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As Agentic AI Gains Traction, 86% of Enterprises Anticipate Heightened Risks, Yet Only 2% of Companies Meet Responsible AI Gold Standards

Stuart Mitchell

Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), the research arm of Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today unveiled critical insights into the state of responsible AI (RAI) implementation across enterprises, particularly with the advent of agentic AI. The report, Responsible Enterprise AI in the Agentic Era, surveyed over 1,500 business executives and interviewed 40 senior decision-makers across Australia, France, Germany, UK, US, and New Zealand. The findings show that while 78% of companies see RAI as a business growth driver, only 2% have adequate RAI controls in place…

Ingka Group makes first circular investment in China with stake in plastic recycler Re-mall

Stuart Mitchell

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, today announces a growth capital injection in Re-mall (Shanghai Re-mall Environmental Protection New Material Co., Ltd.), the China-based recycler of post-consumer packaging waste, which uses a proprietary technique and process to produce transparent recycled polypropylene (“rPP”) for use in new products. The plastic recycling industry faces numerous challenges, which Re-mall is working to overcome. These include contamination from food residues and labels, quality degradation of the material across recycling cycles, high processing costs, and volatile market demand for…

Deep trouble: future seafloor marine heatwaves will surpass surface extremes

Stuart Mitchell

A new study shows that marine heatwaves on the seafloor could be more than 50% more frequent in future than at the surface of the ocean during hot summer months, a concerning prospect for bottom-dwelling species that cannot escape the rising temperatures, with ripple effects across entire ecosystems and humans alike. What is a marine heatwave? A period lasting at least 5 days where sea temperature is greater than the 90th percentile of historical temperatures for that time of year. Led by PML’s Dr Robert J. Wilson, the study investigated how marine…

London models help change the image of disability

Stuart Mitchell

Two London models are helping to improve the way that disability is portrayed in the media by posing for a new collection of images created by Business Disability Forum (BDF) and launched in July. The images are part of a wider campaign, launched in 2024, to challenge perceptions of disability, after research commissioned by BDF found that only 23 per cent of people with a disability surveyed agreed that images of disabled people used in content they had seen, watched or read reflected their own experience of disability.  Amelia Parillon…

Marketing study shows shift from digital to print in political campaigns

Stuart Mitchell

New marketing study by Aura Print shows the shift from digital to print in political campaigns. How much are political parties spending on printing? Party name 2019 General Election 2024 General Election Difference in spending (2019-2024) Total expenditure (in £) Reform UK 127,755.50 1,458,008.84 1,330,253.34 Labour Party 379,472.58 1,161,133.50 781,660.92 Conservative Party 7,363.98 377,281.46 369,917.48 Green Party 49,807.70 296,307.76 246,500.06 Liberal Democrats 1,644,202.25 575,215.59 -1,068,986.66 Please find the full dataset here.  On the surface, a pattern emerges among both the left and right: printed campaign material is becoming more important…