Year: 2020

New Consumer Goods Coalition to Accelerate Systemic Effort to Remove Deforestation and Forest Degradation from Key Commodity Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

As part of Climate Week 2020, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) officially launched the Forest Positive Coalition of Action, including 17 global consumer goods brands, retailers and manufacturers that will work together and use their collective voice to accelerate systemic efforts to remove deforestation, forest degradation and conversion from the key commodity supply chains of palm oil, soy, and paper, pulp and fibre-based packaging, and drive transformative change across the industry.   The Coalition, led by the respective company CEOs and co-sponsored at the CGF Board level by Carrefour and…

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new resource for businesses

Stuart Mitchell

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has published a new Circular Economy Procurement Framework to help businesses make more circular purchasing choices. The framework provides key principles and practical advice to help businesses build strategies for better growth. It can be used to guide procurement decisions within an organisation, engage suppliers in circular economy conversations, and build collaborative circular partnerships. The guidelines provided in the framework can also be adapted by individual businesses, depending on their sector, industry, size, complexity, location, and other factors. We will continue to add case studies to…

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Triodos Bank funds UK’s first 100% electric intercity coach service

Stuart Mitchell

Transport start-up Ember has worked with Triodos Bank UK to secure new lending as part of the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). A £490,000 loan has helped the company to purchase two all-electric coaches for its first route between Dundee and Edinburgh. Launching in October, this will be the UK’s first 100% electric intercity coach service and is understood to be one of the first services of its kind in the world. The new coaches, the second of which has been delivered this week, will make the 125-mile…

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CAP – Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep… when creating Halloween and Bonfire Night themed ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep… when creating Halloween and Bonfire Night themed ads. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. As the saying goes, Halloween and Bonfire Night come but once a year. Or is that Christmas? Either way, ads that are centred on these seasonal events can draw an increase in complaints to the…

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Shell and Microsoft form alliance to help address carbon emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Microsoft Corporation, building on a history of three decades of working together, are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. This builds on the strong foundation of decades of technology collaboration between the two companies. This type of strategic alliance is a model for how companies can work together to achieve their net-zero ambitions. “Microsoft and Shell both have rich histories of innovation and bold ambitions to decarbonise,” said Huibert Vigeveno, Downstream Director of Shell. “We…

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