Day: 4 June 2023

Wuka Unveils Taboo-Busting Advert For Pioneering Plastic-Free Period Pants In Its First TV Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Sky Media reveals WUKA’s advertising campaign as one of the five winners of the Sky Zero Footprint Fund initiative. The taboo-busting ad encourages women to ditch plastic-riddled disposable pads and tampons in favour of its sustainable period wear, with an honest depiction of real period stories, in an effort to normalise conversations around menstruation. WUKA funded the campaign using the £250,000 media value earned from winning the Sky Zero Footprint Fund in 2022. WUKA’s first TV advert will broadcast from the 21st of April and will run until the end of…

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Ecoveritas warns Plastic Tax fine-tuning should not be about boosting government revenue

Stuart Mitchell

Leading environmental compliance specialists Ecoveritas has urged businesses to take head of HMRC’s move to penalise non-compliant businesses regarding the Plastic Packaging Tax but says any future changes to its modus operandi must not solely be about boosting the Treasury’s coffers. The Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), introduced last April, requires producers to pay a levy on plastic products that contain less than 30% recycled content. Significant changes were made to the PPT last month, with the rate rising to £210.82 per tonne in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)…

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Norfolk farmer launches bold regenerative farming project on Ribena blackcurrant farm

Stuart Mitchell

SBF GB&I, the proud producer of Ribena, has unveiled a research project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the growing of blackcurrants through regenerative farming practices. The ambitious project launching today in collaboration with the University of East Anglia, SBF GB&I, Suntory Holdings Limited and Soil Ecology Laboratory will take place across much of the 60 hectares of blackcurrant production at Gorgate Farm in Norfolk, which has been growing blackcurrants for Ribena since the 1950s. As part of Suntory Group’s overall ambition to support crop resilience and reduce carbon emissions…

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UNICEF UK and the University of Cambridge to launch new resource supporting mental health in the early years

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) and University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL), have launched a new resource: Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood – a toolkit to support local action in the UK. This practical resource will support service leaders, commissioners and policy teams to develop a whole-system approach to support the mental health of babies and young children now, and to enable them to develop the capacities to be mentally healthy throughout their lives. Evidence…

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Grosvenor to donate nearly two acres of land to affordable housing developer

Stuart Mitchell

Grosvenor’s North American property business announces its plans to donate nearly two acres of land to affordable housing developer Eden Housing to build 68 low-income apartments for individuals and families earning up to 60% of the area’s median income.  The land is located in the northern part of Los Gatos, at the intersection of Highway 17 and State route 85, within the second phase of the North 40 project. “We are very grateful to Grosvenor for working with us and donating land to our organization. We are delighted to be…

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