Day: 8 December 2021

Leckford farm innovation will help accelerate Waitrose’s net zero ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The Waitrose farm on the Leckford Estate will be a test bed for farming innovation over the next 15 years and will be critical in helping Waitrose play its part in helping to tackle climate change.  Writing to customers, James Bailey, executive director of Waitrose, explains: We pledged last year that our UK farm-supplier network would be net zero by 2035 and while it is going to be challenging to get there, there’s no doubt in my mind how pivotal this will be in the fight against climate change.  So…

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Kellogg Introduces New Measures For Staff Experiencing The Menopause, Pregnancy Loss And Fertility Treatment

Stuart Mitchell

Kellogg is to give more workplace assistance to those experiencing the menopause and will train managers on how to talk to staff about the subject. There will also be extra paid time off and support for fertility treatment and pregnancy loss, including for partners and those using a surrogate mother. In a raft of new measures, the cereal giant, which employs 1,500 people in its UK factories and head office in Manchester, wants to break the silence on issues often not discussed in the workplace. Kellogg has committed to training…

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Amid National Access And Affordability Crisis, PepsiCo Expands Community College Program Nationwide To Support 4,000 Black And Hispanic Students

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo and The PepsiCo Foundation announced the nationwide expansion of the company’s Community College Program to students across nine additional cities. Amid a crisis in higher education that has seen plunging rates of enrollment and degree completion among Black and Hispanic students, PepsiCo’s program promotes access and advancement through a holistic approach that offers not only financial support to help students at the point of college entry but addresses the additional obstacles – retention, completion, and workforce readiness – that disproportionately impact these students’ educational and professional journeys.  This program aims to…

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Dance and Music Aim to Inspire U.S. Adults to Improve Blood Pressure in New PSAs from the American Heart Association, American Medical Association, and the Ad Council

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly half of adult Americans have high blood pressure [i] , and many do not know it. To help Americans reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, the American Heart Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and the Ad Council released new public service announcements (PSAs) today, encouraging people to take control of their health by self-monitoring their blood pressure and speaking with a health care professional about their numbers. The “Get Down With Your Blood Pressure”…

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Hidden Hard of Hearing Community Revealed by Lockdown Captioning

Stuart Mitchell

Two-thirds (67%) of the public sometimes find it difficult to hear what is happening when watching TV or live performances, according to new research. [1] But with Captioning Awareness Week last month, the rise of captioned live performances and video calls during lockdown has given people who are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing hope. Following a surge in the use of captions as performances shifted online, 24% of the general public now have captions switched on all the time at home and a further 26% have them on some…

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