Year: 2022

Barnardo’s Scotland utilising £700,000 of funding to create hundreds of construction industry jobs

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Scottish charity Barnardo’s has received £700,000 in funding to support hundreds of young people to make the move into construction industry jobs across the country. The funding, which has come from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), will allow Barnardo’s Scotland to support people into work, within the construction industry, along with access to relevant industry-recognised training. The initiative, which is part of the CITB’s Scottish Academy for Construction Opportunities commission (SACO), covers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee, the Highlands, Perth & Kinross and Moray, and will run over the…

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Secondary Breast Cancer Initiative Goes Nationwide 

Stuart Mitchell

A pioneering Scots initiative to help secondary breast cancer patients is being rolled out UK-wide.  The Patient Trials Advocate service (PTA) introduces people with the incurable disease to clinical trials which can help to improve outcomes and extend life.  Since it began north of the border last year it has received a 100% approval rating and brought fresh hope to patients living with this largely unknown type of breast cancer which kills 1000 women in the UK each month.  The initiative was developed by charity Make 2nds Count which campaigns to raise…

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The Estée Lauder Companies Releases Fiscal 2022 Social Impact and Sustainability Report

Stuart Mitchell

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) has released its Fiscal Year 2022 Social Impact and Sustainability Report (SI&S Report), which outlines progress made toward the company’s social impact and sustainability goals.  “At The Estée Lauder Companies, we’re striving to embed social impact and sustainability into our business for decades to come,” said Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies. “We’re pursuing thoughtful strategies to meet our social impact and sustainability goals and commitments, which complement our efforts to make our company more equitable and resilient for…

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Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub launch £500,000 fund to tackle growing e-waste crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub are launching a £500,000 fund to boost innovation to tackle electronic waste, the fastest growing waste stream in the world. For the next six months, the Time after Time e-waste fund will award grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 for UK projects which reduce e-waste, encourage recycling of electronic goods, or support devices being used over and over agaiThe UK produces more electrical waste per person than any other country in the world (except for Norway)1 and there are approximately 40 million unused…

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Berry’s New Black Solution Makes Recycling Possible

Stuart Mitchell

Berry has provided a more sustainable solution for the packaging of Norwegian ice cream producer Diplom-Is’s Royal brand by replacing the company’s previous carbon black colour containers with new non-carbon black versions. This has made it possible to recycle the ice cream containers. Contrary to traditional carbon black, new non-carbon black plastic packaging is detectable by the Near Infra-Red (NIR) scanners used for waste sorting processes. This means that the containers can be identified for recycling purposes. Berry uses a special high-quality non-carbon black masterbatch with special pigments to improve…

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