Year: 2020

Period-Friendly Employer Challenge Launched For Businesses In Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

Social enterprise Hey Girls alongside the Scottish Government has launched www.myperiod.org.uk, a website designed to educate and remove stigma around periods in the workplace for employers. Periods affect around 50% of the population throughout most of their working lives, yet it’s still very rare to find provision for menstruating employees in workplace toilets. MyPeriod.org.uk features an interactive test for employers to take, looking at how they provide for people that menstruate in their business and how they can improve the quality of services for their staff.  The quiz prompts thinking…

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EMpower’s Journey Around the World

Stuart Mitchell

EMpower (The Emerging Markets Foundation) is launching Journey Around the World, a £1.5m online appeal to benefit marginalised youth.  Participants will collectively travel 25,000 virtual miles and donate 250,000 minutes to cover the distance between all 15 emerging market countries in which the foundation supports young people. The economic impacts of COVID-19 are having devastating effects on young people in emerging markets, from the slums in Mumbai to the townships in South Africa: food insecurity is rising, schooling derailed, and trends of child marriage and child labour increasing in response…

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Design Museum’s New Virtual Exhibit Emphasizes the Need for Racial and Gender Diversity in Design

Stuart Mitchell

Bringing the transformative power of design to the forefront, Design Museum Everywhere goes virtual with its groundbreaking exhibition, We Design: People. Practice. Progress.  Highlighting the lack of racial and gender diversity in the design field first and foremost, We Design demands change in the industry and encourages the next generation of designers to make an impact through design. We Design begins with the words of Marian Wright Edleman, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” The dynamic online exhibition tells stories about designers of different ages, genders, backgrounds, races, ethnicities,…

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Localgiving announces £1m Coronavirus Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Localgiving is delighted to announce the launch of the £1m Coronavirus Fund. The campaign will be the largest ever match fund delivered by Localgiving, resulting in over £2m being distributed to charities and community groups working to support beneficiaries across England that have been adversely affected by COVID-19. Organisations can benefit from an unlimited amount of funding in three easy steps: Joining the Localgiving fundraising platform Completing a short 15 minute fund application form Securing donations through the Localgiving platform during the match funding campaign Donations will be matched from…

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Redaptive Secures $156.5 Million In Funding Led By CarVal Investors to expand energy efficiency

Stuart Mitchell

Redaptive Inc., has announced it has closed $156.5 million in funding led by CarVal Investors. Existing investors  CBRE,  Engie  New Ventures, Evergy Ventures and Linse Capital also participated. Redaptive will leverage this operating capital to expand its energy efficiency offerings to meet growing demand from existing and new customers. Redaptive enables energy efficiency retrofit programs without upfront capital and guarantees results using directly measured building data. This allows companies to reduce their costs while continuing to scale their operations. Redaptive has partnered with a growing number of companies around the…

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