Day: 13 October 2023

Benevity Joins Over 2,400 CEOs in a Commitment to Advance Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced it has joined CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion within the workplace. As one of more than 2,400 chief executives who have joined the coalition, Benevity CEO Kelly Schmitt is committed to cultivating a workplace where diverse perspectives and experiences are embraced and where employees feel empowered to be their authentic selves.  If a company is serious about diversity, equity and inclusion, they need to be serious about…

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Consortium lays pathway for green hydrogen aviation to take flight in New Zealand

Stuart Mitchell

A new report called ‘Launching green hydrogen powered aviation in Aotearoa New Zealand’ demonstrates how the consortium members could work together to remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050 through the use of hydrogen-fuelled aircraft flying New Zealand domestic routes. The Report has just been released by the New Zealand Hydrogen Aviation Consortium – a partnership of six international businesses Airbus, Air New Zealand, Christchurch Airport, Fortescue, Hiringa Energy and Fabrum. Launched in February 2023, the Consortium has spent the last six months examining the…

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ICO to review period and fertility tracking apps as poll shows more than half of women are concerned over data security

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reviewing period and fertility apps as new figures show more than half of women have concerns over data security. A poll commissioned by the regulator revealed women said transparency over how their data was used (59%) and how secure it was (57%) were bigger concerns than cost (55%) and ease of use (55%) when it came to choosing an app. The poll showed a third of women have used apps to track periods or fertility. The research also showed over half of people who…

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Patagonia to Publish The Future of the Responsible Company After Five Decades of Business on its Own Terms

Stuart Mitchell

Patagonia is set to release The Future of the Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 50 Years, written by the company’s director of philosophy, Vincent Stanley, with founder, Yvon Chouinard. It includes a detailed explanation of Patagonia’s novel ownership structure that made global headlines one year ago.    The Future of the Responsible Company provides the ultimate insider’s view of the essential elements of Patagonia’s business and offers lessons for the future learned from running an examined company. Stanley is responsible for many of the campaigns and initiatives that have made the…

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Sainsbury’s switches from use-by to best-before date on milk range to reduce household food waste

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s will be swapping use-by dates for best-before dates across its own-brand milk range, making it the biggest UK retailer to make this change. The move will affect 44 products in total, including all fresh and organic milk sold across England, Scotland, and Wales, and will apply to over 730 million pints of milk sold by Sainsbury’s every year. Research from WRAP has shown that milk is the third most wasted food in the UK, with over 490 million pints thrown away each year, often because the milk has passed…

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