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Felix’s Multibank: new service led by The Felix Project will redistribute 400,000 surplus essentials donated by Amazon and other businesses to help 40,000 families in need across London

Stuart Mitchell

A new charity initiative launched in West London recently to donate more than 400,000 surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across the capital over the next 12 months. London’s first Multibank, ‘Felix’s Multibank’, is led by The Felix Project, with support from Amazon, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The service will help families experiencing poverty by providing essentials like toiletries, baby products, cleaning goods and bedding donated by Amazon, and other national and regional businesses. It is an expansion of…

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World’s first commercial Seaweed Farm within a wind farm

Stuart Mitchell

This autumn, the world’s first commercial seaweed farm will open within the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm, located approximately 18 kilometers off the coast between The Hague and Zandvoort in the North Sea. North Sea Farm 1, initiated by North Sea Farmers with funding from Amazon’s Right Now Climate Fund, is a floating farm situated among wind turbines where seaweed cultivation can be tested and improved. The site will also host scientific research on seaweed farms’ potential for carbon sequestration. By utilizing the previously unused space between turbines, the…

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Amazon announces first Disaster Relief Hub in Europe to support communities impacted by natural disasters

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon announces first Disaster Relief Hub in Europe to support communities impacted by natural disasters via a post on their website, which I have included in its entirety below. Through our Disaster Relief Hubs in the U.S., Asia, and Australia we have used our inventory, logistics infrastructure, and technology to respond to more than 145 natural disasters and humanitarian crises since 2017, donating more than 24 million relief items around the world. Amazon has opened our first Disaster Relief Hub in Europe. We will fill the hub with 1,000 pallets…

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Amazon agrees renewable energy deal with world’s second largest offshore wind farm

Stuart Mitchell

Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest clean energy companies, and Amazon have expanded their long-term global clean power partnership by signing a major renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) for 159 MW of East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm in the UK, equivalent to 700 gigawatt-hours GWh of clean electricity per-year. Amazon to procure renewable energy from the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland For the fourth year in a row, Amazon is the largest purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. Read more   Amazon has also signed PPAs with…

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Wales is getting a new community donations hub powered by Amazon and local charities

Stuart Mitchell

Surplus essentials will be donated to 40,000 families living in poverty. The Multibank initiative co-founded by Amazon and Gordon Brown continues to grow: A new community donations hub called Cwtch Mawr is now offering an emergency service for families experiencing poverty across Swansea. Cwtch Mawr, which means ‘Big Hug’ in English, is Wales’s first Multibank, providing surplus essentials such as warm clothes, hygiene products, school uniforms, and bedding donated by businesses like Amazon directly to those in need. The products are redistributed via lead charity partner Faith in Families to…

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