Holding the Tesco Food Collections, which ran for three days in large stores, is just one of a number of ways in which Tesco supports the two food charities. The supermarket has provided more than £60m in support to help the charities feed communities during the pandemic. During the initial lockdown Tesco donated £15m of food, split between the two charities. The supermarket has announced a further £4m of food for FareShare in recent months and donates two million meals a month of surplus food via the charity. This year’s…
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New joint industry programme launched to optimise the integration of offshore wind
A new joint industry programme launched by the Carbon Trust aims to maximise the contribution of offshore wind to a low cost, flexible, predictable and low carbon energy future. The Integrator programme has secured support from six major offshore wind farm developers: EnBW, Equinor, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Total and Vattenfall who will collaborate on a series of projects over the next year, as part of this first-of-a-kind, developer-led programme in this field. The successful reduction in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of offshore wind has contributed to increased deployment…
Read More‘Empathy and ethics must form the heart of PR’s recovery’ – 2020 PRCA PR Census
The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has published the results of its flagship annual PR and Communications Census. This year’s study combines data gathered in March and October to offer a comparative snapshot of the PR industry before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The research, sponsored and carried out by Norstat, is based on survey responses from 1,251 PR professionals across the UK. The 2020 Census data gathered in March shows that the industry was on course for another year of growth, having contributed £15.7bn to the economy and…
Read MoreCambridge University to divest from fossil fuels with ‘net zero’ plan
The University of Cambridge aims to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030 as part of the University’s plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2038, more than a decade before the date set by the UK Government. The £3.5 billion Cambridge University Endowment Fund – one of the biggest of its kind in Europe – intends to ramp up investments in renewable energy as it divests from fossil fuels. This latest plan puts Cambridge at the head of the race to…
Read MoreAirbnb Introduces Airbnb.org
As communities around the world grapple with the devastating impacts of natural disasters and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Airbnb are announcing the launch of Airbnb.org, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating temporary stays for people in times of crisis. The inspiration for Airbnb.org began in 2012 with a single host named Shell who opened up her home to people impacted by Hurricane Sandy. This sparked a movement and marked the beginning of a program that allows hosts on Airbnb to provide stays for people in times of need. …
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