Author archives

Fun Guy, jaywalking through Life!

IFAD and partners to announce upcoming coalition to support public development banks’ financing of sustainable and equitable food systems

Rome, 27 July 2021 – Creating sustainable and equitable food systems that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people will require substantial investments – by some estimates as much as US$350 billion per year over the next decade. Public Development Banks (PDBs) have the potential to help finance this, and generate exponential social and economic returns, according …

Ecommerce and online video to fuel 11% recovery in global adspend this year

Adspend will exceed pre-pandemic peak by 6% this year Digital advertising to take 58% share of market in 2021, up from 48% in 2019 The average cost of television advertising is up by 5% this year, well ahead of its 1% adspend growth rate The US alone will supply 46% of new ad dollars this …

Lapis Bard Fountain Pen Inks

Get intoxicated by the art of writing with these addictive, cocktail-themed inks with merry colours and merrier names. If inspiration is in short supply, reach for the bottle – of ink. Lapis Bard’s addictive, cocktail-themed inks are fun, fierce, and utterly fabulous. These safe-to-use, water soluble inks are carefully formulated with an optimal pH, meaning …

Developing Principles for Regulation and Pricing of Alcoholic Beverages Sectors in India’ by ICRIER and PLR Chamber

‘ · The first of its kind report provides how states can implement transparent policies through use of technology. · It provides a model for taxation for the state governments that is based on evidence and data and can be customised to meet the objective of different states · Alcoholic Beverages are among the top …

ArcelorMittal Sestao to become the world’s first full-scale zero carbon-emissions[1] steel plant

Harnessing green hydrogen and renewable electricity, the Sestao plant will achieve zero carbon-emissions. ArcelorMittal today announces that its Sestao plant in Spain will become the world’s first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant. The development is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed today with the Government of Spain that will see an investment of …

Guiding coal companies to meet the dual challenge of net zero and a just transition – By Noora Puro, Manager – GRI Sector Program

As the build-up continues to the pandemic-delayed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), all eyes – and hopefully all agendas – are on how to reach net-zero carbon emissions. And as the International Energy Agency (IEA) made clear in its recent Net Zero by 2050 report, this aim will fall short without a radical decrease this …

Post Second Covid Wave, South India May Witness Severe MIS-C Wave in Children: Warn Doctors

~ Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) is an immune system mediated hyper inflammation targeting children, adolescents & young adults; more than 50% develop heart problems ~ July 6, 2021: Doctors at Amrita Hospital are warning of an impending wave of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome or MIS-C across South India which may hit children in a big way. …

Talcher Fertilizers ties finances for coal gasification based urea project

Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. (TFL), a Joint Venture of GAIL (India) Ltd. (GAIL), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF), Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and Fertilizers Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL), has successfully concluded the financial closure of its mega coal gasification based urea project located at Talcher in Angul district of Odisha. Informing this here today, …

Inspiring a global network to foster corporate transparency

Revamped GRI Community to help more organizations to raise their knowledge and advance the practice of sustainability reporting Amsterdam, 1 July 2021 – The world’s leading global membership network for companies committed to sustainability reporting – the GRI Community – has relaunched today, with updated learning and collaboration opportunities that raises the bar for corporate …