Month: August 2018

Forest Green recognised by United Nations after going carbon neutral

Stuart Mitchell

Forest Green Rovers has become the world’s first United Nations certified carbon neutral football club, after signing up to the UNFCCC Climate Neutral Now initiative for the upcoming season. FGR is the world’s only vegan football club after making the switch to a plant based diet for all players, fans, staff and events two years ago. Forest Green chairman Dale Vince said: “It’s a real honour to be the very first sports club in the world to be named carbon neutral by the UN. We’re a small club with big ambitions,…

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Plastic Fishing expands thanks to Starbucks 5p coffee cup charge

Stuart Mitchell

From today all UK Starbucks customers who get their coffee in a disposable cup will be charged 5p, which will be donated to Hubbub. Customers who take a reusable cup will avoid the charge and will also be given a 25p discount, making a total saving of 30p. Starbucks has taken this bold decision following an initial trial in 35 stores which saw an increase in the sale of hot drinks in reusable cups from 2.2% to 5.8%. The nationwide expansion will give a nudge away from disposable cups and…

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Oxfam’s response to The International Development Select Committee’s report ‘Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector’

Stuart Mitchell

Responding to The International Development Select Committee’s report Sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector, Caroline Thomson, Oxfam Chair of Trustees, said: “Today’s report makes for incredibly painful reading for me, for everyone at Oxfam and for the aid sector as a whole. Oxfam exists to help improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people; we know we failed to protect vulnerable women in Haiti, and we accept we should have reported more clearly at the time – for that we are truly sorry. We have made improvements…

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ASA/CAP: Six top tips to avoid misleading advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have put out a post detailing 6 tips to avoid misleading advertising, it is a great read and avalable on their site, I have copied below please check out their site: In 2017, around 70% of the complaints the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received related to misleading advertising, proving that this is an issue that consumers take seriously and that all marketers should be mindful of. Here are our top tips to help you avoid the most common mistakes: 1. Don’t omit key information All relevant information, including significant…

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FareShare wins Best Food Waste Supply Chain at top industry awards

Stuart Mitchell

Food redistribution charity FareShare is among 16 organisations which have been recognised for exciting and innovative approaches to waste management at the annual AD & Biogas Awards. FareShare was presented with the prestigious Best Food Waste Supply Chain award. The award commended FareShare’s work in redistributing 16,992 tonnes of quality, surplus food –which would otherwise have gone to waste – last year, which helped to feed 770,390 vulnerable people every week. This food enabled the UK charity sector to make an estimated saving of £28.7 million. FareShare achieved this landmark…

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