Day: 27 October 2019

Kering Commits To Full Carbon Neutrality Across The Group

Stuart Mitchell

Kering has announced that the entire Group will become carbon neutral within its own operations and across the entire supply chain. As a next step in its long-term commitment to sustainability, Kering will offset the Group’s annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from 2018 on top of all efforts to first avoid and then reduce them. Kering’s commitment is an extension of its annual offsetting approach that has been established since 2011 and initially incorporated Scopes 1 and 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Since then, Kering has been leveraging its…

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ReFED Accelerates Action to Cut Food Waste in Half by 2030 at 2019 Food Waste Summit

Stuart Mitchell

ReFED, the only U.S. nonprofit wholly dedicated to reducing food waste, announced the annual ReFED Food Waste Summit taking place October 28-30, 2019 at METREON in San Francisco. The 2019 Food Waste Summit will gather influential thought leaders and decision-makers from across sectors to share and discuss concrete strategies to achieve the national goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030, and the opportunities to generate profits, increase food security, spur economic growth and protect the environment. More than 400 stakeholders from across sectors are expected to attend the event, hosted…

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Co-op and Steel Warriors open new outdoor gym made from recycled knives in drive to reduce knife crime

Stuart Mitchell

Anti-knife crime organisation, Steel Warriors launches its newest outdoor gym made from recycled knives in Ruskin Park, Lambeth built in partnership with community retailer, Co-op. The new gym is the first of a 20-gym plan Co-op has committed to build by partnering with Steel Warriors, the charity which launched in 2017 by taking seized and surrendered knives off the streets of London and melting them down to build its inaugural calisthenics gym in Tower Hamlets. The gym is supported by the Co-op which has warned that the increasing lack of…

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Vans Launch Collection to Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Stuart Mitchell

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Vans is proud to release a collection designed to not only educate youth on checking their breasts and early detection but to showcase the beauty and strength of those impacted or touched by breast cancer. Available starting October 1, 2019, at least $200,000 USD of the proceeds from the Vans Breast Cancer Awareness collection will benefit CoppaFeel! – a UK-based breast cancer awareness charity that promotes early detection and encourages young people to better know their bodies. “For our charity, this collaboration with…

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Last Saab Auctioned – proceeds will go to newly established sustainability fund

Stuart Mitchell

This one is one which is sad for me as a huge fan of the Saab car, owning several and loving them… The very last Saab to leave the factory is to be offered on Bilweb Auctions‘ digital auction platform in October. The proceeds will benefit research within sustainable mobility. In June earlier this year, initial news of the auction was released at the Saab Car Museum Festival in Trollhättan, Sweden, which created a major buzz among Saab fans worldwide. Now it is announced that the last Saab will be auctioned…

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