Day: 10 November 2021

UK social impact investment market swells to a record £6.4 billion in year of the pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

Social impact investing in the UK has increased by almost eight-fold over nine years from £833 million in 2011 to £6.4 billion in 2020, according to new figures released by Big Society Capital, the UK’s leading social impact investor. The data, from Big Society Capital’s Annual Market Sizing Report, shows there has been consistent growth year-on-year with a particular acceleration between 2019 – 2020, the year of the pandemic, which saw a 26% increase in the value of social impact investments in the UK (26% 2019-2020 vs. 21% increase 2018-2019).…

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Food Waste Action Week – organisations urged to join forces to fight food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Food waste brand Love Food Hate Waste is delighted to announce the first corporate donors for next year’s Food Waste Action Week (Monday 7th to Sunday 13th March), with supermarket Aldi, online supermarket Ocado Retail, food manufacturers Danone and Dunbia and food service provider Sodexo the first to put their names to the campaign. Love Food Hate Waste is keen to involve many more organisations to broaden the impact the Week will have through their customer and membership channels and is encouraging more to donate and put their stamp on…

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Crockpot bring people together by providing the equivalent of 200,000 meals

Stuart Mitchell

Slow cooker brand, Crockpot® have partnered with FareShare to provide the equivalent of 200,000 meals to help feed people across the UK. “Our brand has always helped bring people together through moments, memories, and meals. That’s why we’re proud to donate the funds to enable FareShare to rescue and redistribute the equivalent of 200,000 meals to vulnerable people across the UK to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy quality time together”Iain Stuart-Crush, Director of EMEA Marketing and UK Sales The generous offer is part of their wider campaign to use…

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Online lies leave one in five girls fearing for their safety

Stuart Mitchell

False information online has left one in five girls (20%) feeling physically unsafe, according to The Truth Gap, a new report by Plan International. The research includes a landmark survey of over 26,000 girls and young women from 26 countries, which also found that exposure to lies and mistruths are having a profound impact on how they engage with issues ranging from COVID-19 to politics. Plan International, which says the findings lay bare the ‘real life consequences’ of misinformation and disinformation on girls and young women, is calling on governments…

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The John Lewis Partnership enters the Race to Zero, supporting the transition to a decarbonised economy

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has joined a leading group of businesses that have signed up to the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C and also joined UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign.  To mitigate some of the worst climate impacts and prevent a state of irreversible damage to societies, economies and the natural world, it’s essential that we hold temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This means halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Marija Rompani, Director of Sustainability & Ethics at the John Lewis Partnership,…

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