Month: November 2019

Charities not confident that funding levels will allow them to meet objectives, says Brewin Dolphin research

Stuart Mitchell

UK charities are not confident in their ability to generate the income needed to meet their charitable objectives, fearing political uncertainty and an economic downturn at a time when they are being asked to do more following a decade of austerity. That is the message from research by charity investment managers Brewin Dolphin and published today in a report Charity Investment: navigating uncertain times. The research was conducted throughout June and July 2019 and is based on the views of 110 charity trustees and senior managers of grant-making and service-providing…

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Schoolchildren code the adverts live on the world famous Piccadilly Lights

Stuart Mitchell

Pupils experimenting with code and technology livestreamed their adverts onto the world famous Piccadilly Lights in London on October 24. Supported by BT, the London school children used a coding app on a tablet to live stream their avatars directly onto the large format Piccadilly screen, changing the words and tinkering with the code in real time as their individual avatars took over the entire big display. The Piccadilly Lights are managed by Ocean Outdoor on behalf of Landsec. Director of Ocean Labs Catherine Morgan said: “This is the first…

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John Lewis & Partners tests blueprint to encourage customers to ‘reduce, reuse and return’ packaging

Stuart Mitchell

John Lewis & Partners has launched a major pilot at its Oxford shop to encourage a ‘reduce, reuse & return’ culture among customers which could provide a blueprint for other shops.  The pilot will test eight ways in which the retailer and its customers can reduce their impact on the planet, potentially saving thousands of tonnes of plastic and packaging from going to landfill.    In a first for a department store, the shop has removed 5p plastic carrier bags to reduce the amount of plastic it produces.  The retailer…

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UK will miss SDG on food waste unless mandatory reporting is introduced

Stuart Mitchell

The lack of data on progress towards reducing food waste is an obstacle to meeting the SDG 12.3 goal of halving food waste by 2030, according to a report published today by Champions 12.3. In the UK, 156 of the largest food companies have committed to reduce food waste, but less than a third are publishing their annual food waste data. Tesco was the first UK retailer to publish food waste data in 2013 and will today publish for the seventh year and announce: 27 own brand suppliers, accounting for…

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Compassion launches second European EggTrack report to show company progress towards cage-free egg production

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has launched the second iteration of its European EggTrack report to show the progress companies are making towards meeting their 2025 cage-free egg commitments. In recent years, a wave of cage-free commitments from leading food businesses around the world has promised to transform the future for laying hens.  Compassion actively campaigns to ban all cages in livestock farming and many companies are already on board, recognising that caged systems are unsustainable, unwanted by consumers and do not deliver a good enough quality of life for hens.…

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