Child neglect most common reason for calls to NSPCC

The NSPCC is contacted on average 55 times a day by adults worried about neglect, the charity’s latest figures reveal. The charity’s Helpline hears from concerned adults every day and night of the week with reports ranging from children being left unsupervised or with inadequate clothing, to being screamed at or living amongst mouldy food and animal faeces. To raise awareness of child neglect– the most common type of abuse affecting children in the UK – the NSPCC has launched its‘Light For Every Childhood’ Christmas Appeal. In 2017/18 the Helpline…

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Less Than 10 Percent of Global Companies Report on Business Ethics KPIs, According to New EcoVadis Anti-Corruption Report

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, has published a new anti-corruption study that reports how businesses manage critical ethical issues including bribery and fraud. The major takeaway: the world’s average business ethics score is 42.4, which indicates most organizations are taking a reactive, unstructured approach to fighting corruption risks. The report is based on more than 20,000 company assessments conducted by EcoVadis from January 2017 to June 2018, across 100 countries and 150 industries. Performance is evaluated for both small (26-999 employees) and large (1000+ employees)…

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Teens Invited to Enter Third Annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge as Part of National Opioid Education Initiative

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the launch of the third annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge – a peer-to-peer platform for communicating messages about the dangers of opioid misuse. An extension of Discovery Education and the DEA’s Operation Prevention program, the video challenge encourages teens to create a 30-60 second original public service announcement that alerts other students about the dangers of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use. Overall, the challenge aims…

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Nespresso to use world’s first responsibly sourced aluminium from Rio Tinto in coffee capsules

Nespresso will become the first company to use responsibly-sourced aluminium, supplied by Rio Tinto, to produce its coffee capsules. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together with Nespresso’s capsule manufacturers to fulfil a commitment of sourcing 100 per cent sustainable aluminium by 2020, allowing customers to enjoy their coffee knowing it is packaged in responsibly produced material. The use of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Certified Aluminium is an important milestone towards reducing the impact that the world’s second most used base metal has on the…

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Tetra Pak and Veolia partner to get all beverage carton components recycled

Tetra Pak has joined forces with global resource management company Veolia​ in a game-changing partnership that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union to be recycled by 2025. The average beverage carton comprises around 75% paperboard, 20% plastic and 5% aluminium foil. But while the fibres recovered during recycling have a healthy market when converted into high-quality paper pulp for use in both industrial and consumer products, the same is not true for the recovered polymer and aluminium (PolyAl) mix. Within the scope of…

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