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Compassion Calls on Food Companies to Join the Better Chicken Business Network

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is inviting food businesses across the global broiler chicken value chain to join its rapidly growing Better Chicken Business Network (BCBN). This initiative aims to support companies dedicated to progressing the transition towards adopting the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) and to help those working to fulfil their pledges. Since launching the BCBN in October 2024, Compassion has welcomed over 160 members from over 110 different companies, in 17 different countries. Compassion is now urging even more businesses to join this collaborative network – whether they are…

Cargill’s Bioindustrial business Partners with Arizona State University to Explore New Materials for Semiconductor Innovation

Stuart Mitchell

Cargill Bioindustrial and Arizona State University (ASU) are launching a new, year-long research partnership focused on advanced materials used in semiconductor technology — the foundation of modern electronics from smartphones to electric vehicles. The research is focused on Cargill™ Priamine™ dimer diamine, which is made from bio-based ingredients. With support from ASU’s Biodesign Institute, scientists will study how and why this material performs so well, and how it might be used to improve the speed, efficiency, and reliability of electronic devices.  Originally developed for other applications, Priamine™, dimer diamine has…

Companies can clear out their old tech and cash in with O2 Recycle for Business

Stuart Mitchell

Almost 45,000 devices have been saved from waste thanks to O2 Recycle for Business.  Since the scheme’s relaunch in October 2023, companies across the UK have traded in thousands of unwanted smartphones and tablets, earning nearly £330,000.   The tech has been data wiped, and then repaired, refurbished and resold, or recycled – with zero parts going to landfill, helping prevent electronic waste (e-waste).  The O2 Recycle for Business service helps companies of all sizes, regardless of their mobile provider, trade in their old technology – where they can receive cashback,…

Pension schemes are pulling ahead of businesses on ESG

Stuart Mitchell

Pension schemes are leading the way, ahead of scheme sponsors, when it comes to progress on ESG factors, according to new research from LawDeb. The research challenged finance leaders in private sector companies with DB pension schemes to rank who was leading the charge on different elements of ESG: the scheme and its trustees, or the business and its executives. In some areas, both parties are relatively aligned – for example, a third of leaders (34%) think both the scheme and business are leaders in diversity ambitions. But around the…

China’s energy market ‘open for business’ after support from RE100 on certificates

Stuart Mitchell

China’s renewable electricity market has taken a critical step forward on credible corporate renewables claims, meaning that companies can now confidently use China’s Green Electricity Certificates (GEC) system, knowing the renewables they buy are having a verifiable, real-world impact.   This is after successful consultation between RE100 and the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) and based on the mutual consensus on the improvements to China’s GEC system led by China’s National Energy Administration (NEA).  The changes also make proving renewables use in the country easier, making China an attractive international…