Year: 2022

No excuse for single-use cups at events as plastic experts say there are “solutions on tap” in new guide 

Stuart Mitchell

Festivals and arenas have been turning away from single-use plastic cups and now smaller events can too.  New guide offers small and medium-sized events “solutions on tap” to avoid plastic pollution.   Festivals currently use 100 million single-use plastic cups a year creating 30,000 tonnes of waste1.  Best practices highlighted including Shambala Festival, Manchester Food and Drink Festival and Litter Free Dorset’s borrow cup scheme.    DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE IN FULL HERE  There is “no excuse for single-use” cups to still be used at events according to the environmental not-for-profit…

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LandAid asks the property industry to step away from the screen this October for Steptober

Stuart Mitchell

LandAid’s Steptober challenge is returning for a fifth year, with registration open now. The industry-wide challenge, powered by headline sponsor Logicor, will see teams of four property professionals from across the sector put their steps to good use to end youth homelessness for LandAid, the property industry charity, from 4-18 October 2022.  Registration for this year’s event will opens today, Wednesday 3 August. Click here to sign up.  Registration is £100 per team, with a £50 individual fundraising target, or there is the option to pay the full £300.  LandAid is…

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edie launches new business blueprint report on single-use plastics and the circular economy

Stuart Mitchell

edie readers can access a new in-depth report outlining how businesses can make their operations, value chains and products and services more circular in a bid to cut back on single-use plastics and deliver a zero-waste world. The ebb and flow of the global, concerted effort to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics by embracing the circular economy has been an irresistible movement that has seen nations, cities, regions and businesses all pledging to play their part in creating a zero waste future. In a world where net-zero is a non-optional necessity…

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In challenging times for community groups, Crowdfund Wales hits £2m funding landmark.

Stuart Mitchell

From Holyhead to Hirwaun and Mold to Mumbles, and through economic challenges, government cuts and the Covid pandemic, since 2016 Crowdfund Wales has supported over 450 grassroots organisations across the length and breadth of the country to support their communities. And now Localgiving, the organisers of the fund are proud to announce that the total distributed has passed over £2million. Crowdfund Wales over the past six years has helped organisations across all 22 counties to explore online fundraising, access grants and succeed at growing their income sustainably to support community…

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The One Club’s “Where Are All The Black People” Conference and Career Fair Set for Oct. 6-7

Stuart Mitchell

Back in person for the first time since 2019, the 12th edition of The One Club for Creativity‘s free hybrid Where Are All The Black People (WAATBP) diversity conference and career fair will take place on October 6-7, 2022 in New York. WAATBP is an annual gathering that exists to address and correct the lack of diversity within the ad industry, bringing together Black voices from across the ad community – from eager students to C-suite leaders – to celebrate successes, examine setbacks, and assert their rightful place at the…

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