Day: 19 June 2023

Sainsbury’s launches first store with fully electric delivery fleet

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced that its Nine Elms London superstore is now delivering to customers using a fully electric fleet. The new electric vans mean customers’ grocery shopping will be delivered with zero emissions. The Nine Elms delivery fleet is made up of 12 vans, with both the vehicle and fridge units now powered by electricity, so they will not emit carbon emissions or dust, dirt, soot, or smoke into the air. This means that the 145,000 households in Sainsbury’s Nine Elms delivery area can receive groceries from vehicles that are…

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Canary Wharf businesses to ride the wave in annual Dragon Boat Race for WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

Canary Wharf businesses are invited to take to the water on Thursday 6 July to row-row-row their boats along South Dock as part of a fiery Dragon Boat Race in support of international charity WaterAid. Returning for a second year, the corporate competition will see local organisations swap their keyboards for oars as they honour the 2,000 year-old Chinese tradition in a bid to help WaterAid deliver the basic human right of clean water and decent toilets to everyone, everywhere. In collaboration with the Canary Wharf Group, funds raised through…

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BrewDog partners with LGBTQ charity MindOut

Stuart Mitchell

Drinking beer? Great. Drinking beer that supports LGBTQ people and gives money to charity? Even better. That’s why BrewDog is partnering with LGBTQ charity MindOut to help raise awareness of its mental health services and provide access and support to staff and customers.   MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people with experience of mental health challenges. The Brighton-based charity offers members a safe space to discuss their concerns with professionally trained representatives, or with others in the community, both in-person…

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New Study Reveals 66% of Conservatives and 46% of Independent Voters Lack Confidence in Elections

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released findings from a new study that revealed a significant knowledge gap, as well as ongoing fears and concerns about the fairness and accuracy of the U.S. election process among many conservative-leaning and independent voters. The new study, (Dis)Trust in Elections: Rebuilding Voter Trust & Confidence in the U.S. Election Process, offers organizations, government entities, election boards, and election officials key insights into the ideal target audience for election-confidence building efforts. “Especially as we head into a new…

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IOC receives ISO 20121 certification for sustainability performance at corporate events

Stuart Mitchell

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s efforts to systematically and continually improve the sustainability performance across its corporate events has resulted in it receiving certification to the international standard ISO 20121:2012 for its corporate events. ISO 20121:2012 is an international standard for sustainability management systems applied to events, pioneered by the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games London 2012. It assesses the way sustainability is integrated into key decisions at every step of event planning and staging. The IOC’s corporate events, which were subject to the certification process, include those organised…

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