Month: August 2018

Walmart Supports Future Leaders Through $2 Million in Funding to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart has announced $2 million in grants to organizations working to expand internship opportunities for diverse youth populations, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). The grants build on previous Walmart funding to the two nonprofits, bringing the company’s total investment to more than $6 million over the last several years. The funding will help provide career pathways on Capitol Hill for students and young professionals through education and hands-on experience in the nation’s capital. Julie Gehrki, vice president of programs at Walmart…

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Ecotricity launches UK’s first vegan-certified electricity tariff

Stuart Mitchell

In over half of Britain’s homes, millions of ethical consumers – the growing legion of vegans, vegetarians and those concerned with animal rights are unknowingly powering their lives with electricity and gas made using the by-products of the meat and dairy industries, including animal body parts.  Renewable energy pioneers Ecotricity are highlighting this secret ingredient in the nation’s power supply and launching a vegan version – the world’s first Vegan electricity. Euphemistically described by one of the Big Six energy companies as “recycling” – the practice of using animal by-products…

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London Mayor launches £500m energy efficiency fund for businesses

Stuart Mitchell

Hospitals, museums, offices, libraries, social housing and universities are amongst the public buildings and small businesses set to become more energy efficient thanks to a new £500 million-pound investment fund. A recent study from the Green Finance Taskforce revealed that many public-sector organisations and small businesses want to install energy-efficiency measures, but often can’t access the necessary finance. To address this the Mayor, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Amber Infrastructure Group, has worked with key commercial lenders including Lloyds Bank, National Westminster Bank, Santander UK, Sumitomo Mitsui…

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CIPR welcomes Institute of Business Ethics ‘Ethics at Work’ report

Stuart Mitchell

A report by the Institute of Business Ethics shows a worrying drop from 81% in five years to 70%, in the number of UK employees who agree with the statement “my organisation acts responsibly in all its business dealings”. 64% of UK employees believe “my organisation lives up to its stated policy of social responsibility” down from 78% in 2012. Only 54% of UK employees who are aware of misconduct would report it, although this is an improvement from the previous report in 2015. Pressures on staff to act unethically…

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RNIB Post Update on their Independent Review

Stuart Mitchell

On Friday the 27th July the RNIB posted the following statement on their website to update on their Independent Review:  Earlier this year, serious concerns were raised about our safeguarding governance at RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning. In April, we announced that we would be launching an Independent Review to get to the bottom of what went wrong. This Review will help us learn from our mistakes and make any necessary improvements across all of our regulated care and education services to help ensure this doesn’t happen again. We’ve…

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