Month: October 2024

Ferrero Launches New Nutella Plant-Based With Vegetarian Society Approved Vegan Accreditation

Stuart Mitchell

New on your shelves this autumn is Nutella Plant-Based, a completely vegan product and accredited by the Vegetarian Society. Nutella Plant-Based delivers the same unmistakable Nutella experience but removes the milk. Celebrating its 60th anniversary the brand has launched Nutella Plant-Based which will proudly display the Vegetarian Society Approved vegan trademark on its jars.  Just like the classic Nutella, the new option combines quality ingredients, including its signature roasted hazelnuts and flavourful cocoa, to create a unique creamy and delicious texture. Vanessa Brown, Head of Trademarks, the Vegetarian Society, said:…

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Gerety 2024 winners chosen by the jury’s powerful perspective. VML, McCann Manchester, Edelman and NOMINT among the UK winners

Stuart Mitchell

Seven Grand Prix were awarded in total to the striking campaigns Runner 321, We Are Ayenda, The Square Meter, My Japan Railway, The 100th edition and WoMen’s football. More than 200 judges from 47 countries that participated this year in the 2024 Gerety Awards have awarded 7 Grand Prix, 24 Gold, 94 Silver, 71 Bronze, with 198 entries remaining on the shortlist. Juries were celebrated this year in 15 different locations around the globe. The Grand Prix winners include: Runner 321 for adidas by FCB Canada in the Work for…

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Green Climate Fund approves $151 million for African Development Bank’s climate resilience programme in the Horn of Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Climate Fund has approved $151 million in financing for a major resilience programme supported by the African Development Bank to address climate vulnerability in the Horn of Africa. The approval was granted at the Fund’s 39th Board meeting and comprises a $90.7 million grant and a $60.3 million loan. The financing will support the Bank Group’s “Building Climate Resilience for Food and Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa programme,” benefitting 4.6 million people across Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The Horn of Africa is most susceptible…

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Mind bog-gling new study reveals Marsden Moor stores over a million tonnes of carbon

Stuart Mitchell

To mark World Bog Day in  July, peatland experts working together with the National Trust at Marsden Moor in West Yorkshire have found that the moor’s peat stores at least one million tonnes of carbon, further evidence that peatlands can play a crucial role in tackling climate change. Best known as a popular spot for tourists and walkers in West Yorkshire, and sandwiched between the conurbations of Leeds and Manchester, this 2,300-hectare moorland (5,683 acres) has provided weekend fresh air for generations of mill and office workers. Now there is…

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XPO Logistics achieves carbon neutral status in its UK shared user warehouse site in Leicester

Stuart Mitchell

XPO, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, has added its Leicester, East Midlands, shared user distribution centre with an in-house pallet network to its list of certified carbon neutral sites. This achievement is part of the company’s commitment to sustainability and to meeting its carbon neutral goals. certified site. The XPO Logistics partner site with Daimler Truck UK Limited in Milton Keynes achieved carbon neutral status in June, and the company´s UK and Ireland HQ and Central Hub at Crick, Northamptonshire, attained it last…

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