Day: 26 December 2021

AstraZeneca UK partners with Forestry England and Borders Forest Trust to plant and maintain over one million new trees by 2025

Stuart Mitchell

AstraZeneca UK is partnering with Forestry England and Borders Forest Trust (alongside their global partner One Tree Planted) to launch a multi-year programme to plant over one million trees across the country by 2025. This initiative is part of the global AZ Forest programme to plant and maintain 50 million trees worldwide by 2025. Recognising the connection between a healthy planet and a healthy population, the AZ Forest programme is part of AstraZeneca’s Ambition Zero Carbon commitment to be zero carbon across its operations by the end of 2025 and…

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Aldi Launches Deposit Return Scheme Trial In Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

Aldi is trialling its first deposit return scheme at its Bathgate store in West Lothian, Scotland, allowing customers to return bottles and cans in exchange for a voucher to be redeemed against their shopping. Customers are encouraged to return single-use PET plastic or glass bottles from 50ml up to three litres, and aluminum drinks cans, to the reverse vending machine in the Bathgate store car park. For each item deposited, customers will receive 10p in the form of a voucher, up to a maximum of £5. As part of the…

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bp plans major green hydrogen project in Teesside

Stuart Mitchell

bp has confirmed it is planning a new large-scale green hydrogen production facility in the North East of England that could deliver up to 500Mwe (megawatt electrical input) of hydrogen production ‎by 2030. To be developed in multiple stages, HyGreen Teesside is expected to match production to demand ‎and build on experience to drive down costs. bp is aiming to start production by 2025, with an initial ‎phase of some 60MWe of installed hydrogen production capacity. A final investment decision on the ‎project is expected in 2023.‎ Hygreen Teesside is…

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IKEA to phase out plastic from consumer packaging by 2028

Stuart Mitchell

In line with the commitment to have a positive impact on both people and planet, IKEA will phase out plastic from consumer packaging solutions. The phase-out will happen in steps, starting with all new range by 2025, and running range by 2028. With this phase-out, IKEA aims to reduce plastic waste and pollution, and drive the industry agenda to develop packaging solutions centred around renewable and recycled materials. Packaging is a key component of the IKEA business model and an important enabler for affordability, sustainability, and safe handling. To combat…

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PRCA Ethics Council Leaders Speak to PR Industry Ethics Confidence-Index Trends in New ICCO World Report Data

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Ethics Council noted measurable fluctuations in specific regions of the world tied to the PR industry’s self-assessment of ethical operation, based on new data just released by the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) World PR Report 2021-22. ICCO serves as the voice of public relations consultancies globally, with a membership composed of 41 associations and more than 3,000 PR firms across 70 countries, from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, and Australasia. The ICCO World PR Report is the definitive study of the…

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