Nickel Mining: Transition Metals, NGO Activity and What to Expect May 28, 2024 | Sponsored We are currently witnessing a global scramble to meet the growing needs for a new type of raw material – critical minerals like nickel, lithium and copper believed to be essential for the renewables transition. To support this boom, major countries and companies are expanding their mining operations in resource-rich nations to prepare for the shift away from fossil fuels. Indonesia [...]
Vemi Money – Banking on an Ethical Future May 23, 2024 | Sponsored With consumers becoming ever more discerning about where they shop, eat and more broadly spend their money – the financial services sector is no more insulated from these trends than any other. Service providers in various industries have now long understood the need to show how their products and services align with their customers’ values [...]
FuturePlus Becomes Strategic Sustainability Partner to Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s Leading Climate Tech Hub May 20, 2024 | Sponsored New collaboration marks a significant step towards fostering comprehensive sustainability and ESG management and reporting within the Sustainable Ventures ecosystem Sustainability management and ESG reporting platform FuturePlus has agreed a strategic partnership with Sustainable Ventures, Europe’s leading climate tech hub. Sustainable Ventures helps climate startups and entrepreneurs across the UK to scale through investment, workspaces [...]
Funding boycotts are ‘irresponsible, entitled and childish’ May 20, 2024 The debate over whether artists should accept funding from Baillie Gifford has continued to rage in recent weeks.
Vemi Invest Secures Exciting New Mandate May 17, 2024 | Sponsored Vemi Invest, Vemi Ventures Group’s asset management arm recently announced the securing of a new mandate, making the business revenue positive for the first time. Kevin Cunningham Frederik Wijsenbeek Michael Whealon The exciting new development was unveiled to investors and partners of the Vemi Ventures group at an event to mark the flagship opening of [...]
Vemi Ventures Celebrates Milestone Achievements with Move May 15, 2024 | Sponsored Vemi Ventures, a new and growing Islamic and Ethical finance firm, celebrated its move into new offices in the prestigious heart of the City. The new custom-designed and trendy offices will be home to the growing team of now almost 50 employees. According to Hasan Raza,Vemi Ventures Group CEO, this move will hopefully “create an [...]
Social Impact 101 with Electronic Arts: Inspiring the Next Generation Through the Art of Gaming May 15, 2024 | Sponsored Welcome to the Social Impact 101 series by EVERFI from Blackbaud, where businesses and their leaders across the UK – and overseas – talk about how their social impact programmes are supporting overall business objectives and making a positive difference to the lives of young people all over the UK, and beyond… Each edition of [...]
The Growing Risks Of Deep-Sea Mining May 10, 2024 | Sponsored There is growing interest in deep-sea mining from both sides of the aisle – ardent defenders who believe it can meet the world’s pressing need for critical minerals and others who agree that it might do irrevocable damage to marine ecosystems and ocean health. From the activist lens, SIGWATCH data shows that campaigning on deep-sea mining has [...]
Unlocking potential: A call to action for Social Mobility May 9, 2024 | Sponsored The macro challenge: worsening global income inequality We have an income inequality crisis and the trend is worsening. Income inequality, that is the unequal distribution of income throughout a population, has become a ubiquitous challenge on a global scale; it is one of the Social Megatrends in the realm of ESG and sustainability. The UK [...]
Barclays under fire from shareholders on fracking funding May 9, 2024 Barclays has come under fire from its shareholders, including the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF), for providing financial support to fracking companies.