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Octopus Energy backs tech disruptor to turbocharge floating offshore wind farms globally

Stuart Mitchell

Floating offshore wind farms across the world are to get cheaper and faster to build following an investment by Octopus Energy’s generation arm into Ocergy. Ocergy is disrupting the floating offshore wind market with an innovative approach to designing and manufacturing floating foundations, drastically reducing the time and cost of building them. Ocergy, which is headquartered in the US and has operations in France, is pioneering a hyper-local supply chain approach, working with local manufacturers and creating green jobs in the areas where the turbines are installed. Further efficiencies are…

M&S calls on the nation to give their pre-loved clothing a second life with trial of free postal donation service

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer, the UK’s largest clothing retailer is – for the first time – asking the public to donate their unwearable clothing, alongside their wearable clothing, through the trial of a free postal donation service, in partnership with Oxfam. It is estimated that UK homes contain 1.6 billion items of unworn clothing which have the potential to be used, re-used or recycled*. However new research conducted on behalf of M&S**, found that one third of the UK doesn’t know what to do with clothes that cannot be re-worn –…

CISL releases report to address the challenges that global leadership face in today’s age of turbulence

Stuart Mitchell

Published on Earth Day 2024, CISL’s new report draws on the dominant themes that emerged from the discussions at the Global Leadership Summit in February 2024, in particular the need for effective leadership. In response to rising geopolitical tensions, conflict and AI dominating political agendas, the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) brought together influential thinkers, experts and leaders from across the world for a 2-day summit in February 2024 to address the unprecedented challenges that currently face global leadership.    Through discussions ranging across geopolitics, global governance, domestic politics,…

Introducing Home Planet Fund: A radically different approach to the climate crisis

Stuart Mitchell

This week, the Home Planet Fund launches. It is a new independent nonprofit that supports local and Indigenous communities who work in concert with nature to stop climate breakdown. In 2021, outdoor apparel company Patagonia committed $20 million in seed funding to help launch the Home Planet Fund. This new, independent nonprofit will operate as a 501(c)(3) that can receive contributions from other donors, large and small.  Home Planet Fund will also let the communities it invests in make their own decisions. “We trust Indigenous Peoples,” said Dilafruz Khonikboyeva, executive…

Digital inequality ‘holding millions of school children back’, warns Digital Poverty Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

Millions of school children across the UK are being held back due to digital inequality, as the turbulent economy is worsening the digital divide in deprived areas, according to the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). Research from Deloitte and the DPA highlighted that 20 per cent of children across the UK are impacted by digital poverty, through a lack of access to an electronic device, broadband connectivity or digital skills. To tackle the issue, the DPA, in collaboration with Amazon, the Learning Foundation, charity partner In Kind Direct and Tech First…