Day: 14 July 2022

McDonald’s UK and Ireland joins the Zero Carbon Forum

Stuart Mitchell

McDonald’s UK and Ireland has joined the Zero Carbon Forum as its latest member in the race to achieving net zero. The non-profit’s mission is to empower its members to reach sustainability targets by working together at pace and as a united industry effort. The news follows the launch in October 2021 of McDonalds’s UK and Ireland’s Plan for Change, a business and sustainability strategy focusing on the Planet, People, Restaurants and Food. The strategy outlines ambitious goals and actions to help achieve positive change across the business. Two of…

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Kellogg Company announces scholarship program to develop local talent

Stuart Mitchell

Kellogg Company has announced a scholarship program for graduating Battle Creek Central High School seniors that would provide a pathway to a full-time role in Finance at Kellogg, upon college graduation. In partnership with Battle Creek Public Schools, Kellogg Community College, Siena Heights University and Grand Valley State University, the Kellogg Finance Scholars program aims to promote education and advancement in Battle Creek, while also exposing local students to a career in Finance. The program is open to Battle Creek Central High School (BCCHS) seniors enrolled in the Business Pathway…

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Lloyds Banking Group appoints Dr Rebecca Heaton as Director of Environmental Sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Dr Rebecca Heaton as Director of Environmental Sustainability. As Director of Environmental Sustainability, Rebecca will oversee the delivery of Lloyds Banking Group’s plan to achieve net zero.  This role will be central to our new strategy to support the transition to a low carbon economy. This includes creating diversified and sustainable growth and continuing to integrate environmental sustainability outcomes across our wider business priorities. Rebecca is already a recognised leader in sustainability, with previous experience working across industry, policy and academia. She joins from OVO…

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Toiletries Amnesty launches unique fundraising project for hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

As the interest in second-hand clothes and accessories surges, Toiletries Amnesty has come up with a unique way to give broken or unwanted jewellery a brand new lease of life. A social, ethical and environmental organisation, Toiletries Amnesty works to relieve hygiene poverty and stop products from going to waste. More people than ever are living in hygiene poverty and that figure only looks set to increase amid the current cost of living crisis. In a bid to help those in need, Toiletries Amnesty has come up with a unique…

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Sodexo’s Tackling Modern Slavery programme wins Social Impact & Diversity award

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo received the Social Impact & Diversity award for its work to tackle modern slavery and was named runner up in the Stakeholder Engagement category for its Appetite for Action campaign at the 2022 Footprint Awards for sustainability excellence. Over the past couple of years Sodexo has worked to better understand modern slavery in its global and domestic markets in order to equip its teams to identify risks within its supply chains and to question suppliers more rigorously on this subject.  The company has created a set of actions based…

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