Day: 26 November 2022

84% of UK households are unintentionally contaminating their recycling bins

Stuart Mitchell

New public insights released by Recycle Now – part of climate action NGO, WRAP – have found that we are a nation of wish cyclers,with the vast majority of well-intentioned households trying to recycle items that should not go in the recycling bin, in an effort to do their bit. Contaminants affect the quality of the recycling, its value and in extreme cases mean that the recycling has to be disposed of rather than recycled. In response, this year’s Recycle Week 2022 (17th – 23rd October 2022) was themed ‘Let’s…

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Jaguar Land Rover Unveils Future Skills Programme To Train 29,000 For Modern Luxury, All-Electric Future

Stuart Mitchell

Jaguar Land Rover announces a global upskilling drive, in a bid to train 29,000 people in the next three years for its connected and data capabilities, and to support the rapid transition to electrification. The company’s Future Skills Programme will see more than 10,000 Jaguar Land Rover and franchised retailer employees in the UK, and nearly 19,000 across the rest of the world trained in skills vital to electrification, digital and autonomous cars. This underlines the company’s commitment to developing its future engineering and manufacturing skills and supports the delivery…

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Tesco answers food banks’ aid plea with £1m funding boost

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced a new £1m support package for food banks and food charities after the Trussell Trust warned they are facing their most difficult winter ever. With food banks and other frontline charities hit by a double whammy of unprecedented demand and soaring operating costs, Tesco has stepped in with a £1m donation split between the Trussell Trust and FareShare to help them meet the exceptional challenges they are facing. The extra money comes in addition to the ongoing support the supermarket provides to both charities, having worked in…

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New Agreement Sets Ecuador on a Path to End Habitat Conversion from Shrimp Farming

Stuart Mitchell

WWF-Ecuador and Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture (Cámara Nacional de Acuacultura – CNA) signed an agreement to halt habitat conversion from shrimp farming across the nation. This agreement marks the first national commitment for conversion-free aquaculture from any country across the globe. Ecuador is home to the largest mangrove forests in the Eastern hemisphere, but has seen coastal habitat loss due to conversion for shrimp farming. Demand for Ecuador’s shrimp has been rising consistently over the last five years, and the nation is currently the world’s largest shrimp exporter –…

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Gigaton PPA: Walmart, Ørsted and Schneider Electric Announce First Cohort for Renewable Energy Supply Chain Program

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart Inc., Ørsted and Schneider Electric today announced that they have successfully convened the first cohort of suppliers to participate in Walmart’s renewable energy accelerator: Gigaton PPA. Five suppliers, Amy’s Kitchen, Great Lakes Cheese, Levi Strauss & Co., The J.M. Smucker Co. and Valvoline Inc, have collaborated to execute an aggregated purchase of renewable energy from Ørsted’s Sunflower Wind Farm located in Marion County, Kansas. Over the 12-year term of the agreement, the purchase is expected to generate approximately 250,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually of new renewable power, or the equivalent…

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