Tesco launches campaign, supported by leading charities, to boost uptake of flu jab and help save lives

Tesco Pharmacy, British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK and Cancer Research UK, through their “Helping you to live healthier” Partnership, have joined forces to encourage more people to protect themselves and their families, and continue to do their bit for the NHS, by getting the flu jab. For people with pre-existing conditions such as diabetes or heart disease, the flu can be deadly. The flu jab was associated with a 50% reduction in mortality during flu season for people living with type 2 diabetes, according to research carried out over a…

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Citi Releases 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report

Citi has released its 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, an annual report that highlights the ways in which Citi is enabling progress and sustainable growth in communities across the world. This report and related summary not only detail the progress Citi has made on its longstanding ESG priorities over the past year, but also its efforts to adjust and address the immediate and longer-term challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. “The events of 2020 are a stark reminder that companies like ours have a role to play…

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Herbal Essences and TerraCycle® “Renew the Forest” Partnership to Plant 60,000+ Trees and Donate 20 Benches Made from Recycled Hair Care Packaging to Nature Preserves Maintained by The Nature Conservancy

Herbal Essences and international recycling leader, TerraCycle, announce the latest impact of their longtime national recycling program: The installment of 20 benches made from recycled hair care packaging, in three nature preserves maintained by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the planting of over 60,000 trees throughout the United States. In the Spring of 2021, Herbal Essences pledged to plant one tree for every two bottles of select bio:renew shampoo or conditioner purchased at Walmart in the U.S. during the month of April (see full program terms here), with a goal…

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Ceres to call on investors, companies and policymakers to increase climate ambition and action at Climate Week 2021

Ceres is calling on investors, companies, regulators, and policymakers to increase their climate ambition and action. Ceres experts will participate in high-level virtual events and panel discussions to highlight opportunities for public-private collaboration and take stock of our climate goals ahead of COP26 in November.  The convening comes on the heels of a ‘code red’ warning from leading scientists that  the climate crisis is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and that without immediate, large-scale emissions reductions, previous targets limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be out of reach. It…

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New review of evidence linking the environment and mental health

A NERC-commissioned environmental science and mental health review looks at the growing evidence of the link between environmental issues and mental health. Mental health is governed by complex, interacting factors including: social economic demographic genetic experiential environmental. Due to this complex intersectionality, there is a general move to developing a more holistic approach to managing mental health. The review, led by researchers at the James Hutton Institute, focused on the potential contribution that environmental science can make to mental health research and innovation. Highlighting correlations The review found a wide…

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