Day: 8 December 2023

Retailers raise over £500m for good causes

Stuart Mitchell

A new report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has found that retailers and their customers raised £540m for good causes in the last financial year. The report – Supporting Charities, Communities and Customers – provides an analysis of UK retailers’ charitable giving for the first time.  It also finds that in 2022/23: Retailers raised £200m for good causes through fundraising, with an additional £150m donated directly by the businesses themselves. A total of 69m meals and £76m worth of products were donated to charities and organisations supporting those in…

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WRAP announces Circular Design Toolkit to help reduce textile’s environmental impact at the design level

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP’s Textiles 2030 agreement has launched its Circular Design Toolkit which will help textiles organisations embed circular design principles into their design and product development processes to maximise the life of garments, select the most sustainable materials and ensure they are designed to be recycled.   The Circular Design Toolkit aims to simplify the theory of circular design and break it down into a framework of more manageable actions and strategies for design and product development teams to use. Designed in collaboration with industry through the Textiles 2030’s Circular Design…

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Revisiting the proposed changes to the standards for B Corp Certification

Stuart Mitchell

B Lab, and the supporting B Corp movement, have big ambitions to transform the economic system. The vision? An inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all people, communities, and the planet. B Corp Certification is in demand like never before, motivated by growing support for this vision; for businesses to take action on the environmental and societal challenges we collectively face, and demand for our system to change.  To deliver on this demand, we must evolve the standards for B Corp Certification, along with our enabling tools and processes.…

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Publicis agencies create bold new campaign for men’s mental health charity HUMEN, asking the question: Ever feel like the world is closing in on you?

Stuart Mitchell

HUMEN, the mental health charity leading a movement to improve and maintain men’s mental health, and to change the face of what it means to be a man, launches the campaign as part of Men’s Health Month. It also comes ahead of The HUMEN Space 1:1 project. This new venture will allow the charity to provide beneficiaries with 3 months of free therapy, which equates to 14 hours. This is currently more than the NHS, which is normally between 6 to 12 hours of therapy. There is also a long…

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Companies are making progress on water management, but new report calls for greater action to ensure sustainable water supplies

Stuart Mitchell

A new benchmark analysis of 72 companies from four water-intensive industries—apparel, beverage, food, and high-tech—shows encouraging progress on corporate water management, but underscores collectively, the companies have a long way to go in meeting the necessary ambition to reduce their demands and impacts on freshwater resources.  “As the global water crisis escalates, so do the financial risks facing businesses and their investors,” said Kirsten James, senior program director of water at Ceres and co-author of the report. “While some companies are demonstrating a variety of leading practices, we need to…

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