Day: 3 August 2022

Lambeth joins In The Loop with colourful solar-powered bins to boost recycling on-the-go

Stuart Mitchell

Bright, colourful and eye-catching bins are being installed in the areas of Waterloo, Brixton, Clapham, Streatham and West Norwood, as a new on-the-go recycling initiative is launched by environmental charity Hubbub and Lambeth Council. The ‘Lambeth #InTheLoop’  campaign will make it as easy as possible for people to recycle empty glass, plastic bottles, cans and therefore improve recycling rates. In addition, coffee cups will be collected separately in a small-scale trial in Brixton thanks to new dedicated cup recycling bins. On-the-go waste continues to be a significant problem for authorities…

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Scottishpower Foundation Helps Charity Create Brighter Future For Disadvantaged People 

Stuart Mitchell

Disadvantaged people not in education, employment or training are set for a brighter future thanks to local charity The Lorna Young Foundation and support from the ScottishPower Foundation.   Thanks to funding from the Foundation, the charity will pilot its ‘Freeing Up Ethical Enterprise’ project, providing access to its Ethical Entrepreneurs ‘Not Just Us’ training resources for hundreds of disadvantaged people in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire who are not in education, employment or training.  The resources will give participants the chance to create their own social enterprises, learn business…

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Scotland Leads The Way With Breast Cancer Trials Advocacy

Stuart Mitchell

Scotland is leading the way with an innovative service for secondary breast cancer patients.  The Patient Trials Advocate service, (PTA) is the first of its kind in the UK, and it’s bringing fresh hope to those with the incurable cancer by introducing them to clinical trials which can help to improve outcomes and extend life.  The initiative has been developed by charity Make 2nds Count which campaigns to raise awareness of, and fund research into, secondary breast cancer – a form of the disease which kills 1000 women in the UK each…

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UK Business poorly prepared for reputation risks, new Business Leaders Survey finds

Stuart Mitchell

As economic uncertainties continue, many UK businesses are not well prepared for the fast-approaching reputational risks, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). The Business Leaders Survey – delivered by global market research agency, 3Gem – surveyed 300 C-Level Managers and Directors in mid-July 2022 about their PR functions and their future needs for PR services. The report found that fewer business leaders than in December 2021 say they have a plan for tackling reputation risk or for communicating in a crisis. The number who say…

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Kimball Electronics, Inc. Releases 2021 Environmental, Social & Governance Report

Stuart Mitchell

Kimball Electronics, Inc. has announced the release of its 2021 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report. The report provides specific examples from 2021 of how Kimball Electronics has further put its long-term environmental, social, and governance principles into action to illustrate how its facilities and employees fulfill its company purpose, “Creating Quality for Life.” “I’m proud to know that our ESG philosophies, with roots dating back to our company’s founding in 1961, are more than just words to us: they are our actual practices; they are our promises to the…

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