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Offshore wind pact is a giant leap towards powering Europe with renewable, secure, and cost-competitive electricity

Stuart Mitchell

The Joint Offshore Wind Investment Pact for the North Seas is a giant leap towards powering Europe with renewable, reliable, and cost-competitive electricity. With more investment predictability, a de-risked investment framework, and a coordinated build-out plan of up to 15 GW per year in Europe, Ørsted and the offshore wind industry is committed to bringing down the cost of electricity from offshore wind by 30 % towards 2040. Today, at the North Sea Summit 2026 in Hamburg, the governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and the…

World-class complaining: Cross-border ads and the ASA’s remit

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Tread carefully: World-class complaining: Cross-border ads and the ASA’s remit, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. In the good old days, you’d see a poster at the side of the road, or receive a leaflet through the letterbox, safe in the knowledge that if you had to complain about that ad, for whatever reason, it would be in the ASA’s remit. Then, the internet…

New Analysis Reveals £22.5bn Economic Opportunity if UK Accelerates Heat Decarbonisation

Stuart Mitchell

The Heat Pump Association UK (HPA UK) has today published new analysis showing that the transition to low carbon residential heating represents a significant economic, employment and energy security opportunity. The findings come as the UK Government urgently seeks opportunities to boost economic growth, with the UK economy only growing by around 1.5% in 2025. The report, From Carbon to Competitiveness: The UK Opportunity Associated with Decarbonising Residential Heating, models the impact of accelerating the deployment of decarbonised heating in line with the ambition set out in the Government’s Carbon…

MYGroup and Selfridges enable fragrance recycling at scale with launch of Reselfridges beauty waste take-back scheme

Stuart Mitchell

MYGroup has partnered with Selfridges to launch a new nationwide beauty and cosmetics recycling scheme, enabling customers to return beauty empties, including hard-to-recycle fragrance bottles. Reselfridges Recycle is now available at all Selfridges Beauty Halls across Birmingham, Manchester and London’s Oxford Street, which attracts over 20 million visitors each year alone. Customers are incentivised through collecting a Selfridges Unlocked Key for every five items recycled as part of the retailer’s membership programme. Reselfridges Recycle is making it easy to recycle fragrance bottles, which are often excluded from both kerbside recycling…

Accelerating progress in 2026 towards a streamlined sustainability reporting system

Stuart Mitchell

With a new year underway, GRI is increasing momentum to deliver sustainability standards that strengthen the quality and usability of reporting, helping organizations and their stakeholders unlock greater value from disclosed information. In Q1, there are a series of key standards updates and innovations – as well as opportunities to engage and participate – from GRI, the global leader in sustainability reporting, all of which contribute towards a more cohesive and effective disclosure ecosystem: Biodiversity and Mining Standards take effect for reporting from 1 January GRI 101: Biodiversity – setting…