Wesco Publishes 2025 Sustainability Report

Wesco International, a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, issued its annual sustainability report recently. The report outlines Wesco’s key initiatives for advancing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals set in the 2021 report that include reducing scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, reducing landfill waste intensity by 15%, achieving a 15% reduction in total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and providing 425,000 hours of safety training and development to employees – all by 2030.  “Sustainability is a journey. This year…

EcoVadis wins FrenchTech Next40 Class of 2025 recognition for the third consecutive year

EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, has once again confirmed its position among the leading tech companies in France by joining the sixth 2025 class of the French Tech Next40 program for the third consecutive year. Launched in 2019 by Mission French Tech, the French Tech Next40/120 is a government-led program designed to support the 120 most promising French scale-ups with the potential to become global technology leaders. Each year, companies are selected according to transparent, objective criteria — half based on revenue performance and half on…

“The Price Isn’t Right”: New IPA report urges agencies to rethink commercial models

Agencies must ensure that the prices they charge accurately reflect the value they deliver. This is the central message of the IPA’s latest report, The Price Isn’t Right, to be unveiled at the flagship IPA Business Growth Conference recently that calls for a fundamental reassessment of, and proposes a roadmap for, how agencies structure their commercial models and client partnerships. Published five years after the IPA’s seminal study The Price of Success, this new report, produced in partnership with Creative Salon and based on 63 qualitative interviews with creative and…

Saskia Konynenburg appointed Interim Chief Executive of NCVO

NCVO has confirmed the appointment of Saskia Konynenburg as Interim Chief Executive from 1 August 2025. New leadership team in place to guide NCVO through transition NCVO has announced that Saskia Konynenburg will take on the role of Interim Chief Executive from 1 August. She steps up from her current position as Executive Director of Voice and Impact, where she has led NCVO’s communications, influencing and insight work. Her appointment follows the announcement that current CEO Sarah Elliott will leave NCVO this summer to become CEO of Shelter. The formal,…

El Masnou, becomes the 2nd city in Spain to support calls for an international Plant Based Treaty and prioritise plant-based food

El Masnou has become the 42nd city worldwide, and the second in Spain to endorse the call for a global Plant Based Treaty. They join cities including Parla, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Edinburgh in recognizing the need to promote plant-based food to improve public health, address the climate emergency and reduce animal suffering.  The motion introduced on Thursday June 19th by Fem Masnou’s Councillor Sergi Amat Giró, passed with a strong majority of 17 votes in favor, two against.  The motion states: “We are living in a climate emergency that…