Day: 15 January 2020

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Crocs to Donate 50,000 Pairs of Classic Clogs to UNICEF

Stuart Mitchell

Crocs, Inc., in partnership with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas, today announced that 50,000 pairs of Crocs Classic clogs will be donated over the next year to underserved school children in Belize through UNICEF. This charitable contribution supports the actor’s joint mission to help children around the world and provide them with more opportunities to achieve an education. Recently, Crocs announced award-winning actor, activist, and entrepreneur Priyanka Chopra Jonas would serve as a global brand ambassador for its 2020 “Come As You Are” marketing campaign. A special element of…

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Impossible Foods Wins Global Environmental Prize and Urges Youth Activists to Accelerate the Switch to a Sustainable Food System

Stuart Mitchell

Impossible Foods has won a major environmental award from the United Nations and is urging youth activists to accelerate the global transition to a sustainable food system. The Silicon Valley food tech startup received the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Award, part of the UN’s wider effort to mobilize action and ambition as national governments work toward implementing the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Impossible Foods’ award came in the “Planetary Health” category, which recognizes novel solutions that balance the need for human health…

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Tesco and WWF launch ground-breaking measure to map environmental impact of food production

Stuart Mitchell

The environmental impact of some of the UK’s most popular foods will be measured and, for the first time, tracked following the launch today of the Tesco and WWF Sustainable Basket Metric. The Metric will track the environmental impact of a sample of some of the most regularly purchased foods against key sustainability criteria, including climate change, deforestation and food and packaging waste. Tesco and WWF will run a first full assessment against the metric in early 2020 and publish the results. They will also then be able to confirm…

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World leading private sector companies pledge net zero carbon buildings to combat climate crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Seven world leading private sector companies announced ambitious pledges to slash emissions from their buildings to net zero, by signing up to the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment). These organisations have pledged to take urgent action to ensure their own portfolios of buildings operate at net zero carbon by 2030 or sooner.  The Commitment is unique in positioning energy efficiency as a central component to achieving decarbonisation across building portfolios, in addition to generating and procuring renewable energy to meet reduced energy demand.…

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Britvic announces ambitious science-based carbon targets

Stuart Mitchell

As world leaders meet for the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid (COP25), Britvic has  announced new carbon emissions reduction targets to help tackle climate change. Britvic’s new targets have been independently verified by the Science Based Target initiatives (SBTi), showing that they are in line with what the latest climate science says is needed to prevent a global temperature rise of 1.5°C and the worst impacts of climate change. This announcement makes Britvic the first UK soft drinks company to have an approved 1.5°C target. With the support of…

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