Month: August 2021

The Big Exchange appoints Bev Shah as Non-Executive Director; continuing on their dedicated mission to create fair, sustainable and inclusive finance.

Stuart Mitchell

The Big Exchange has announces the appointment of Bhavini ‘Bev’ Shah as an Independent Non–Executive Director. The Big Exchange is a social, environmental and impact investment platform co–founded by The Big Issue and offers 46 independently rated social and environmental funds from 15 asset managers managing a total of £58 billion of assets, giving UK retail consumers the opportunity to make their money count for more. Founder and Chief Executive of City Hive, a Think Tank and Advocacy Group, Shah is a passionate trailblazer and commentator within the Investment Management…

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Desire for eco-transparency: opaque sustainability practices deter 1 in 3 consumers

Stuart Mitchell

New research from Bazaarvoice’s Influenster community reveals that 1 in 3 consumers believe brands are not completely transparent with their practices when using terms such as ‘eco-friendly’, ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ (30%) in their marketing and packaging. A quarter (24%) believe brands just use such terms to sell products. The overwhelming consensus is that the brands we put our faith into and purchase from have a responsibility to protect both the people and the planet by offering sustainable initiatives (88%), and there has never been a market more open to it.…

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“Renting free from Stereotypes”: Sodimac – Homecenter and McCann Colombia promote diversity and inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

According to World Habitat Report, 50% of LGBTQ people are concerned about revealing their sexual orientation at the time of accessing living services, fearing discrimination, and in Bogotá transgender women and men have the highest percentages of declared vulnerability to their right to the access of a decent housing: 30.3% and 14.3% respectively. In this context, McCann Colombia developed for Sodimac Colombia and its Homecenter and Constructor brands the initiative “Renting free from Stereotypes” to promote the access of these communities to a home without fear of being discriminated, and to…

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Samaritans new guidelines equip gambling businesses to do more to prevent suicide

Stuart Mitchell

Research has found a clear association between gambling and suicide. People experiencing gambling-related harms are more likely to also experience suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts than the general population. To help tackle the problem, Samaritans has undertaken a programme of work to further understand gambling as a risk factor for suicide and what can be done to prevent gambling-related suicide. With appetite from the gambling industry to do more to prevent gambling-related harms and suicide, Samaritans embarked on setting industry standards that gambling businesses can hold themselves to account and…

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Wild & Stone launches crowdfunding campaign with Seedrs

Stuart Mitchell

British sustainable lifestyle brand Wild & Stone has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign with Seedrs.  Wild & Stone is an eco-lux product company with a mission to create easy to adopt, usable and stylish alternatives to single use plastic. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, but every year the UK still generates around 5 million tonnes of plastic. Through the entire lifecycle of plastic, to raw material extraction and manufacturing, through to disposal, 8 million tons of plastic waste enters the ocean yearly. In just…

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