Day: 2 July 2020

Net-A-Porter Partners with Gabriela Hearst for Two Week Handbag Initiative to Benefit Save the Children

Stuart Mitchell

NET-A-PORTER partners with Gabriela Hearst for an exclusive two week handbag initiative, to benefit Save the Children’s global relief efforts in the fight against COVID-19. The initiative will coincide with the global launch of the “BAEZ”, the latest in the line of the Gabriela Hearst handbag collections.  The new style bag will be available alongside the iconic NINA, DEMI, and DIANA bags and the hand knitted cashmere crossover shoulder bags for a limited two-week period on NET-A-PORTER from June 29th.  The BAEZ bag features a turnlock closure and signature rose…

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As the US Reopens, Procter & Gamble’s Safeguard Announces $10 Million Hygiene Education and Product Donation Initiative to Help Keep Children Healthy

Stuart Mitchell

Procter & Gamble brand, Safeguard, announces a hygiene education and product donation initiative to help reach the estimated 48 million kids under the age of 12 that are reentering playgrounds, parks, recreational facilities and schools in the U.S. this month. Safeguard will donate $10 million to promote handwashing habits among kids and provide more underserved communities and families with free hygiene products through organizations including Save the Children, Americares, and Feeding America. A national survey among 1,000 parents conducted by Safeguard revealed nearly seven in 10 parents (68 percent) are…

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Amazon Announces $2 Billion Climate Pledge Fund to Invest in Companies Building Products, Services, and Technologies to Decarbonize the Economy and Protect the Planet

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon have announced The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to meet The Climate Pledge—a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. This dedicated venture investment program—with an initial $2 billion in funding—will back visionary companies whose products and services will facilitate the transition to a zero carbon economy. Last year, Amazon and Global Optimism co-founded The Climate Pledge, a commitment to reach the Paris Agreement ten years early and be net zero carbon by 2040.…

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3M and Discovery Education Recognize 27 State Merit Winners in the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

3M and Discovery Education havr announced the 27 State Merit Winners in the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge. As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, these young scientists submitted outstanding projects utilizing the power of STEM to improve the world. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge asks students in grades 5-8 to identify an everyday problem they’re passionate about and submit a one- to two-minute video communicating the science behind their solution to solve the problem. An esteemed group of judges, including 3M scientists and leaders in education from across…

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HEROES delivers 400,000 Body Shop products to frontline NHS workers

Stuart Mitchell

HEROES, the charity founded by NHS workers for NHS workers, worked with the Body Shop to make this mammoth task a reality and give back to frontline staff. The items donated include 60,000 luxury lip balms, 150,000 deluxe shower gels, 70,000 bars of scented soap, and a range of other wellbeing products, with the gifts delivered to NHS workers by the HEROES team. HEROES has raised over £1 million since the outbreak of COVID-19, supplying nearly 100,000 frontline NHS workers with sustainable visors, scrubs, reusable respiratory masks, hand sanitisers, therapy services, financial grants, food supplies, transport,…

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