Month: November 2023

ClimateWise welcomes accountancy firm Crowe as its new strategic partner

Stuart Mitchell

ClimateWise has appointed accountancy firm, Crowe, to undertake a review of its climate disclosure framework. The ClimateWise Principles express expectations of best practice in the insurance industry including incorporating climate considerations into strategy, informing clients and supporting better public policy on climate change.  ClimateWise members have to report against these Principles annually, allowing them to benchmark progress against their peers. Following the completion of the 2023 reporting cycle, Crowe will take over from Deloitte as independent reviewer, leading the annual member reporting process against the newly revised Principles and supporting members via…

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Purina Europe announces its first carbon reduced pet food range

Stuart Mitchell

Purina Europe is announcing its first carbon reduced pet food range, Purina ONE DualNature. This carbon reduction work is a step towards Nestlé’s wider ambition of reducing its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.  So far, the range has successfully reduced its carbon footprint by 15.7% compared to a 2019 baseline1. The reduction has been based on a Life Cycle Assessment which measures the full environmental impact of products.  Purina ONE DualNature has reduced its impact by making changes to its manufacturing, recipes, logistics and packaging.  For example, by buying…

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CAP – Mid-contract price increases in telecoms

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Mid-contract price increases in telecoms . I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. CAP’s new guidance on the advertising of telecoms contracts with mid-contract price increases comes into force on 15 December 2023, following a six-month grace period. It sets stricter standards on the prominence advertisers must give to important information about future price rises. Don’t phone…

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Tetra Pak and Lund University launch new research hub to develop future food and material innovations

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak and Lund University have announced the launch of Biotech Heights, a new research hub that will explore food and materials production using bioprocessing to create useful products from living cells or cell components. Biotech Heights will establish an open innovation environment, in which all participating organisations will have access to world leading laboratories and equipment for both commercial and academic purposes. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to work alongside several faculties at the University to address both the technical and non-technical challenges facing producers, brands, and manufacturers…

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Give gifts of H2O ho ho and decent toilets this Christmas with WaterAid’s winter wonders

Stuart Mitchell

Wondering what gifts to buy this Christmas? WaterAid’s Shop for Life provides shoppers with the opportunity to give their loved ones something a bit different this year, while also helping people around the world get clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.  WaterAid’s Shop for Life features e-gifts and greeting cards you can send to their loved ones revealing gifts of water tanks, handwashing stations and toilets to change lives for good.   The money raised from the gifts this festive season will help communities in Bangladesh and around the world…

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