Day: 4 June 2022

Tesco fridging the gap to net zero

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has introduced HGV trailers with refrigeration units powered by solar panels rather than using traditional diesel engine technology. The first 13.6 metre refrigerated trailer based at Tesco’s Peterborough Distribution Centre has already hit the road and is delivering stock to stores across the East of England, with three more destined for Peterborough later this year. The joint initiative with Marshall Fleet Solutions will see each trailer save circa 2,000 litres of diesel per year and over 5 tonnes of carbon per year. Each trailer roof is fitted with 12…

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Amazon Gives Another $2.2 Million to Help Meet the Basic Needs of Students in Underserved Communities in the Puget Sound Region, Bringing the Total so Far to $8 Million

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has announced a new $2.2 million donation to support the immediate needs of thousands of students from underserved communities in the Puget Sound region through the Right Now Needs Fund. The Fund, created by Amazon in 2018 in partnership with the nonprofits Alliance for Education and Bellevue LifeSpring, helps address students’ basic and immediate needs like food, shelter, clothing, and school supplies so students arrive at school prepared to learn. The donation will support all 106 schools within the Seattle Public Schools district and all 29 schools in the…

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‘My First Poison’ perfume launches to highlight the ‘global threat’ of chemicals in breast milk

Stuart Mitchell

Chemical pollution is not only about oceans and air; it’s also about our children’s bodies. Scientists claim we’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, yet we’re not as socially conscious of chemicals and chemical safety as we are of climate. Clovin, one of the biggest European producers of eco non-toxic household chemicals, has launched a campaign to erase endocrine-disrupting chemicals from everyday products.  Endocrine disruptors (ED) are chemicals that can act like hormones and can be especially dangerous during pregnancy and the first years of life. EDs are considered a…

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CAP – Environmental claims, the Advertising Codes, and You

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Environmental claims, the Advertising Codes, and You. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. This Sunday, 5 June 2022, will mark 50 years since the establishment of World Environment Day.  The Day was established by the UN in 1972 as a vehicle for raising awareness about environmental issues and advocating for action.  This year’s theme, “Only…

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The Coca-Cola Company Donates $2 Million to National Museum of the American Latino

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca-Cola Company is donating $2 million to support The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino and Molina Family Latino Gallery in Washington, D.C. The Molina Family Latino Gallery opens this summer inside the National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian’s first gallery dedicated to Latino contributions to the United States will serve as a preview of the National Museum of the American Latino, which will explore Latino achievements in art, history, culture and science—past, present and future—through dynamic, multidisciplinary exhibitions and programming. Planning and development of the new…

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