Tag: Tesco

Tesco donates over 33,000 kids’ toothbrushes to charity

Stuart Mitchell

Over 33,000 kids’ toothbrushes and 6,000 tubes of kids’ toothpaste will be donated to help combat hygiene poverty in the UK. Research by charity In Kind Direct found that 1 in 6 (17%) UK adults are living in hygiene poverty. Their research also found that 6% of adults say they, or someone in their household have gone without a toothbrush in the last six months because they could not afford it.  In response, Tesco has been working with four of its suppliers – Unilever, Kimberley Clark, Essity and Haleon –…

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Winning sustainability start-ups herald ground-breaking trials with Tesco suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

The five winners of WWF and Tesco’s 2022 Innovation Connections Programme recently shared their remarkable progress after being given the opportunity to work with leading Tesco suppliers, helping to accelerate research and better understand opportunities – and challenges – to scale in a commercial setting. Each innovator shared key outcomes secured through the programme, supporting their development, including being able to work with a major commercial supplier to trial their products.  Globally, agriculture and land use are responsible for almost 60% of biodiversity loss and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions…

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Tesco is first UK supermarket to give kinship carers same support as adoptive parents

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco, the UK’s largest private-sector employer, has granted colleagues who have a Special Guardianship Order to care for relatives’ children equal rights with colleagues who adopt – giving them both 26 weeks’ leave on full pay. The kinship leave, which will apply to grandparents or other relatives who take on a child of a family member, is intended to help kinship carers to be able stay in the workforce, while managing their extra responsibilities.  The new policy, which makes the grocer one of the first UK retailers to support these…

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UK’s biggest food collection calls for volunteers to support charities

Stuart Mitchell

With food banks and charities facing increasing levels of need this winter, people are being urged to give the gift of their time to take part in the UK’s biggest food donation drive. The Tesco Food Collection is taking place in all Tesco stores from November 30th to December 2nd and the Trussell Trust and FareShare are urging volunteers to sign-up to support the event in store.  It comes as both charities face their busiest winter yet as more people turn to them for support. The Trussell Trust, which has…

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Fruitful pickings – Tesco works with Veolia to recycle soft plastic and support schools across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is joining forces with leading sustainable resource management company Veolia, Groundwork and local councils to introduce greener areas in schools, and give children a stronger start by learning more about the environment. The Veolia Orchard campaign will be donating almost 600 fruit trees and 800 strawberry plants to schools limited by space or without green areas. Now in its second year the scheme has expanded across another 190 schools thanks to the generous support of 22 local authorities. To house the plants, Tesco will be donating planters made from…

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