Day: 20 July 2021

The Product Giving Alliance has distributed £68M worth of goods and services since being founded in May 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The Product Giving Alliance was founded in May 2020 to unlock the maximum social good from donated products, services and surplus by distributing these items in an efficient way to people in communities around the UKand overseas. One year on, the Product Giving Alliance has supported over 16,700 charities and communities throughout the UK and overseas, supporting people, many made vulnerable by the pandemic, to the value of almost £68m. In Kind Direct has distributed 8m hygiene products, including handwashes and toilet roll and continues to support nearly 250,000 people…

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Sony to Develop Sustainable Paper Material “Original Blended Material” from bamboo, sugarcane and post-consumer recycled paper

Stuart Mitchell

Sony Group Corporation and Sony Corporation have developed “Original Blended Material,” an environmentally conscious and sustainable paper material made from bamboo, sugar cane fiber and post-consumer recycled paper, whose origins are specified. Original Blended Material is a recyclable, durable and strong paper material that does not use any plastic. Sony has adopted this material for the packaging of WF-1000XM4 Truly Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones, which is uncolored to take advantage of the various shades of the material. Sony intends to adopt this material for the packaging of further select products.…

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The LEGO Group reveals first prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled plastic

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group has unveiled a prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled plastic, the latest step in its journey to make LEGO products from sustainable materials. The new prototype, which uses PET plastic from discarded bottles, is the first brick made from a recycled material to meet the company’s strict quality and safety requirements. A team of more than 150 people are working to find sustainable solutions for LEGO products. Over the past three years, materials scientists and engineers tested over 250 variations of PET materials and hundreds of other…

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FareShare renews call for food waste funding to be continued

Stuart Mitchell

FareShare is once again calling for the renewal of a ground breaking government trial scheme, which helps with the costs of diverting surplus food to frontline charities. “When modest financial support to offset the additional costs of redistribution for farmers and producers is made available we can almost double the volume of food we save from waste in this country. When this support is withdrawn, thousands of tonnes of good quality surplus food within our supply chain will, inevitably, end up being wasted, instead of being diverted to charities supporting…

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The Climate Pledge Announces More Than 100 Signatories Committed to Achieving Net-Zero Carbon by 2040 or Sooner

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon and Global Optimism have announced that more than 100 companies have now signed The Climate Pledge. Among the 52 new signatories joining The Climate Pledge today are well-known brands including Alaska Airlines, Colgate-Palmolive, HEINEKEN, PepsiCo, Telefónica, and Visa. Pledge signatories in total generate more than $1.4 trillion in global annual sales and have more than 5 million employees across 25 industries in 16 countries—demonstrating the collective impact The Climate Pledge can have in addressing climate change. Signatories to The Climate Pledge agree to: Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions…

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