces within the retail sector where people are always welcome to can go safely to seek…

Challenger brand, smol achieves B-Corp certification

Stuart Mitchell

Challenger brand, smol, has announced its B-Corp certification, continuing its mission to revolutionise how the UK cleans, by challenging the plastic, chemicals and carbon produced by industry giants.  Highlighting their ambition since launch to be a different, better business – whether via challenging the impact smol have on the industry as well as their own impact within the business, with the community and their customers. Core to smol’s achievement has been the development of its portfolio of award winning, high-performance, innovative cleaning products that contain minimal to no plastic such…

Footballer Kalidou Koulibaly teams up with ICRC to defend humanitarian law in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The Senegalese international appears in “Defenders”, the ICRC‘s latest audiovisual production, and takes aim at behavior that runs counter to the laws of war. The film begins in a makeshift tent: a poster of Kalidou Koulibaly, horns honking, armed men rushing to get out. Outside, the player himself, wearing a red soccer uniform, plants himself in front of the camera, before blurting out: “Keep it clean! No fouls!” He immediately disappears. Who was he talking to? No time to wonder if it was a dream or reality. The young gunmen…

Crowdfunder celebrates an exciting new partnership with Co-operatives UK by reducing fees for all community share offers.

Stuart Mitchell

Crowdfunder is excited to share its new 2024 partnership with Co-operatives UK in order to provide exclusive benefits to any organisation looking to offer community shares. Together, this will see Crowdfunder offer a substantial reduction in its platform fee for community share offers. To further their commitment to fair pricing, fee transparency, and support for community ownership programmes across the UK. In addition, organisations that have achieved Co-operatives UK’s Community Shares Standard Mark will benefit from a special 0.5% platform fee discount*. The Standard Mark represents a commitment to nationally…