Day: 26 June 2021

Are You Down To Recycle? Nature Valley and Down to Earth With Zac Efron Partner for Recycling Awareness

Stuart Mitchell

On the heels of announcing the first plastic snack bar wrapper to be approved by How2Recycle as store drop-off recyclable for its iconic Crunchy granola bar, Nature Valley is teaming up with eco-friendly actor and activist Zac Efron and Down to Earth to raise awareness about store drop-off recycling. Together, the trio will encourage consumers to adopt the habit of bringing eligible plastic film recyclables to participating stores by highlighting how a small act can have a big impact on the planet. The partnership kicked off today with a video from…

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Count Us In and leading companies launch Employee Challenge to inspire 100 million employees to take practical climate actions – accelerating business leadership on net-zero

Stuart Mitchell

The Count Us In Employee Challenge has launched, aiming to engage 100 million employees to take personal climate actions by 2025 – with a target of 1 million employees taking action by the end of 2021.  Nigel Topping, UK High-Level Climate Action Champion, and Count Us In supporter, launched the ambitious initiative. Accenture, IKEA, PwC UK, JLL, Dalberg, Reckitt, Arup, BT Group, Ramboll UK, KPMG, Atlassian, EDF, Coffee & TV, Landsec, Re_Set, Wholegrain Digital, Torchbox and First Milk alongside several other businesses are the first to join the collective effort…

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Simon Community Scotland receives £5m social investment from SASC to tackle homelessness in Edinburgh

Stuart Mitchell

Simon Community Scotland, an award-winning charity that helps people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland has received £5m of social investment from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), from its Social and Sustainable Housing fund (SASH) to purchase homes to help vulnerable people move away from homelessness. The charity supports people in Edinburgh through its Streetwork service. Streetwork delivers a range of help and support including responding to people in crisis via a 24-hour helpline, providing services at their Holyrood Hub and delivering outreach…

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Initiative to Save Forests from Paper Packaging Grows to 156 Brands

Stuart Mitchell

The movement to save the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests from ending up as take-out containers, shoe boxes, or other paper packaging just got kicked up a notch. Twenty-nine new brands ranging from footwear, to food and beverage, to beauty brands, and fashion companies, have committed to Pack4Good and will eliminate controversial forest fibre from their packaging while speeding the uptake of Next Gen Solutions for packaging made from things like agricultural residues instead. The Pack4Good initiative now comprises 156 brands, worth over $78.5 billion USD in revenue. Roughly three…

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News Corp UK donates £100k to Environmental charities

Stuart Mitchell

Trees for Cities and the Marine Conservation Society have both won a £50,000 grant from the News Corp Giving scheme.  Staff across News UK, HarperCollins and Dow Jones nominated environmental causes for the News Corp Giving charity fund, with two charities winning grants on the back of their project proposals which will form part of a year-long partnership with News UK, Dow Jones and HarperCollins. The Marine Conservation Society will be using the donation to support the expansion of their Great British Beach Clean and their Source to Sea programme…

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