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Energy financing: the transformation of BNP Paribas’ business model is accelerating, as confirmed by several rankings

Stuart Mitchell

For BNP Paribas, the year 2023 was marked, by a simultaneous acceleration of financing for the production of low-carbon energy, and the shift away from financing for the production of fossil fuels. This has allowed the Group to advance the timing for some of its objectives. A majority of financing for low-carbon energy  On February 1st 2024, BNP Paribas published its annual results, which show a very strong acceleration in the financing of low-carbon energies: the stock of credit exposures to low-carbon energy production now accounts for 65% of the Group’s…

Logitech First to Transition Video Collaboration Portfolio to Recycled Plastic and Next Life Materials

Stuart Mitchell

Logitech have announced that all video collaboration devices that run on the CollabOS operating system will now be manufactured with next-life plastics, helping enterprise customers support their sustainability objectives. Existing products– Rally Bar, Rally Bar Mini, Tap IP, Tap Scheduler, and Scribe– are being refreshed with materials that lower the carbon impact of each product. This provides organizations with a partner that in turn helps position them to better manage their carbon footprint. “By transitioning our portfolio of conference room devices to a lower product carbon footprint, we are helping…

AI Ethics: 8 global tech companies commit to apply to UNESCO’s Recommendation

Stuart Mitchell

GSMA, INNIT, Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce and Telefonica signed a ground-breaking agreement to build more ethical AI. The companies will integrate the values and principles of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI when designing and deploying AI systems. In November 2021, UNESCO forged a consensus between all its Member States to adopt the first global ethical framework for the use of artificial intelligence. Today, we are taking another major step by obtaining the same concrete commitment from global tech companies. I call on all tech…

The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024 , released recently, finds one in five (21 per cent) young people in the UK have missed school or work in the past year due to their mental health. Similar numbers (18 per cent) report a mental health issue has stopped them applying for a job or attending an interview (12 per cent) during the last 12 months. Over a quarter (29 per cent) worry their current employer would not support them if they experienced a mental health problem. The Youth Index is an…

National Trust joins push for temperate rainforest revival in North Devon with new 100,000-strong tree planting project

Stuart Mitchell

A large-scale project to create a wilder, woodier and wetter landscape is underway in north Devon with the National Trust planting over 100,000 trees this winter to re-establish approximately 50 hectares (123 acres) of temperate rainforest, one of the UK’s most endangered habitats, and other wooded habitats. The planting will take place across three sites, with 50,000 trees to be planted at Arlington Court, 38,000 on Exmoor and 20,000 at Woolacombe/Hartland, with more planting to follow in the coming years. Temperate rainforests, also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforests, are…