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Business mentors needed to help drive Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

An organisation leading the drive toward net zero is looking for more business and industry mentors to help the next generation develop carbon cutting solutions. Fuel Change is an organisation working with businesses and schools to enable apprentices and new graduates to help develop solutions to the climate crisis. Its Challenge Programme forms project teams of young people from businesses and organisations and sets them real world carbon reduction challenges. The challenge tasks are set by industry and worked on over a 16 week period after which findings are presented…

Investors and Businesses Call on Policymakers to Protect the Freedom to Invest Responsibly

Stuart Mitchell

Reaffirm commitment to factor all material financial risks in decision-making as more positive policy momentum builds in key states Hundreds of investors, companies, and other capital market leaders convening at Ceres Global are urging state and federal policymakers to protect the freedom to invest responsibly in light of a political backlash against sustainable investment and business practices. Under the banner, “Freedom to Invest,” these leaders are reminding policymakers that they must be free to consider all material financial risks and opportunities, including those related to the climate crisis, to plan…

Henley Business School Team Wins Global Marketing Competition To Be Named ‘Marketers Of The Future’

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced 007 Girls, the student team from Henley Business School, are the winners of its international student marketing competition, The Pitch. This year’s competition was sponsored by WeAre8, a social media app that aims to make a positive impact on people and the planet every day by sharing ad revenue with citizens, creators, and charity and impact partners. Entrants were challenged to explore ways WeAre8 can scale up and show that social media can be a kinder, better place – looking at growing…

UK public seek out ‘good’ businesses but lack trust over claims

Stuart Mitchell

New research has revealed that 80% of the UK public would favour shopping from companies that are doing good for people and the planet, yet only 22% find it easy to identify whether a company means what they say when considering buying from them1.  The data is released as over 1,200 UK businesses, known as Certified B Corporations (or B Corps) celebrate this year’s B Corp Month by demonstrating how they go beyond business norms to transform the economic system for the better. The ongoing climate crisis and widening social…

Top 50 Most Sustainable Companies In The World Honored At 2022 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards

Stuart Mitchell

SEAL Awards HAS announced the winners of the 2022 SEAL Organizational Impact Award, celebrating their leadership, transparency, and commitment to sustainable business practices. Global brands like Colgate-Palmolive, HP, Kering, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. and Unilever were among those selected for the SEAL Organizational Impact Award. Selected by combining two premier ESG data sets – the CDP A-List ™  and the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA, now part of S&P Global ESG Scores ™) –  the 2022 SEAL Organizational Impact Award honors the 50 most sustainable companies globally. “Encouragingly, the number…