Day: 22 August 2020

Amnesty proposes new human rights Owners’ and Directors’ test for Premier League football

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International has called on the English Premier League to update its Owners’ and Directors’ test, and has sent a proposed updated test to the Premier League’s Chief Executive, Richard Masters. Criticising the current test as “hopelessly unsuited” to the task of ensuring proper scrutiny of the human rights records of those trying to buy into English football clubs, Amnesty has commissioned a new human rights-compliant test from corporate lawyers David Chivers QC and Seamus Woods of Erskine Chambers, together with a detailed legal analysis. The Premier League has recently…

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International Paper Announces Progress on Its 2020 Sustainability Goals

Stuart Mitchell

International Paper has released its 2019 Global Citizenship Report. The company, one of the leading producers of renewable, fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, shares the progress it made in 2019 against its 2020 goals and outlines its approach to sustainability across its value chain. Some notable 2019 achievements include: GHG Emissions: 22% reduction in GHG emissions (scope 1 & 2) since 2010 Fiber Certification: 47% increase in certified fiber volume since 2010 Recycling: 63% increase in recovery of old corrugated containers (OCC) since 2010 Water Quality: 28% decrease in oxygen-depleting substances in its mill water…

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Asda to become the first UK retailer to trial hydrogen fuel cells

Stuart Mitchell

Asda is set to become the first UK retailer to use hydrogen fuel cells to power manual handling equipment, reducing its carbon footprint in the area by 80%. The six-month trial will take place at its Skelmersdale Chilled Distribution Centre (CDC) in Greater Manchester and the cells will be used to power equipment such as fork lift trucks and order pickers. The fuel cells, which are produced by company Plug Power, have twice the power of lead acid batteries and release zero emissions, with water the only bi-product. The trial…

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Clear Channel supports the #OurSecondChance global campaign from The World Out of Home Association

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel is joining Out of Home media owners and industry bodies from across the world, to support and showcase the new global digital Out of Home (DOOH) campaign from The World Out of Home Association (WOO). The striking #OurSecondChance campaign is believed to be the world’s biggest DOOH campaign to date and showcases the power and opportunities for Out of Home as a global broadcast medium.  The global #OurSecondChance campaign launched on Monday 27th July, and runs in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, the Far East including…

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John Lewis and Waitrose announce the sale of more own brand products to raise funds for NHS Charities Together

Stuart Mitchell

John Lewis has started selling face coverings in shops to raise funds for charities helping people through the pandemic.  In September, Waitrose will begin to sell a newly designed, charitable bag for life in its shops and online.  The profits from the sale of these products will be donated to NHS Charities Together, adding to the £2.7m of support given or committed by the John Lewis Partnership to charities and local communities, either as a financial or product donation, since the coronavirus pandemic began. The face coverings are being made…

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