Day: 20 September 2022

Audacy’s Flagship Mental Health Program “I’m Listening” Delivers More Conversations, Resources and Pathways to Help Over 200 Million Listeners Know That ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’

Stuart Mitchell

“I’m Listening,” Audacy’s flagship program created on the belief that the power of talk saves lives, is continuously committed to delivering more mental health conversations, resources and pathways to help over 200 million listeners. Each year, Audacy activates “I’m Listening” through national campaigns featuring artists, celebrities, and athletes who share their experiences with mental health. Partnering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), these events help raise awareness and support of issues that we all face in our daily lives. Kicking off the initiative, Audacy will broadcast and stream…

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WRAP announces Food Waste Action Week 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Key news: ‘Win. Don’t bin.’ WRAP’s food waste campaign Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW), announces third annual Food Waste Action Week (FWAW) – the UK’s largest food waste behaviour change campaign aiming to cut household food waste, slash food shopping bills and save the planet. Ocado Retail becomes the first campaign sponsor. When: Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 6th – Sunday 12th March 2023. Objectives of Food Waste Action Week: The third annual FWAW will build on the success of this year’s campaign which was supported by…

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Branston redistributes the equivalent of 1 million meals with potato supplies

Stuart Mitchell

Branston Ltd one of the UK’s biggest suppliers of potatoes has donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to FareShare. The organisation has been working with FareShare since April 2017, to reduce food waste and redistribute their top-quality potatoes through FareShare’s network of charities across the country. With 3 depots located in Scotland, Lincolnshire and Somerset, by working with FareShare, Branston have supported over 3000 charities across the UK, who provide nutritious meals to families and individuals facing food poverty. These charities do amazing work to support children under 18,…

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Immediate action needed to protect children from the global hunger crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Millions of children at risk of death unless immediate action is taken to fight the global hunger crisis, warn six of the world’s largest child-focused NGOs. The world is facing a hunger and nutrition crisis of unprecedented scale with one child already being pushed into severe malnutrition every minute, and 8 million children are at risk of death in 15 crisis-affected countries unless they receive immediate treatment. Globally, almost 50 million people are living in emergency or catastrophic levels of acute hunger. The impact of such sheer volumes of people…

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Unilever purchases the world’s first linear alkylbenzene (LAB) surfactant made from renewable carbon

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever purchases the world’s first linear alkylbenzene (LAB) surfactant made from renewable carbon Until now the chemistry that provides the cleaning power of many laundry and detergent products has relied on ingredients derived from fossil fuels, also known as black carbon. But a new range of renewable and biodegradable products from Spanish chemicals company Cepsa Química is helping to transition these carbon-intensive ingredients to circular chemistry. This surfactant is known as NextLab linear alkylbenzene (LAB) and is made using green carbon derived from biomass. It’s renewable and biodegradable, and it…

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