Day: 16 May 2021

Channel 4 launches dedicated Pregnancy Loss Policy

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 has announced the launch of its first ever dedicated pregnancy loss policy, designed to support employees through pregnancy loss – which includes but is not limited to miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion. Launched on Monday 26th April, the new policy coincided with the broadcast of Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles on Channel 4; a new four-part series capturing the incredible journey some expectant parents go through to save their babies during complex and sometimes precarious pregnancies. The policy – believed to be the world’s first – will support both women…

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Habitat for Humanity Great Britain secures funding from M&G to create a COVID-19 centre in India

Stuart Mitchell

Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, a charity focused on long-term poverty alleviation through affordable social housing, has received funding from M&G, a leading savings and investment company, to deliver an urgently needed COVID-19 medical centre in the Maharashtra region of India. The funding is part of the wider India COVID-19 Emergency Appeal launched by Habitat for Humanity GB to help with the situation currently taking place across the country. The funding will enable the charity to create a Habitat COVID-19 Care Centre with 150 much-needed beds. On the ground, and…

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Amazon Becomes Europe’s Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has announced nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. The company now has 206 renewable energy projects globally, including 71 utility-scale wind and solar projects and 135 solar rooftops on facilities and stores worldwide, which will generate 8.5 GW of electricity production capacity globally. With this latest announcement, Amazon is now the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in Europe, with more than 2.5 GW of renewable energy capacity, enough to power more than two million European homes a…

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Customers at Asda’s sustainability store recycle over 220 tonnes of clothing, linen, shoes, books and other bric-a-brac

Stuart Mitchell

Generous Asda customers have donated 221 tonnes – over 4000 bags – of clothing, textiles and other bric – a – brac, at its sustainability store in Leeds, equating to over a tonne a week in its biggest weeks. Through its partnership with The Salvation Army, Asda’s sustainability store in Middleton has provided customers with a drop-off point for their unwanted items, which in return is raising vital funds for The Salvation Army and Asda’s Tickled Pink charity beneficiaries. Salvation Army’s shops have been temporarily closed due to lockdown restrictions,…

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Aegon UK commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 across its pension default funds

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the threat of climate change, Aegon has announced its intention to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its default pension fund ranges by 2050. The threat of climate change is such that the company is exploring the practicability of achieving the milestone of halving emissions in the next decade.  The net zero carbon emissions pledge comes on top of another positive step forward for its default investors. At the end of 2020 Aegon confirmed those invested in its LifePath strategies, the default for its TargetPlan occupational schemes…

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