Day: 21 July 2023

Changing dishwashing habits can help save more than 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Fairy’s latest innovation will enable the brand to evolve this incentive to find greater value in the dish-care category: saving energy, reducing the cost of energy bills in the homes of families across Europe, and, importantly, helping consumers reduce their carbon footprint whilst dishwashing. A vision with the potential to cut dishwashing’s carbon footprint by up to 60% (when washing-up) and 33% a year (using a dishwasher). Fairy’s product innovation and continued sustainability focus sits alongside the latest findings of the products’ LCA results. Research verified by independent parties to…

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Making it easier to recycle ‘empties’ M&S introduces Beauty Takeback Scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has recently announced its partnership with beauty recycling experts, HANDLE, to launch a Beauty Takeback Scheme in over 40 stores across the UK. The scheme will enable hard to recycle beauty packaging materials and components that commonly end up in landfill to be recycled and turned into new packaging and products. Packaging is one of the biggest sustainability challenges facing the beauty industry; 120 billion units of packaging are produced globally every year*, however, recycling rate estimates range from 9-50%** in the UK due to certain packaging…

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The LEGO Group Teams up with the Stars of Women’s Football to Inspire Children to Play Unstoppable

Stuart Mitchell

  The LEGO Group has launched Play Unstoppable, a new campaign focused on celebrating the endless potential of girls when they are given opportunities to play without limits. To help champion what girls can achieve when they have the space and freedom to play openly and fiercely, some of the biggest change makers in Women’s Football have joined the team in support of this movement: former USA Women’s team Captain Megan Rapinoe, the multi-talented Yūki Nagasato, world-class striker Sam Kerr and global superstar Asisat Oshoala. Celebrating game-changing playPlay Unstoppable aims…

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UK firms championing inclusive innovation awarded £2.5 million

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK is helping 50 companies to develop inclusive innovations, from smart gloves that translate sign language to digital assistants for people with dementia. Fifty pioneering companies across the UK have each been awarded £50,000 to further develop their inclusive innovations that include universally accessible electric vehicle chargers and curriculum-aligned mobile games that are revolutionising learning. These companies are winners of the inaugural Inclusive Innovation Award announced today by the UK’s national innovation agency Innovate UK. The value of inclusive innovation The Inclusive Innovation Award encourages all parts of society…

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Asda Foundation announces £600k to transform community spaces 31 community groups awarded grants ranging from £10,000 to £25,000

Stuart Mitchell

Asda’s charity, The Asda Foundation have announced that substantial funding has been awarded to 31 local community projects across the UK to enable them to transform community spaces and places where local people can come together and thrive.  The £600,000 awarded has been split across 31 groups and are grants between £10,000 and £25,000 with the aim of improving community spaces in local communities across the UK.   The funding can be used for renovations, repairs or transforming outdoor spaces, with projects ranging from upgrading a community kitchen and café, to…

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