Waitrose and John Lewis to continue their support for vulnerable families impacted by the pandemic

John Lewis and Waitrose have pledged to continue their efforts to support families in need with a raft of initiatives designed to provide nutrition, warmth and comfort for the vulnerable over the third lockdown and beyond.  The 2020 Christmas campaign had a message of kindness at its heart and raised over £3m for charities Home-Start and FareShare, with Partners, customers and communities all coming together to Give A Little Love. Home-Start, which relies on a network of trained volunteers, supported 10,000 families during the Christmas period – double the number they…

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Superstar Malian band Songhoy Blues announced as new WaterAid ambassadors

WaterAid has announced that popular Malian desert blues music group, Songhoy Blues, (new album ‘OPTIMISME’) have become ambassadors for the international charity. The band, who formed in 2012 after being forced from their homes in northern Mali during civil conflict, have been supporters of the charity for many years, helping it raise money and awareness for its lifesaving work to bring clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene to communities in the world’s poorest places – including their home country. The Songhoy Blues recently headlined WaterAid’s online music event, the Bathroom…

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Total withdraws from the American Petroleum Institute

Following a detailed analysis of the climate positions of the American Petroleum Institute (API), Total announces its decision not to renew its membership for 2021. Each year, Total assesses the main industry associations of which it is a member to ensure they are aligned with the Group’s climate positions. This alignment review is based on six key points:  our science-based position that the link between human activity and climate change is an established fact,  our support for the objectives of the Paris Agreement,  our belief in the necessity to implement…

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New research will demonstrate benefit of culture and heritage to society

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched an ambitious new programme of research to improve decision making by valuing the benefits of our culture and heritage capital to society. People consume culture and heritage in many different ways, from admiring a piece of modern art, learning about an area’s history from a visit to a local museum, or taking in the view of a castle on a countryside walk. Access to culture and heritage has many benefits, such as improving our wellbeing, providing education, and…

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Big Issue Invest and GO Lab launch first report on data transparency in the social outcomes sector

Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue, and the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) within the Blavatnik School of Government are proud to release the ‘Exploring Social Investment – An Indigo Technical & Learning Report’ detailing their collaboration towards data sharing in the social outcomes contract sector. The report showcases how Big Issue Invest (BII) and GO Lab worked together to publish the contract, finance and impact data for the investments made within Big Issue Invests’ Outcomes Investment Fund (OIF). The report launch…

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