Month: September 2023

Innovative Trials to help advance children’s cancer care through new UK charity partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Innovative Trials, a global clinical trials patient recruitment company based in Hertfordshire, has committed to raising money to help develop children’s cancer care by contributing to the funding of a new cancer centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Innovative Trials has selected Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) as its UK charity partner for 2023-24 and is aiming to raise £4,000 over the next year. The money will go towards the Charity’s Build it. Beat it. fundraising appeal, which is supporting transformation in children’s cancer care, including…

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Refuge launch ‘More than Bricks and Mortar’ dispersed accommodation report

Stuart Mitchell

Refuge have launched their ‘More than Bricks and Mortar’ dispersed accommodation repor. “I’m pleased to launch this report into best practice for domestic abuse dispersed accommodation, it is so important that no survivor is turned away from accessing support and that specialist support is accessible for all survivors of domestic abuse and is suited to their individual needs. This research study produced in partnership with Commonweal Housing consulted with survivors, and Refuge frontline practitioners and managers to identify what that specialist support should look like and how we can deliver it within a dispersed accommodation setting, with the aim of developing a best practice model. I’d like to thank everyone…

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Midas Safety Publishes its Annual Sustainability Report

Stuart Mitchell

Midas Safety, the safety solutions company, has published its second sustainability report, documenting its continued progress towards ongoing management of its economic, environmental, and social impacts and commitment to “Making Safety Sustainable”. The report covers its operations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh for 2022 and outlines its progress towards its 2023 sustainability targets. Last year, Midas Safety published its first sustainability report with targets centred around seven pillars: People, Climate, Water, Energy, Waste, Products, and Packaging. In 2022, Midas Safety took steps to create a better future by investing…

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Better Cotton Launches Sustainability Roadmap in Uzbekistan

Stuart Mitchell

Better Cotton has developed and signed a Roadmap of Sustainability Developments with key stakeholders in Uzbekistan to drive further improvements in the country’s cotton sector. Uzbekistan’s Senate Chairperson and Chairperson of the National Commission to Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labour, Her Excellency Tanzila Narbayeva, and Uzbekistan’s Textile and Garment Industry Association Chairperson, Mr. Ilkhom Khaydarov, were amongst signatories to the collaborative agreement during Tashkent Textile Week, from 29 May to 2 June. At the event, Better Cotton’s Senior Programme Manager, Rachel Beckett, presented the roadmap to an audience of more…

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Tesco’s ambitious net zero targets validated by Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has outlined an ambitious plan for emissions reduction across its own operations and value chain as it becomes one of the first retailers globally to have its net-zero science-based targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), the official body that validates climate targets. Tesco’s targets include stretching interim commitments to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its own operations by 85% by 2030 from a 2015 baseline year, absolute Scope 3 emissions from energy and industrial sources by 55% by 2032 from a 2019 baseline…

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