Month: June 2021

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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OPEN CALL for immersive media creators to #TurnItAround for people and planet during the Global Week to ACT4SDGs

Stuart Mitchell

Calling creators of all ages, countries and languages! What’s your vision for a better world? Tell your story with immersive media, AR, VR, 3D design to #TurnItAround for people and planet. Submit by 5 August 2021 for a chance to be featured during the Global Week to ACT4SDGs and other events throughout the year.  Submit media by 5 August MY World 360º is calling for immersive experiences – augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), 360° video and photography, to 3D design that take viewers anywhere in the world on a journey across the two sides of this…

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