Year: 2022

John Lewis Partnership Awarded Menopause Friendly Employer Accreditation

Stuart Mitchell

The Menopause Friendly’s independent panel of experts has awarded the John Lewis Partnership Menopause Friendly Employer accreditation for creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to talk about the menopause and women are given the support they need. For far too long the menopause has been a taboo subject in society. We want to create a level playing field, so that the menopause doesn’t hold women back at an age when many are at the peak of their career. To achieve this we’re creating an environment in which women…

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Primark launches global partnership with Fairtrade

Stuart Mitchell

Primark has announced a global partnership with Fairtrade with the launch of a new beauty collection across all 14 markets. Part of Primark’s Wellness collection, the new range features body butter, bath oil, face cream, balm to oil cleanser, multibalm and hand cream, which are all made using Fairtrade certified shea butter and olive oil. The products will be available in a select number of stores across Europe and the U.S. The partnership was founded upon Primark and Fairtrade’s shared values of offering more sustainable products and improving the livelihoods…

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Cheetos® And Bad Bunny To Help Fans Leave Their Mark In U.S. Hispanic Communities With Launch Of $500,000 Deja tu Huella Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Cheetos and global recording artist Bad Bunny are at it again: teaming up for the third consecutive year to support Hispanic communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico through the Deja tu Huella (Leave Your Mark) campaign. Since 2020, the Deja tu Huella campaign has recognized Hispanic communities and called on fans to leave their mark on all they do. This year, the Deja tu Huella notion will be brought to life with the launch of the $500,000 Deja tu Huella Fund. Cheetos and Bad Bunny kicked off year three…

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Greenhouse gas emissions vary dramatically across U.S. oil and gas companies, according to updated analysis

Stuart Mitchell

Analysis from Ceres and Clean Air Task Force benchmarking the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of more than 300 U.S. oil and gas producers finds dramatic variations between companies and basins. In the second year of this analysis, the highest emitting oil and gas companies had a methane emissions intensity nearly 24 times that of the lowest emitting companies according to the most recently available data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The second annual report, Benchmarking Methane and other GHG Emissions of…

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INTOG offshore wind leasing opens, aiming to encourage innovation and decarbonise North Sea

Stuart Mitchell

Crown Estate Scotland – the body which manages seabed leasing for offshore renewables – has recently, 10 August, opened the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing process. A two-week registration window opens today, followed later this month by the opening of the application window.  This pioneering leasing round will help meet the emissions reduction targets agreed last year between government and industry in the North Sea Transition Deal and will help position offshore wind as a primary feature of the energy transition.  Offshore wind developers are…

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