Year: 2024

M&S takes another step towards removing 1 billion units of plastic as it becomes first retailer to use paper packaging on garlic baguettes

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it is  the first UK retailer to move to paper packaging on garlic baguettes, removing 5.5 million units of plastic. All of M&S’ single and twin garlic baguettes are now available in FSC approved paper packaging which can be easily recycled as paper at-home. A popular choice with M&S customers, the single garlic baguette is M&S’ biggest seller in garlic breads selling 4.3 million units each year. Reducing plastic packaging is one of the key issues M&S customers care strongly about and the retailer has…

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Fund invests over £800k to improve accessibility, youth empowerment and mental health support for LGBTQ+ people

Stuart Mitchell

The Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd to help underrepresented social entrepreneurs across the UK, has announced new investments in mission-driven organisations Kalda, Ultra Education, and Patchwork Hub. These three exciting new investments bring the Fund’s total investment in social purpose organisations to over £2 million. To tackle the crisis in mental health provision for the LGBTQ+ community, GIF has invested £300,000 in Kalda, a mental health app that provides sexuality and gender affirming therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals. Patchwork Hub…

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Cascale and ZDHC Collaborate for a Sustainable Future

Stuart Mitchell

Cascale, a global nonprofit alliance empowering collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and the ZDHC Foundation, an organization leading global value chains to achieve the highest standards for sustainable chemical management, are pleased to announce the signing of a new strategic collaboration. This collaboration underscores a shared commitment to align and advance environmental sustainability in the consumer goods industry. The two organizations have closely collaborated in the past years, aligning the Higg Brand and Retail Module…

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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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