Tag: climate emergency

Channel 4 issues ‘Climate Emergency’ brief to indies

Stuart Mitchell

Following the commitments laid out in the Climate Content Pledge at COP26, Channel 4 has issued a brief to independent production companies as it seeks to commission high-impact shows intended to inspire audiences to engage with the international climate emergency. The cross-genre brief calls for indies to submit ideas for hopeful, provocative and irreverent content that will energise and empower audiences to live sustainably and to engage with the global conversation on climate change. Recent commissions including Joe Lycett Vs the Oil Giant and Celebrity Trash Monsters demonstrate the type…

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WASTING FOOD FEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE: Food Waste Action Week launches to help tackle climate emergency

Stuart Mitchell

Cook, TV presenter and author Nadiya Hussain has joined environmental charity WRAP for the UK’s first national week of action to tackle household food waste and drive home the message, Wasting Food Feeds Climate Change. Running from 1-7th March, Food Waste Action Week is being delivered through WRAPs well-known Love Food Hate Waste brand to mitigate the devastating impact food waste has on the planet. When it comes to food waste at home, UK households produce around 70 per cent of the UK’s 9.5 million tonnes of food waste every…

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IoF commits to eight actions to tackle the climate emergency for the fundraising sector

Stuart Mitchell

In a letter to Institute of Fundraising members, Peter Lewis chief executive of the Institute of Fundraising, announced a set of actions for the membership body to tackle the climate emergency. After consulting with members, including a roundtable on fundraising and the environment, the IoF’s Board of Trustees approved a series of eight commitments for the Institute. The commitments include embedding the climate emergency as a theme in our work, providing more support to our members on stepping away from partnerships if they have environmental concerns, and collaborating with the…

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