Day: 2 October 2017

Unilever to acquire Mãe Terra

Stuart Mitchell

Just a few weeks after they announced their purchase of Pukka Herbs, Unilever announced have announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian natural and organic food business Mãe Terra. Mãe Terra is a fast-growing and well-loved brand in Brazil, providing health-conscious consumers with organic and nutritious food products since it was set up in 1979. The company’s vision is to democratise natural and organic food by taking care of people and planet. Mãe Terra operates in several categories with a portfolio that includes organic cereals, cookies, snacks…

Read More

Unicef takes 27 empty school buses into Manhatten to showcase childrens plight

Stuart Mitchell

On the 18th September a convoy of 27 empty school buses – together with education activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan – travelled through the streets of Manhattan to shine a spotlight on the 27 million out-of-school children living in conflict zones. UNICEF and 19-year-old Almellehan – who was forced to give up her education as their family fled unspeakable violence in Syria in 2013 – came together ahead of the United Nations General Assembly to call on world leaders to prioritize education for every child uprooted by war,…

Read More

Action for Children launch new advert

Stuart Mitchell

Action for Children launches a new advert featuring actor Larry Lamb interviewing a social worker about shocking levels of child abuse and neglect. Children family practitioner Anne-Marie Cowell tells Lamb about some of the case she has worked with. Anne-Marie is one of the Charities family support practitioners which means that she helps children and families who are struggling with neglect, domestic violence and difficult behaviour. She states: “I came to work with children in care because I was kind of fascinated by the awful story of Baby P and when…

Read More

Women with disabilities may be missing out on cancer screening

Stuart Mitchell

Women with disabilities are a third less likely to participate in breast cancer screening and a quarter less likely to take part in bowel cancer screening compared to women reporting no disabilities, according to a new paper published in the British Journal of Cancer  by researchers from the University of Oxford. More than a fifth of the nearly 500,000 women who were offered breast or bowel cancer screening reported some disability; difficulties with mobility were the most commonly reported. Women with two or more disabilities were less likely to take…

Read More

Walmart Strengthens Sustainable Chemistry Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart is strengthening its sustainable chemistry policy for consumable products, reaffirming the company’s work to increase transparency, advance improved product formulations, and offer a larger sustainable product selection for customers. As part of the policy expansion, Walmart aims to reduce its consumables chemical footprint for Walmart and Sam’s Clubs U.S. stores by 10 percent by 2022, becoming the first U.S. retailer to set a time bound reduction goal. Consumables products include items like household cleaners, cosmetics and skincare items, and infant products, among others. The goal applies to chemicals defined…

Read More