Month: February 2023

Modibodi® announces the creation of its first ever global grant to promote innovation and real-world impact: Modibodi Game Changer Grant 

Stuart Mitchell

Global absorbent apparel brand, Modibodi® has gained recognition as a purpose driven company, dedicating itself to changing the cultural conversations around sustainability, social impact and period equity, challenging taboos and propelling meaningful change around the world. This International Women’s Day, to further continue its work in the social impact and sustainability space, Modibodi is announcing its first ever global grant.   Named the Modibodi Game Changer Grant, this annual grant will provide funding to a range of initiatives, organisations and individuals that innovate and break the status quo just like Modibodi,…

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Three new impact-led businesses join CISL’s sustainable startup hub in Cambridge

Stuart Mitchell

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) welcomes three new, impact-led businesses as official members of its Canopy innovation hub.  Advanced Infrastructure, Perpendicular Architecture, and New Allotment are the latest to join the community, with a range of focus from tackling the climate crisis through the built environment, to a data-driven approach to the energy transition.  Perpendicular Architecture is the brainchild of Patrick Usborne & Aelene Thorne and aims to simultaneously tackle the climate emergency, biodiversity loss and social inequality. His team are building ‘for tomorrow, not yesterday’, using regenerative design…

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Environmental campaigners call for a greenwashing “AmnesTea” for tea bags with plastics in

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental campaigners at the not-for-profit, City to Sea, have called on the big tea bag brands to take part in a greenwashing “AmnesTea” and to stop using confusing terms like “compostable” and “biodegradable” unless their products meet the highest standards. Currently, some tea bags can be made enmeshed with plastics like polypropylene fibers, but even tea bags claiming to be “plastic-free” or even “compostable” can often include bioplastics like polylactic acid (PLA). PLA, like many other bioplastics, is a plant-based polymer that is considered “biodegradable” but only in industrial settings…

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Punch Pubs & Co latest operator to join the Zero Carbon Forum 

Stuart Mitchell

Punch Pubs & Co is the latest member to join the Zero Carbon Forum as the industry works together to reduce energy, cut carbon and cost at a critical time for the sector.   The award-winning pub company has almost 1,300 community pubs throughout the UK, with ESG principles embedded at the heart of their strategy.  Sustainability forms a key part of their ‘Punch Promise’ with a laser-like focus on working with diverse communities to build an inclusive, resourceful, responsible and environmentally friendly business.   Acknowledging the impact of Punch’s footprint on…

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Sails of Change launches ‘Art for Nature’ initiative to protect biodiversity

Stuart Mitchell

Sails of Change, a foundation dedicated to the protection and regeneration of biodiversity, has launched an ‘Art for Nature’ programme, designed to support artists and projects which inspire the public to care for the environment. “Art has the power to reconnect us to nature, and to inspire us to protect it,” said Sails of Change founder Dona Bertarelli. “We are proud to support art projects which engage the public on environmental issues, and which highlight nature’s vital role in supporting life on Earth.“ Dona Bertarelli is an executive producer of…

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