Month: November 2021

GambleAware publishes National Gambling Treatment Service campaign tracking results

Stuart Mitchell

Awareness of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS) continues to grow, following awareness raising campaigns led by the charity GambleAware, targeted primarily at high-risk male gamblers (PGSI 8+). The campaign is well-targeted, with impact highest amongst its core target audience of high-risk male gamblers (PGSI 8+) and ‘affected others’ (partners, family and friends negatively affected by the gambling of others).   Campaign recognition continues to grow wave on wave, reaching 74% amongst high-risk male gamblers in August 2021, and 79% amongst affected others. Increasing numbers of high-risk gamblers agree that…

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OSCR publishes new research on Scottish charity sector

Stuart Mitchell

New research published by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) sets out the current state of the country’s charity sector. The research reveals: Two thirds of Scotland’s twenty-five thousand registered charities are run entirely by volunteers Charities in Scotland also employ over two hundred thousand staff The majority of charities in Scotland have an income of less than £25,000 per year, with over a third reporting an income of less than £10,000 over the same period Scottish charities have a combined annual income of over thirteen billion pounds, making the sector…

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Perfectly Imperfect initiative saves 50m packs of fruit and veg at risk of going to waste

Stuart Mitchell

A food waste saving initiative, launched by Tesco five years ago, has saved 50 million packs of fruit and vegetables. The scheme, called Perfectly Imperfect, was launched by the supermarket as a way of offering customers wonky food at risk of becoming waste. The wonky produce in the range is as fresh and tasty as the regular fruit and vegetables sold by Tesco but is just a little misshapen. Since launch, customers have purchased 50 million packs of the Perfectly Imperfect range, saving 44,000 tonnes of fruit and veg at…

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WEC Energy Group Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Commitment to Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy

Stuart Mitchell

WEC Energy Group has released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, a comprehensive overview of the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. The report details progress made by WEC Energy Group and its family of companies on major projects and sustainability goals. The report highlights the company’s industry-leading effort to reduce greenhouse gas and methane emissions and also looks at how in 2020 — a year like no other — the company adapted quickly to serve communities and supply essential energy resources to customers. “Our focus on executing the fundamentals…

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Tesco and Faerch launch PET ‘tray to tray’ recycling initiative

Stuart Mitchell

In an industry first, Tesco and Faerch have developed a closed loop recycling solution that ensures the secondary plastic packaging used to transport and hold products on Tesco shelves is retained by the food packaging industry and recycled back into new food contact primary packaging. Until recently, PET shelf ready packaging – widely used by UK supermarkets to transport products – was used once and downcycled into non-food applications. Now, through a new ‘tray to tray’ initiative, Tesco’s secondary PET will be collected by Faerch and through their advanced recycling…

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