Jump: Sustainability engagement schemes prevent 4,200 tonnes of carbon emissions in 2020
One of the UK s biggest sustainability engagement schemes captured three million positive changes from employees and students during 2020, which collectively mitigated 4,200 tonnes of CO2e emissions.
The approach is based around gamification, with participants using an app to log actions and claim points
Green Rewards, the organisation behind the popular ‘Jump’ scheme, revealed its 2020 results earlier this week. While staff and students at many of the organisations using Jump - which include NHS trusts, universities and corporates – were working or studying from home during 2020, engagement remained high and results remained sizeable.
Dimitrios Diamantis
Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, one of the world’s leading hospitality business schools, has appointed
Dimitrios Diamantis as its Executive Academic Dean.
Until now responsible for post-graduate and MBA degree programs, Dimitrios will oversee all of the institution’s academic courses, including Bachelor programs.
He will also oversee the teaching staff and focus on the
academic development of the prestigious school, ranked among the three best hotel management educational establishments in the world.
“The institution entrusts its academic center to a specialist in the circular economy and
sustainable development in tourism and hotels. In his field of expertise, with the benefit of more than 20 years of experience in research and teaching, Dimitrios Diamantis is an international authority,” an announcement said.
Future of Floods | Engineering ecology into Portsmouth sea defences
Ecological considerations are providing an interesting context for the North Portsea Island Coastal Defence Scheme.
On North Portsea Island in Portsmouth, work to reduce the risk of coastal flooding is well underway – but with a unique twist.
This is not just a coastal defence scheme: for the fourth phase of the five phase project, a sea wall is being installed with a surface texture specially designed to cultivate local marine life. The flood defence will also be enhanced with a bird island and tidal pools.
The entire £58M scheme extends from the Mountbatten Sports Centre on the west side of the island, along Ports Creek to the north and to Milton Common on the east side. It covers 8.4km of coastline.