Month: June 2023

2023 Corporate Goodness Awards Celebrate Innovators in Social Impact

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced the winners of its 2023 Corporate Goodness Awards, also known as “The Goodies,” celebrating the inclusive and creative ways brands are making a difference in the world through their giving, volunteering and community investment programs. The 2023 Goodies Awards were presented to the winners on May 11 at the corporate purpose event of the year, Benevity Live!, held May 9-12 in San Diego, California. The winners were assessed on the bold, innovative, inclusive and creative ways they are…

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BNP Paribas details and strengthens its energy transition ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

BNP Paribas is providing more detail on its plans to withdraw from oil and gas exploration and production activities, following its announcement to strengthen its commitments on January 24th, 2023. BNP Paribas will no longer provide any financing dedicated to the development of new oil and gas fields regardless of the financing methods. Beyond the energy sector, BNP Paribas continues to align its loan portfolio with a net zero emissions trajectory. and is setting new decarbonisation targets for the steel, cement and aluminium sectors, as presented in its 2022 Climate…

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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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