Month: August 2021

Lidl GB Removes One Billion Pieces Of Plastic

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl GB has announced it has removed over one billion pieces of plastic from stores across Great Britain as part of its strategy to eliminate plastic waste and support the continued reduction of plastic globally. This includes more than 24 million plastic trays and punnets being removed from its fruit and vegetable ranges, and up to 25 million plastic lids from dairy and yoghurt ranges. In addition, the discounter has cut nearly 19 million plastic tags from its fruit and vegetable lines, and 3.5 million pieces of plastic packaging on…

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ASA calls on advertisers to make better use of online targeting tools to minimise children’s exposure to age-restricted ads in mixed-age audience sites

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: ASA calls on advertisers to make better use of online targeting tools to minimise children’s exposure to age-restricted ads in mixed-age audience sites. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. We have published the findings of our latest proactive monitoring sweep, making world-leading use of Avatar technology to assess the distribution of ads for alcohol, gambling, and…

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South Western Railway first train company to assess and publish “social value”

Stuart Mitchell

South Western Railway (SWR) has published its first Social Value Report, becoming the first train operating company to do so. The report is a summary of the impact that SWR has on society, the environment, and the economy, from delivering improvements for its customers every day, to supporting local communities of the South West, and helping build the economic and social prosperity of the UK. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) Research identifies 10 key areas of social impact for rail: community safety, accessibility, employment and skills, social inclusion,…

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Thandiwe Newton, Nadiya Hussain, Dougray Scott, Amanda Mealing, and Lemn Sissay support WaterAid’s call for clean water for people on the climate change frontlines

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid is inviting the public to join celebrities, climate activists, and politicians in urging the UK Government to help vulnerable communities get a reliable source of water, so they can protect themselves from the destructive effects of climate change.   Actors Thandiwe Newton, Dougray Scott, and Amanda Mealing, TV chefs Nadiya Hussain and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, author Lemn Sissay, Malian band Songhoy Blues, film director Shekhar Kapur, actor and director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, tennis star Heather Watson, and climate activist Cel Spellman, are among those who have signed WaterAid’s open letter, which highlights…

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Unprecedented private-sector finance deal to generate over $2bn to protect threatened forests, wildlife, and improve community livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

Hartree Partners and Wildlife Works announce a ground-breaking deal that will generate over $2bn of private sector investment to enable communities to protect biodiversity and forests at risk from deforestation. 13 million hectares of tropical forest, an area the size of Greece, is currently lost to deforestation every year. But, to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees in line with the Paris Agreement, more than three quarters of deforestation must be stopped by 2030. Thousands of companies are addressing the climate emergency and, with voluntary carbon markets playing an…

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