Tag: sustainability

Microsoft and SSE form partnership to drive sustainability in the energy sector

Stuart Mitchell

SSE and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help drive sustainability innovation in the global energy sector. The companies, both Principal Partners to COP26, have agreed to collaborate, trial and test technologies which can help in the drive for net zero. The partnership will utilise Microsoft’s artificial intelligence, skills programmes and cloud technology to assist SSE’s green ambitions across a number of areas. It builds on a sustainability and wildlife project that both companies are working on which has seen SSE using the Microsoft Azure cloud to understand…

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New research sees UK public issue challenge to government and businesses to help them live more sustainably

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the COP26 summit, Getty Images, a world leader in visual communication, has unveiled new research which reveals that 88% of people living in the UK would practice living a sustainable lifestyle if it cost them the same or less than what they’re paying today. The research also confirmed that the main barrier for people practicing sustainability in their every day is the expense (42%) while almost a quarter of respondents said they need more information on how to live sustainably. The findings are reported within research for Getty…

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Spirax-Sarco Engineering sets new targets to accelerate sustainability performance.

Stuart Mitchell

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, the thermal energy management and niche pumping specialist, has launched its refreshed Sustainability strategy and announced new targets designed to accelerate sustainability performance, including: Achieve net zero in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 Deliver a 10% biodiversity net gain from direct operations by 2025 Send zero waste to landfill by 2025 Further raise global supply chain standards Grow sales of products with quantifiable sustainability benefits Establish a £5 million fund to support inclusive access to education The new strategy builds on Spirax-Sarco Engineering’s…

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Kimberly-Clark Reports Progress Toward Its 2030 Sustainability Ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

 Kimberly-Clark has published its annual report on sustainability, providing the first update on the company’s global progress toward its 2030 sustainability strategy and goals, aimed at addressing the social and environmental challenges of the next decade with commitments to improve the lives and well-being of 1 billion people in underserved communities around the world with the smallest environmental footprint. “Reflecting on the past year, I am incredibly proud of how Kimberly-Clark and our people responded in a powerful way when the world needed us the most,” said Mike Hsu, Chairman…

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The Beverage Industry Is Advancing Environmental Sustainability, Together

Stuart Mitchell

The recent release of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most comprehensive and conclusive “state of the science” on the climate crisis and highlights specific impacts expected in coming years including heat waves, droughts, flooding, hurricanes, intensified global water cycles, and more. The report’s warnings of the dire impacts of climate change is a clear call that more action is needed and to be taken at an unprecedented scale and pace. It is also more important than ever that efforts be aligned and that organizations,…

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