Day: 6 July 2021

Virtual collection designed to make the planet last launched by H&M Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

‘The Billion Dollar Collection’, launched by non-profit H&M Foundation, presents 10 innovative sustainable start-ups that could change the face of the fashion industry. Showcased as garments in a virtual fashion collection, each start-up features a price tag reflecting the estimated support each company believes they need to achieve scale for their disruptive innovations. The H&M Foundation has supported early-stage innovation since 2015 through the Global Change Award, recognizing ideas that can make the fashion industry circular. With over 20,000 entries since its inception, this innovation challenge shows innovators are ready…

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TCS to Enrich London Marathon Experience Through Technology as New Title Partner

Stuart Mitchell

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that it will become the title partner of the London Marathon from 2022, following this year’s race on October 3. Building on its success as the technology partner since 2016, TCS will continue to partner with the London Marathon in the innovative use of technology to further enhance the marathon experience and promote a healthy lifestyle. This includes further enriching and personalising experiences for all participants, spectators and sponsors by harnessing the power of data, making the event even more accessible and inclusive, building…

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Grants support largest annual increase in surplus food redistribution

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP, the UK’s leading sustainability charity, has reported a huge rise in surplus food redistribution during lockdown with the equivalent of more than 220 million meals worth of food prevented from going to waste by food businesses through partnerships with charitable and commercial redistributors, helped by funding from UK governments. WRAP’s report ‘Surplus food redistribution in the UK 2015 – 2020’ shows the following: More than 92,000 tonnes of surplus food, worth £280 million – the equivalent of 220 million meals – redistributed in 2020. Total food redistributed between 2015…

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UK drops out of ‘Top 10’ most generous countries as fundraisers halted

Stuart Mitchell

The UK has dropped out of the ranking of the world’s most generous countries for the first time as the effects of lockdowns on charity fundraising took hold. The Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index is a global survey which has interviewed more than 1.6 million people since 2009 and asks each of them three questions: have they helped a stranger, given money or volunteered for a good cause over the past month? For this edition, data has been included for 114 countries, representing over 90% of the global adult…

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John Lewis Partnership launches new support for working families and young people leaving the care system

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership will become the first UK retailer to launch six months’ equal parenthood paid leave and two weeks’ paid leave for any Partner who experiences the loss of a pregnancy. These commitments, alongside the start of a pilot programme to provide career help for young people leaving the care system, are part of a new package of support for Partners (employees), who jointly co-own the business.  Informed by feedback from Partners who shared what mattered most to them, these commitments support our vision to become the UK’s…

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