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WRAP shows how to have a sustainable Christmas and help combat climate change

Stuart Mitchell

In a year in which the need to tackle climate change was headline news around the world, global NGO WRAP provides some handy tips on how we can still enjoy Christmas at the same time as giving a gift to the planet. We all have the power to be proactive in the climate change fight and simple actions in our daily lives can and will make a huge difference. Nearly half of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we consume; so by making small changes this Christmas…

Offshore Wind Accelerator launches app developed to optimise offshore vessel performance

Stuart Mitchell

New app developed to measure and enhance performance of crew transfer vessels. Improved operating efficiency reduces costs, drives down vessel emissions, and supports mission to accelerate move to Net Zero. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched a new dedicated app, designed to estimate the motion and performance of seagoing vessels by using the in-built sensors within a smartphone or tablet device. The app will help improve operating efficiency by reducing costs, driving down vessel emissions, and ultimately accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. The Vessel Motion…

‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online

Stuart Mitchell

“It’s time for technology companies and policymakers to take digital violence seriously”, said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem -“right now”.   The bodyright campaign highlights that corporate logos and copyrighted IP are more highly valued and better protected online than images of human bodies, which are often uploaded to the Internet without consent, and used maliciously.   The ⓑ symbol – which can be added to any image directly via Instagram stories using stickers, or by downloading it from the webpage – aims to hold policymakers, companies, and individuals to account while simultaneously driving the message that women, girls, racial and ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized groups are valued and will not be violated online.  The new frontier …

Carbon Trust to take core role in new initiative to accelerate the transition away from coal power to clean energy

Stuart Mitchell

The Coal Asset Transition Accelerator (CATA) was officially announced at COP26 in Glasgow by Laurence Tubiana, CEO and President of the European Climate Foundation (ECF). CATA is a first-of-its-kind platform focused on leveraging finance to accelerate the coal transition globally. CATA will empower key local stakeholders – governments, utilities, coal asset owners, financiers, and civil society organisations – with cutting-edge analyses, leading expertise, and a suite of tools and resources to transition from coal to clean energy.  The Carbon Trust will partner with Climate Smart Ventures (CSV), the RMI (formerly…

PRCA launches new SME Group

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has appointed Carta Comms Founder and Director Matt Cartmell FPRCA and HERA Communication Strategies Managing Director Anna Geffert FPRCA as Co-Chairs of its new Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Group. Open to any agency in the UK with under 15 members of staff, the new Group will provide a hybrid virtual and physical platform for SME agency heads to share ideas and advice, and challenge each other to develop as business leaders. The Group aims to provide long-term business strategic advice – including M&A…