Day: 4 January 2021

CAP – Keeping your house in order – ensuring your marketing complies with the CAP Code

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Keeping your house in order – ensuring your marketing complies with the CAP Code. 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. The UK property market may be ever-changing, but our helpful guide to marketing your estate agency services should help you feel more confident that your advertising is on a firm foundation. Here are some key points…

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Grosvenor launches £90m programme to reduce emissions from historic portfolio

Stuart Mitchell

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced a £90m programme to retrofit and future-proof its historic London estate as a key component of its 2030 commitment to becoming a net zero carbon business. They are one of 25 leading UK property companies that made a Climate Change Commitment in 2019 to publish and report annually against a net zero carbon pathway. Recently launched, the Pathway focusses on their biggest levers for change: Reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from our historic London estate in Mayfair and Belgravia by over 70%…

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Starbucks Outlines Vision for the Future

Stuart Mitchell

Starbucks recently hosted its biennial Investor Day virtually. Chief executive officer Kevin Johnson and other Starbucks leaders outlined a vision for the future and discussed the company’s progress against its Growth at Scale agenda. With a focus on creating value for all stakeholders, Starbucks believes that responsible growth includes doing the right thing for both people and the planet. The company also provided updates to its ongoing growth model and aims to drive consistent and predictable sales growth and margin expansion while continuing to create significant value for all stakeholders.…

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Gap Inc. joins both U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and Textile Exchange’s 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

Leading global apparel company Gap Inc. has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and Textile Exchange’s 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge as part of its integrated sustainability strategy and to help it achieve its commitment to use only 100% sustainably-sourced cotton by 2025. Gap Inc.’s target of sourcing 100% of its cotton from more sustainable sources by 2025 is set across its collection of purpose-led lifestyle brands including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta. The Trust Protocol will help Gap Inc. meet this goal by providing verified data on the…

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Emerging and innovative private sector responses to the pandemic that support gender equality – a UN Women and IFC Report

Stuart Mitchell

Originally published on WEPS.org A new report by UN Women and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) highlights how companies are responding to the pandemic with practices that support gender equality. The emerging practices that are shared in the report aim to curb inequalities women are facing as the pandemic radically transforms the world of work. The pandemic threatens to push 47 million women and girls below the poverty line, the new report Titled “Bridging the Gap: Emerging and Innovative Private Sector Responses to Support Gender Equality During COVID-19” highlights how…

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