Day: 7 December 2023

RNIB works with M&S to create first accessible Christmas Food magazine

Stuart Mitchell

Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has worked with M&S to create the retailer’s first ever accessible Christmas Food magazine. The two organisations started their collaboration after M&S read about RNIB’s work to create the first accessible edition of Vogue magazine. The retailer then reached out to RNIB to see if the accessible outputs could be created for their Christmas Food magazine. From there, RNIB’s specialist content and production teams produced braille versions of the magazine, as well as making the content available online…

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Personal and planetary health now increasingly linked in the mind of the consumer, Tetra Pak Index reveals

Stuart Mitchell

Consumers are now actively considering the environment alongside their individual health when buying food, according to Tetra Pak’s Index 2023.  These environmentally conscious consumers labelled ‘Climatarians’ are willing to alter their eating habits to protect the planet. The market for healthy foods is already well established, as consumers actively seek products that will have a positive impact on their physical wellbeing. But a significant majority now take a more holistic view: 70% say that healthy products should not harm the environment, while another 54% are willing to take responsibility for…

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New research reveals the drivers of hunger and food bank use among disabled people

Stuart Mitchell

A new study commissioned by the Trussell Trust, and conducted by the Scottish Centre for Social Research, has provided information about the drivers of hunger among disabled people and the reasons behind the significant overrepresentation of disabled people referred to food banks. The report, Disability and Financial Hardship (2023), proposes a range of evidence-based policy changes to help bring about a more compassionate, person-centred and fairer disability benefits system which prevents disabled people from falling into financial hardship and needing to turn to a food bank. Why are disabled people…

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The Coca‑Cola Company Launches 100% Recycled Plastic Bottles Across Canada

Stuart Mitchell

All 500-mL sparkling beverages bottles sold by The Coca‑Cola Company in Canada will be made with 100% recycled plastic* (*excluding caps and labels) by early 2024. The company is the first to launch multiple sparkling beverages in 100% recycled plastic bottles* across Canada. “This means that no virgin PET plastic will be used for our sparkling 500mL bottles under normal circumstances going forward in Canada,” said Kurt Ritter, Vice President & General Manager, Sustainability, Coca‑Cola North America. “We hope that transitioning our 500mL sparkling portfolio to 100% recycled plastic will increase…

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Key banking regulators adopt interagency principles to address climate-related financial risks for large banks

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres welcomes the harmonized Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).  “We are encouraged by the Fed, OCC, and FDIC’s joint effort to release the first federal guidance for large banks on managing climate-related financial risk,” said Steven Rothstein, managing director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets at Ceres. “Climate risk permeates capital markets, posing immediate threats to banks of all sizes, business…

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