Month: August 2019

Swarovski partners with Trucost to highlight environmental impacts

Stuart Mitchell

Swarovski has partnered with consultancy Trucost, to place financial figures on the environmental impacts associated with the production of their crystal. Swarovski is one of only a handful of jewelry companies who have engaged Trucost to assess the environmental cost of its raw materials, honoring a commitment to conscious luxury and championing the sustainability of the industry.   The Trucost report analyzed the extraction and processing of 53 raw materials used in the production of Swarovski crystal in Austria. The analysis was based on 99.9% of annual raw material in tonnage across a…

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Search for the most inspiring rural community businesses of 2019 begins!

Stuart Mitchell

National charity Plunkett Foundation announces details of its seventh national awards ceremony which will showcase the most inspiring enterprises owned and run by rural communities across the UK. Applications are sought from all types of community businesses, from shops and pubs to groups managing woodlands for the benefit of local residents.   There are seven award categories this year which celebrate different types of achievement including, ‘Strengthening the Community’, ‘Investing in Local People’ and, new for this year, ‘One to Watch’ which will recognise a community business which is close to,…

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What The @*!$ ? A film by Nurofen reveals that swearing helps with pain tolerance

Stuart Mitchell

McCann London has teamed up with Nurofen and a panel of experts to carry out a scientific experiment investigating the effect of swearing on short term pain tolerance. This panel of experts, including Keele University’s well-known senior lecturer in psychology,Dr Richard Stephens, language expert and author, Dr Emma Byrne, and acclaimed lexicographer Jonathon Green, today announce the findings of a new study, which shows that using the f-word,when pain strikes,increases pain tolerance.Amazingly, swearing increased people’s threshold (32%) and tolerance (33%) of pain by about a third. Nurofen gathered together a…

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Natura &Co takes a decisive step in the fight against climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit in September, Natura &Co is stepping up its commitment to set a new level of climate ambition as part of “Business Ambition for 1.5°C: Our Only Future” campaign. As part of this commitment, Natura &Co together with 21 other companies with a total market capitalization of over $1.7 trillion will pledge to limit its contribution to global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and reaching net-zero emissions by no later than 2050. This commitment supports the most recent report* by the Intergovernmental…

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Kelley Blue Book Turns Old Vehicles Into Life-Saving Support For St. Jude Children’s Hospital

Stuart Mitchell

Kelley Blue Book was honored with the St. Jude Children’s Hospital Partner Campaign of the Year Award for its 2018 “Turn Your Car into Good Karma” partnership with Charitable Adult Rides & Services (CARS). Throughout the campaign—July 2018 through September 2018—Kelley Blue Book received 1,067 vehicle donations across 257 nonprofit organizations. Of the total, 406 were St. Jude’s vehicle donations, raising more than $180,000 ahead of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. This included Kelley Blue Book’s pledge of an additional $25,000 to support life-saving research and treatments. “We are…

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