Day: 7 August 2020

L’Oréal unveils its next generation of bold sustainability targets for 2030

Stuart Mitchell

L’Oréal has launched its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context of growing environmental and social challenges, L’Oréal is accelerating its transformation towards a model respecting planetary boundaries and reinforcing its commitments to both sustainability and inclusion: Transforming L’Oréal’s business to respect the planet’s limits: o  By 2025, all of L’Oréal’s sites will have achieved carbon neutrality by improving energy efficiency and using 100% renewable energy; o  By 2030, 100% of the plastics used in L’Oréal’s products’…

Read More

HP Releases Annual Sustainable Impact Report and announces plan to eliminate 75 percent of single-use plastic packaging by 2025

Stuart Mitchell

HP Inc. has released its 2019 Sustainable Impact Report, highlighting the progress the company is making to drive greater diversity and inclusion, reduce its environmental footprint, and strengthen communities around the world. As part of these commitments, HP announced a new goal to double the number of Black and African American executives inside the company by 2025. HP also announced a new goal to eliminate 75 percent of single-use plastic packaging by 2025, supporting the company’s efforts to drive a low-carbon, circular economy. Efforts to make a sustainable impact on…

Read More

Passenger donates proceeds from new album to support food banks during the coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Singer-songwriter and musician Passenger is supporting the Trussell Trust, a charity that works with a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres across the UK, by donating proceeds from his new album Patchwork to help people struggling due to the coronavirus outbreak. Food banks have seen a huge surge in need for emergency support during the coronavirus outbreak. The Trussell Trust reports a soaring 89% increase in need for emergency food parcels during April 2020 compared to the same month last year, including a 107% rise in parcels given to children. The number of families with children…

Read More

Michigan Farmers Enhance Sustainability of 67,000 Acres of Land, Actions Improve Saginaw Bay Watershed Quality

Stuart Mitchell

As stewards of the land, farmers are continuously seeking ways to help improve the health and sustainability of their farms. They also recognize the role they can play to positively impact the land and water sources adjacent to where their crops grow. Doing so takes funding and resources – and farmers find themselves in need of support from organizations to help them get there, especially during these challenging times. That’s where public-private partnership plays a key role. Kellogg Company and The Nature Conservancy have collaborated to help farmers implement conservation…

Read More

ICAS Report on Advertising Standards and Practices on Non-Discrimination

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation have released a report on advertising standards and practices on non-discrimination. The report is based on a survey carried out among ICAS Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) members in December 2019 to have a better understanding of standards and practices around discrimination issues in advertising. The study precedes the recent demonstrations and protests against racism and police brutality all over the US, as well as around the globe which have also led Self-Regulatory Organizations to increasingly look at the issue of racial stereotyping in advertising, some…

Read More