Day: 4 January 2024

Sustainability is not just an ESG goal, but a key competitive edge for wholesalers

Stuart Mitchell

Sustainability has become a paramount focus in wholesale – yielding substantial cost savings. This is according to Mikko Kärkkäinen, CEO of RELEX Solutions. Regulatory pressures are mounting on wholesale companies to embrace sustainability. Increasingly, non-compliance results in fines and non-sustainable materials are subject to higher taxes.  In various regions, including Northwestern Europe, companies are obligated to report on their sustainability practices and reduce their carbon footprint, with non-compliance leading to fines and reputational damage. For instance, in 2022, the UK introduced a tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled content.…

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation are calling for a reuse revolution to tackle the plastics pollution crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s latest study shows that returnable packaging has the potential to offer significant environmental benefits, and – once scaled up using the right approach – can compete with the economics of single use packaging for certain products. The ‘Scaling Returnable Packaging’ study focuses on returnable packaging, which once bought and returned by customers, is professionally cleaned and refilled before being sold again. It highlights the benefits of adopting reusable plastic packaging for  beverage, food cupboard, personal care, and fresh food items, when designed collaboratively across the industry and…

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As a new era of environmental rule of law takes shape, UN recommends good practices

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental rule of law around the world is rapidly transforming due to technological innovation, the COVID-19 pandemic, public concerns over climate change and the rise of racial and social justice movements. A report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a series of recommendations to governments. The report, Environmental Rule of Law: Tracking Progress and Charting Future Directions, provides a comprehensive assessment of developments since the release of the first Global Report on Environmental Rule of Law in 2019. Through collecting and analysing data from a survey of…

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Indie agency FUSE Create earns assignments from non-profits across North America.

Stuart Mitchell

FUSE Create, an independent agency based in Toronto, is proud to announce three new clients to their roster: Confederation Centre of the Arts in PEI, Soles4Souls out of Nashville, TN, and global charitable organization Compassion Canada. Confederation Centre of the Arts, the nationally recognized arts centre, gallery, museum, and education centre in PEI, is seeking agency assistance with building national brand awareness and engagement of its diverse and important role within Canadian communities. FUSE Create has won the Integrated Creative assignment, including Media, and will develop campaigns and content in…

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Sodexo UK & Ireland Chef Scoops Joint Win at Global Sustainable Chef Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK and Ireland is proud to announce that Sharon McConnell, from Northern Ireland, was joint winner of Sodexo’s global Sustainable Chef Challenge. The Sustainable Chef Challenge highlights Sodexo’s commitment to sustainable food and its goal to ensure that 70% of its main dishes can be labelled ‘low carbon’ by 2030. It is run in partnership with Rational AG, Eaternity and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Sharon faced seven other Sodexo chefs from Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, India, United Arab Emirates and the USA in a live cook-off in Germany…

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