Tag: Climate Change

Kingfisher accelerates action to tackle climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement retailer and owner of Screwfix and B&Q, has announced today it is committing to a new 2040 net zero target and an increased 60% Sustainable Home Products sales 2025 target. Kingfisher published today its annual Responsible Business Report, which shows that the business has made significant progress with its responsible business priorities during the financial year. Key 2021/22 achievements   24.5% reduction in carbon emissions across Kingfisher’s operations (scope 1 and 2) Over £5.8 billion (44.1%) in annual sales came from products that help…

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Amnesty calls for more cuts and loss and damage fund for people whose rights are hit by climate crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of COP27, as the world hurtles towards global warming levels of at least 2.5°C, Amnesty International is urging all governments party to the UN Framework on Climate Change to update their 2030 emissions targets to ensure they are aligned with keeping the average global temperature increase below 1.5°C, commit to rapidly phasing out the use and production of fossil fuels without relying on harmful and unproven ‘shortcuts’ like carbon removal mechanisms and wealthy countries must establish a loss and damage fund for those whose rights have been violated by…

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Global faith institutions announce divestment as oil and gas companies threaten 1.5°C climate goal with reckless expansion plans

Stuart Mitchell

In a challenge to the fossil fuel industry’s dangerous expansion plans and increasingly empty rhetoric on climate, 35 faith institutions from seven countries today announced their divestment from fossil fuel companies. Organised by the World Council of Churches, Operation Noah, Laudato Si’ Movement, Green Anglicans and GreenFaith, this latest divestment announcement comes from faith institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the UK and the US. It comes just three weeks before Anglican bishops from around the world gather for the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, UK. Participating institutions include…

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Cisco Foundation Sparks Innovation by Investing in Promising Solutions to Climate Change

Stuart Mitchell

Cisco have highlighted their new grants for climate change in the following blog post: It is hard to look at the news or social media today and not be confronted with the issue of climate change. Scientific research continues to show that human-induced global warming, species extinction, and habitat loss is causing widespread disruption in nature and affecting billions of people through storms, flooding, wildfires, drought, food scarcity, and other crises. Meanwhile, more and more people are becoming concerned about these existential threats, and looking for ways to both raise…

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Sodexo & WWF-UK puts tackling climate change on school menus with Plant+ by Finer Diner

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo has developed Plant+ by Finer Diner in conjunction with WWF-UK to help children and young adults understand how small changes in their diets can make a huge difference to the health of the planet. Plant+ by Finer Diner is more than just sustainable meals, it is about raising awareness that simple changes in food choices make a big difference on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).  If everyone in the UK ate one plant-based meal once a week, GHG would reduce by 50 million tonnes, it is simple, yet powerful messages…

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