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U.K. Pensions May Focus on Climate Change, While U.S. May Limit Pensions’ ESG Investment

Neanda Salvaterra — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000

While the U.K. moves to ask retirement funds to disclose their portfolios’ carbon footprint, U.S. authorities may limit pension plan managers’ ability to factor in environmental, sustainability and governance issues in their investment decisions. The moves are happening as more investors are interested in value-aligned assets and ESG investment offerings have surged in the last […]

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London Launches Government-Owned Clean Energy Company Against Decreasing Private Investments

Scarlett Kuang — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:53:32 +0000

Years after the U.K. privatized utilities, London’s mayor Sadiq Khan is moving things in another direction, in hopes of stimulating renewable energy use. Kahn launched London Power, offering city residents renewable energy that’s almost $400 a year less than what they pay now. London Power promises that all the electricity used by its customers will […]

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As Loneliness Hits Crisis Level, BetaDwarf Gets $6.6 Million For “Friendshipping” Games

James Peter Rubin — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:36:36 +0000

Critics of online games say they isolate people and foster loneliness, which researchers have tied to a range of social problems. But Copenhagen-based games creator BetaDwarf says its popular “friendshipping” games Forced, Forced Showdown and most recently, Minion Masters, build togetherness. The games require users to work together as well as compete. After announcing a […]

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Prince Harry Starts Green Travel Firm As Analysts Question Its Lack of Substance

Matthew Moll — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:04:36 +0000

Prince Harry, whose commitment to environmental protection was questioned after a few too many private jet trips, has started a company to help consumers make more eco-friendly travel decisions. Travalyst is the first initiative undertaken by the prince’s foundation, Sussex Royal. Visa and TripAdvisor have signed on as partners with others. With a vow to […]

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Celebrity Chef Oliver Bounces Back with Campaign Against U.K. Child Obesity

Bruce Rule — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:41:54 +0000

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, long a proponent of healthier eating by children, has a new goal for his business empire following the collapse of his restaurant chain: cutting by half the number of obese children in the U.K. Oliver hopes to achieve the goal by 2030, with the first step being increasing access to affordable […]

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U.K. Casts Eye on Future As it Eyes Blockchain for Welfare Payments

James O'Malley — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:30:16 +0000

With an eye toward boosting security and efficiency, as well as toward managing an aging population, U.K. officials are considering Blockchain technology for social security and welfare payments. They also want to make sure the checks get there on time. “I’m keen for us to consider how we can harness the payment innovations” that are […]

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Ethanol Demand Fuels BP, Bunge Merger as Globe Seeks Cleaner Power

Mark Shenk — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:28:17 +0000

U.K. energy company BP Plc and U.S. agricultural trader Bunge Ltd. are combining their sugar and ethanol assets in Brazil, a merger that will boost BP’s supply of more environmentally-friendly fuels as the globe seeks to cut carbon dioxide emissions. Burning ethanol releases 39% fewer greenhouse gases than gasoline, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in […]

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Babylon: HealthTech Startup Challenging Britain’s Health Service

James O'Malley — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:37:27 +0000

Disruptions from Babylon Health’s app are spreading through the U.K.’s National Health Service, with its AI, virtual services and promise of appointments “just a tap away.” But will it go too far, and threaten the funding of the government health system? With Britain’s NHS, users visit their local general practitioner before accessing most hospital or […]

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Amazon Alexa’s U.K. Health Partnership Speaks to a Voice-Assisted Future

James O'Malley — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:45:50 +0000

When people in the U.K. ask Amazon’s Alexa health questions, they’ll get an answer from the country’s National Health Service. For example, ask “What should I do to stop a headache?” and Alexa will read off a list of the symptoms and suggest potential remedies from NHS’s conditions and medicines database. The NHS announced the […]

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Pixion Wants to Bring “Lunchtime Esports” to Everyone

Macy Muirhead — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:43:17 +0000

Pixion Games, a London-based studio developing competitive e-sports games for mobile devices, closed a $2 million seed round that it will use to hire staff and boost so-called “lunchtime esports.” The company is the latest player in the fast-growing mobile esports space, vying to make e-sports more accessible. “What we see is a lack of […]

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