Day: 8 March 2022

New Research by iStock Finds that Two out of every Three Women Continue to Face Gender Bias 

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of International Women’s Day, iStock, a leading ecommerce platform providing premium visual content to SMBs, SMEs, creatives and students everywhere, has released research revealing that two out of every three women in the UK (62%) are still experiencing bias, with the top reason being due to their body shape and size (24%).   The findings are reported within research for iStock’s creative insights platform Visual GPS, and indicates British women are experiencing bias due to being too heavy (61%), too curvy (23%), too skinny (13%), and too shapeless (6%).    Although…

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Coca Cola announces industry leading target for reusable packaging

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca-Cola Company has announced an industry-leading goal to significantly boost its use of reusable packaging. By 2030, the company aims to have at least 25% of all beverages globally across its portfolio of brands sold in refillable/returnable glass or plastic bottles, or in refillable containers through traditional fountain or Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers.  “We continue to put consumers at the center of all we do,” said Elaine Bowers Coventry, Chief Customer & Commercial Officer, The Coca-Cola Company. “One way to do that is by offering sustainable packaging types. Accelerating use of reusable packages provides added value for…

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Häagen-Dazs celebrates International Women’s Day across global markets shining the spotlight on “Women Who Don’t Hold Back”

Stuart Mitchell

Expanding beyond the successful celebration started in the UAE for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021, this year’s Häagen-Dazs #WomenWhoDontHoldBack campaign of 2022 has snowballed into a global tribute spanning 12 countries, honoring the achievements of women who have not held back and realized their dreams. Since 1960, Häagen-Dazs ice cream hasn’t held back and this year the brand champions 24 trailblazers with inspirational stories. “Don’t Hold Back” is a core concept of the brand – an inspiration for people across the world to live life to the fullest, a belief…

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Leading organizations form the Carbon Call to address reliability and interoperability in carbon accounting for the planet

Stuart Mitchell

Over 20 leading organizations have announced an initiative to accelerate the development of reliable and interoperable carbon emissions accounting, which is necessary to help the world reach net zero by midcentury. The Carbon Call mobilizes collective action, investment and resources from scientific, corporate, philanthropic and intergovernmental organizations to enable access to data and science that is reliable and up to date and can be easily exchanged among carbon accounting systems. Reliable measurement and accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical to climate accountability and attribution. According to an analysis…

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Waitrose pledges further support to farmers

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has strengthened its emergency support package to help all of its pig farmers during a time of national crisis. The move comes amid growing concerns about the UK pig sector which is facing the biggest crisis in a generation with falling prices impacting its financial sustainability. We will be extending our pledge to pay a fair and sustainable, minimum price for pork to all of our dedicated farmers – even if prices continue to fall.  Jake Pickering, Senior Agriculture Manager for Waitrose, explains: “We need to support our farmers…

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