Year: 2020

pebble magazine and Treedom launch Future Fest

Stuart Mitchell

FutureFest, brought to you by pebble magazine and Treedom is taking place on the 7th and 8th of November 2020. Three stages and a huge ethical marketplace will run over the two days, packed with inspiring talks, interactive sessions, cookalongs and mendalongs. Imagine what life looks like as a carbon neutral world… What do our lives, travel and food look like? What solutions are we using? What do our days look like? Welcome to  Future Fest , brought to you by pebble magazine and Treedom. Supported by Borough Wines and Karma. Building on pebble’s four successful…

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Hey Girls Becomes First UK Period Product Manufacturer To Add ‘Do Not Flush’ Warning On All Disposable Product Wrappers As They Launch Anti-Flush Campaign #Dontrushtoflush

Stuart Mitchell

Social enterprise Hey Girls launched an awareness campaign today at Portobello Beach, highlighting the environmental cost of flushing period products down the toilet. It is estimated from a study conducted by the Journal of the Institution of Environmental Sciences that 700,000 panty liners, 2.5 million tampons and 1.4 period pads are flushed down the toilet every single day in the UK.  Many of these items not only contribute to expensive sewer blockages but can also end up in the ocean, In a first for period product manufacturers in the UK,…

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Sport England Teams Up With Social Impact Experts Hopscotch To Drive Physical Activity Levels In Teen Girls

Stuart Mitchell

With nearly a third (29%) of young people currently doing less than 30 minutes physical activity per day, and engagement amongst teen girls being the lowest of any group, Sport England is extending its ‘This Girl Can’ campaign – that inspired over 3.9 million women to get active – into schools. The organisation is investing £1.5 million of National Lottery funding into the creation of a new digital schools’ platform designed to reach girls who have disengaged from PE. Sport England has partnered with behaviour change specialists Hopscotch – the…

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Apple expands renewable energy footprint in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Apple has announced it will invest in the construction of two of the world’s largest onshore wind turbines, a source of clean, renewable energy that will bring its supply chain and products one step closer to carbon neutrality. Located near the Danish town of Esbjerg, the 200-meter-tall turbines are expected to produce 62 gigawatt hours each year — enough to power almost 20,000 homes — and will act as a test site for powerful offshore wind turbines. The power produced at Esbjerg will support Apple’s data centre in Viborg, with…

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Data & Marketing Association creates a new Awards category: Thoughtful Marketing

Stuart Mitchell

To shine a light on work that’s helped customers through the coronavirus crisis in an authentic way, the Data & Marketing Association (DMA) has created a new Awards category: Thoughtful Marketing. The new Thoughtful Marketing category at the DMA Awards will help highlight the important campaigns making a difference across the data and marketing industry, also providing inspiration to other organisations looking to implement a more customer-centric approach. From its inception, the DMA has encouraged brands and businesses to put their customers first and, in this new world of work,…

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