Day: 22 August 2021

Asda makes huge increase to refill product range at flagship sustainability store

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has added more than 50 new product lines to its popular refill zone at its flagship sustainability store in Middleton, Leeds. The supermarket has partnered with some of the UK’s most popular consumer brands including Coca Cola, Yorkshire Tea, Napolina, Tilda, Mars and Kellogg’s to bring the new product lines to store in refillable format, as it steps up its efforts to help customers reduce, reuse or recycle plastic packaging. The new products available in store this week include: Prefilled 1 Litre glass bottles of Coca-Cola Original Taste and…

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Investment leaders offer transparent method to report alignment of funds with the Paris Agreement

Stuart Mitchell

A new paper from the Investment Leaders Group (ILG) includes a simple, transparent and scientifically robust method of reporting fund alignment with the Paris Agreement on climate change. The proposed ‘temperature score’ estimates the implied temperature rise of portfolios (and their underlying assets) revealing whether they meet the Paris ambition of limiting global warming to well below 2°C. Understanding the climate performance of investment funds Part 2: A universal temperature score method is the final in a two-part series exploring how investment funds can report their impact on climate stability. The first report found that present forms of disclosure…

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Taylor Wimpey commit to ambitious climate and nature goals

Stuart Mitchell

As part of our commitment to creating a greener, healthier future for customers, colleagues and communities, Taylor Wimpey are proud to announce their new environment strategy, ‘Building a Better World’. The strategy focuses on the key environmental impacts for our business; climate change, nature, and resources and waste. Taylor Wimpey have made specific commitments to: Increase nature on new developments Achieve science-based carbon reduction target Make it easier for customers to live a more sustainable lifestyle Taylor Wimpey are pleased to have partnered with two fantastic organisations, Hedgehog Street and…

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World Heritage Committee inscribes four cultural and one natural site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Stuart Mitchell

The World Heritage Committee has added four sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List and one extension to an existing transnational natural site in Europe. The new cultural sites are located in Italy, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom.  The natural site inscribed today is Ivindo National Park in Gabon. The World Heritage Committee also approved an extension to the existing World Heritage site of Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. These additions were made during the extended 44th session of the…

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Kids confront the climate and food insecurity crisis ahead of them in MadeGood’s first campaign.

Stuart Mitchell

It’s often been said that children are the future, but with urgent issues like climate change and food insecurity transforming and threatening our world, what is the future for children? Young people today are aware of the threats to their world and willing to take the necessary action to bring about real change. And MadeGood is empowering them to bring that change to their own community with a new brand platform developed by Toronto agency Broken Heart Love Affair called “Un-Wreck the Future.” It is launching with a two-minute anchor…

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