Month: August 2024

Sodexo expands Full Circle Farm partnership with new collaboration with The Good Eating Company

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo’s The Good Eating Company (GEC) is following in the sustainable farming practices footsteps of Sodexo Live! with a new partnership with Full Circle Farms. GEC now has its own one acre plot at the unique farm in West Sussex which contributes to a more sustainable and resilient food system. Full Circle Farms offers foodservice providers like GEC and urban restaurants an opportunity to own and grow on their own plot of farmed land. Each plot is allocated a full farming team who work with the chefs to assess the…

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One Water fundraising to boom this year as Ocado and Sainsbury’s seek out ‘brands with purpose’

Stuart Mitchell

Ethical Hydration brand One Water is set to have a bumper year as customers seek out purpose-led brands in their weekly shop. One Water estimates that they’ll be able to fund the provision of clean, safe water to around 6,500 people in sub-Saharan Africa due to new listings with Sainsbury’s in June and Ocado going live this month. Transforming the lives of around 25 communities, a donation from each sale will go to The One Foundation, to fund clean water projects where it’s needed most – ranging from hand-pump programmes in…

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ACNE and The Hygiene Bank tackle a social injustice

Stuart Mitchell

‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ was a winner in Ocean Outdoor’s annual Digital Creative Competition More than 4.2 million people in the UK are struggling with hygiene poverty, going without essential personal care products like toothpaste, shampoo, soap and sanitary items because they cannot afford them. As the cost of living crisis continues, grassroots charity The Hygiene Bank tackles this injustice in a powerful interactive Digital out-of-home (DOOH) campaign which addresses both the problem and the need for public donations. Called ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’, the idea was a winner in…

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XPO Logistics cuts number of offsets needed to maintain carbon neutral status at its Crick HQ

Stuart Mitchell

XPO, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, announced today that its UK and Ireland headquarters (HQ) and national distribution hub at Crick, Northamptonshire, has been certified as carbon neutral for the second consecutive year. As a result, the company is cutting the number of carbon offsets required to maintain its carbon neutral status. The HQ site first achieved carbon neutral certification in July 2023, six months ahead of schedule. XPO has reduced the site’s carbon intensity by around a quarter (24%) due to company…

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Major European awards recognise conservation work of the National Trust

Stuart Mitchell

The conservation of a set of tapestries which took 24 years and cost £1.7 million to complete has won recognition from a major international heritage award. The National Trust received the Europa Nostra Award for its work to conserve the Gideon Tapestries at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The task, carried out by hand with traditional sewing and stitching techniques, was praised for “exemplifying the National Trust’s commitment to preservation”. The 2024 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European…

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