Day: 28 November 2023

First all-electric Premier Inn hotel powered entirely by renewables opens in Swindon

Stuart Mitchell

Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hospitality group and owner of Premier Inn, recently announced the opening of Premier Inn Swindon Town Centre – the first of a new generation of new-build Premier Inn hotels that will operate with 100% renewable energy. Learnings from the hotel’s design and operation will inform an emissions-reducing strategy for Premier Inn’s hotel estate across the UK and Ireland and will contribute to Whitbread’s target to remove mains gas connections across its estate by 2040 wherever possible. The hotel’s innovative features include: An energy-efficient air-to-water Mitsubishi…

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Nespresso and Royal Mail bring coffee capsule recycling into the community

Stuart Mitchell

Nespresso UK has announced a partnership with Royal Mail that will transform coffee capsule recycling for households across the country.  Nespresso customers now have two new options for recycling their coffee capsules with the UK’s most trusted delivery company. They can arrange a free doorstep collection from their local postie using Royal Mail’s returns service. Alternatively, they can drop them off at any of the 14,000+ Royal Mail drop-off locations, including Royal Mail Customer Service Points and Post Offices.  Research commissioned by Nespresso to mark Recycle Week demonstrates just how…

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VELUX Group and Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma partner on Living Places concept

Stuart Mitchell

The VELUX Group has entered a partner agreement with the Dutch house builder Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma on building more sustainable housing in the Northern part of the Netherlands. With this partner agreement, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma is the first house builder to use the Living Places concept in their development and construction processes and to build the first prototype in the Netherlands based on the concept. With the building industry accounting for 37% of the global CO2 emissions there is a urgent need for low carbon solutions to be scaled and…

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Brilliant Earth Unveils “The Sol Collection” Featuring Camila Morrone As First-Ever Face of Brand

Stuart Mitchell

Brilliant Earth, an industry-disrupting global leader in ethically sourced fine jewelry, have announced the launch of its newest collection, “Sol.” This collection marks a significant milestone for the Company as it embarks on its first-ever omni-channel national brand campaign, partners with Emmy-nominated actress Camila Morrone, and showcases its jewelry through city “takeovers” in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.  “Today marks an incredible milestone for Brilliant Earth as we launch The Sol Collection,” said Brilliant Earth CEO Beth Gerstein. “It’s a testament to the strength of our Brand,…

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Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation drives positive change for more than 1.8m people in 2023

Stuart Mitchell

To coincide with last month’s World Food Day (16 October), the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has published its 2023 annual report detailing the positive impact its activities have had for more than 1.8 million people across the UK & Ireland. World Food Day is a global initiative focused on raising awareness of hunger and promoting action to create a better food future for all – a mission shared by Sodexo and the Stop Hunger Foundation. Understanding food insecurity as a symptom, the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation’s work goes beyond immediate…

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