Month: May 2023

M&S Expands Food Waste Scheme Turning Surplus Loaves Into Frozen Garlic Bread To 125 More Stores

Stuart Mitchell

M&S is expanding its frozen garlic bread food waste initiative to an additional 125 stores this April. At the end of each day, unsold baguettes and boules – baked in-store daily – are prepared and filled with garlic butter, and then sold as frozen garlic bread from £1, with an extended shelf life of 30 days. The scheme is currently live in 253 stores and launched in 2020 following a successful trial. Since then, M&S has sold 2.1m of the re-purposed loaves with the best-selling store M&S Nottingham Giltbrook. Due…

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Volunteerism surges across Benevity’s growing client community, now nearly 1,000 companies strong

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity, Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced a surge in volunteerism across its platform with 14.3 million volunteer hours logged in 2022, representing 61% year-over-year growth in volunteering hours and a 91% increase in the number of people volunteering. Additionally, more than $2.8 billion was donated by Benevity clients and their people who supported 249,000 nonprofits around the world last year. A relaxation of pandemic restrictions, support for people displaced within Ukraine and a mix of in-person and virtual volunteering drove this increased participation in…

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Purina supports three-year research to explore the role of seaweed in regenerative agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

Purina has brought together a consortium of experts in seaweed bio-stimulants, plant health and soil science to launch a three-year academic study on the possible role of seaweed-based bio-stimulants in regenerative agriculture. The study, which will take place at the Wageningen Plant Science Institute in the Netherlands, will evaluate the potential impact of seaweed-based bio-stimulants on plant performance and nutrition, as well as crop safety and quality.   The study will be supported by on-farm field trials aiming to investigate how seaweed extracts applied to crops might improve soil health and…

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Queensland biofuel refinery to turn agricultural by-products into sustainable aviation fuel

Stuart Mitchell

The Qantas Group, Airbus and the Queensland Government are teaming up to invest in a Queensland biofuel production facility being developed by Jet Zero Australia in partnership with leading sustainable aviation fuel technology company LanzaJet.  The facility will turn agricultural by-products, including from sugarcane, into jet fuel and is the first project funded under the Qantas and Airbus Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Partnership. The Qantas Group and Airbus will jointly invest AUD$2 million (US$1.34 million) of an initial AUD$6 million (US$4 million) capital raising, with the Queensland Government contributing AUD$760,000…

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ICO to prioritise Freedom of Information complaints with significant public interest

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced a new approach to prioritise complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) where there is significant public interest. As part of the ICO’s efforts to improve its FOI services, the new prioritisation framework will ensure that complaints where there is significant public interest in the information requested will now be dealt with quicker than previously. For the past year, the ICO has streamlined its processes to better handle the volume and complexity of FOI complaints it receives, so it can do…

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