Day: 2 August 2019

Third Sector Podcast #7: Charity shops

Stuart Mitchell

Enclosed below is the new Third Sector podcast which may be of inteerst to some of our readers: In this episode, we take a look at the charity shop market, the Code of Fundraising Practice and social media crisis communications   Our seventh monthly podcast looks at charity shops, delving into the benefits and challenges of charity retail.  Features and analysis writer Rebecca Cooney speaks to Jason Lomas, head of portfolio development at the disability equality charity Scope, Reena Mukherji, director of the Octavia Foundation, which provides community support and opportunities for people in…

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Green is the default option for Co-op pension scheme

Stuart Mitchell

The Co-op pension fund is investing approximately £300m into companies that score highly for sustainability and with an emphasis on mitigating climate change and / or managing their own carbon footprint. The trustees of Pace, the Co-op’s £11bn pension scheme, which comprises both Defined Benefit (DB) and Defined Contribution (DC) elements, have chosen the LGIM Future World Multi-Asset as the default fund for the DC scheme. This means approximately £290m out of Co-op employees’ £315m defined contribution assets will be invested in companies and bonds that score heavily when it…

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Cif innovative at-home refill will remove 1.5 million plastic bottles from UK supermarkets

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has announced the launch of Cif ecorefill, the new at-home technology that allows consumers to refill and reuse their Cif spray bottles for life.   This comes when UK demand for less plastic and more refillable and reusable solutions are on the rise, with 62% of people saying reuse is even more important to them than recycling. More than eight in ten (83%) people wish they had access to more refillable products and furthermore only one in six (16%) are currently buying refills. The largest barriers are lack of…

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End unpaid and unadvertised work opportunities to beat arts sector ‘class crisis’, landmark Toolkit urges employers.

Stuart Mitchell

A landmark blueprint for tackling the arts sector’s ‘class crisis’is launched today to show employers how they can take practical steps to change their organisational cultures to attract and retain a more socio-economically diverse workforce. Socio-economic Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts: A Toolkit for Employersis published by Jerwood Arts and the Bridge Group. It draws on the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme’s decade of working with employers and influential research by the Bridge Group on increasing socio-economic diversity in the workplace and fostering inclusive and enabling organisational cultures. The…

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FTSE Russell launches first climate risk government bond index

Stuart Mitchell

FTSE Russell, the global index, data and analytics provider, has launched the first government bond index to adjust index weights based on each country’s preparedness and resilience to climate change risk. The FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted World Government Bond Index (“Climate WGBI”) is derived from the FTSE World Government Bond Index, a widely used benchmark of investment-grade sovereign bonds of 22 developed economies. The index will be available to investors going forward as a portfolio performance measurement tool as well as for the basis of an investment portfolio. The index incorporates…

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