Day: 14 March 2021

Sainsbury’s introduces trial of new in-store recycling system for flexible plastics

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s is announcing the introduction of an innovative recycling system which allows customers to recycle Polypropylene (PP) film found in several household plastic products, in selected Sainsbury’s stores. The launch of this new recycling system comes as part of Sainsbury’s commitment to increase recycling in its own operations and to make recycling easier for its customers, by offering more facilities do so in its stores. Last year, the retailer also pledged to halve its use of plastic packaging by 2025 and become net zero in its operations by 2040. Some…

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John Lewis Partnership signs up to HRH the Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has become the first retailer to sign-up to HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta, which forms part of HRH’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, and puts nature, people and planet at the heart of global business. Launched by HRH on 11 January 2021, the Terra Carta lists ten action articles for the decade and aims to provide an integrated roadmap towards an inspiring, inclusive, equitable, prosperous and sustainable future for the sake of present and future generations. It will harness the power of nature, combined with the…

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Waitrose cracks down on Easter egg packaging and reduces plastic by almost half

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose will take a further step in eliminating unnecessary packaging by almost halving the single-use plastic on all its own brand Easter eggs and confectionery.  Thousands of own brand Easter eggs arriving on shelves this month will contain nearly half (44%) the amount of plastic, and 18% less card, meaning a quarter less packaging overall for the Easter confectionery range. Much of the Easter egg packaging will also be made from recycled materials, including the Waitrose Squiggle Eggs and Milk Chocolate Hen with Speckled Eggs which are made from 80%…

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Celebrities and charity join forces to urge people with cancer not to suffer in silence amid signs of a surge in loneliness among patients

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrities are starring in a powerful new video urging people affected by cancer to “come forward and get the support you need” amid signs they are suffering in silence. Stars including actor Daisy Edgar-Jones and Joanna Lumley have joined forces with Macmillan Cancer Support to tell people to contact the charity for help and to “let it all out”, as new research reveals over a quarter of a million people (270,000) with cancer in the UK (9%) feel they have no one to talk to about their worries because of…

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Leading Business and Nonprofit Organizations Launch Health Action Alliance to Strengthen and Accelerate COVID-19 Response

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council, Business Roundtable, the CDC Foundation, the de Beaumont Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced the launch of the Health Action Alliance (HAA), a new partnership between leading business, communications and public health organizations to strengthen and accelerate the business community’s response to COVID-19. The Alliance is powered by Meteorite, an impact firm that builds coalitions to improve lives and strengthen communities. Fortune 500 companies employ more than 28 million people, and small businesses employ nearly 60 million people in the United States. Recent research…

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