Day: 17 September 2024

Hey Girls and My Period work together to supply free period products in Northern Ireland

Stuart Mitchell

Making history! New legislation to provide free period products to anyone who needs them came into operation in Northern Ireland in the summer of 2024. This makes it just the second country in the whole world to make free period products publicly available, Scotland being the first. The period products are being supplied by Hey Girls, with the outreach supported by its charitable arm My Period. It means the company’s period products will be available in every public library, including mobile libraries, across Northern Ireland with Libraries NI. Find period…

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IOC announces finalists for Climate Action Awards 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the finalists for the annual IOC Climate Action Awards 2024, celebrating those within the Olympic Movement who are taking concrete measures to help address climate change. Presented by Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Deloitte, the IOC Climate Action Awards encourage, recognise and reward innovative projects from National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs) and athletes that aim to reduce the environmental impact of sports, while inspiring the wider Olympic Movement to take action. “Climate change is taking its toll on everyone, and sport is…

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UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited announces new phase of global partnership with Accenture, connecting 580,000 youth to skilling and earning opportunities

Stuart Mitchell

On International Youth Day 2024, Accenture and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) announced a four-year global partnership, building on the success of the partnership’s first phase, launched in 2021. This new phase will continue Accenture’s support for GenU, a global Public-Private-Youth Partnership Platform, connecting young people to opportunities in employment, entrepreneurship, and social impact. As part of its support for GenU, the latest phase of the partnership aims to:•Connect more than 188,000 young people to entrepreneurial activities through imaGen Ventures, a programme that provides grants, seed funding, and mentorship to cultivate…

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M&S Becomes First UK High Street Retailer To Introduce Range Of Stoma Knickers

Stuart Mitchell

M&S – the UK’s largest knicker retailer – is proud to be introducing a range of knickers for people with stomas; a first for a UK High Street retailer. Today, over 200,000 people are living with a stoma in the UK and this essential product – underwear – has not been easily accessible to customers on the UK High Street. As the UK market leader in lingerie – selling over 60 million pairs of knickers a year – M&S has worked with the support of Colostomy UK to bring together…

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Ceres Welcomes New Ceres Board Co-Chairs and President’s Council Members

Stuart Mitchell

The Boston-based sustainability nonprofit advocacy organization Ceres has announced new co-chairs of its Board of Directors and members to its President’s Council.     In February, the Ceres Board of Directors unanimously approved Inherent Group CEO Tony Davis and Janet Ranganathan, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Results at the World Resources Institute (WRI), as its new Board co-chairs.   “I am honored to serve as co-chair of the Ceres Board of Directors,” said Davis. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow Board members and Ceres staff to…

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