Month: January 2025

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation positively impacts over 2.8m people in 2024

Stuart Mitchell

On World Food Day, the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has published its 2024 annual report, detailing the positive impact its activities have had for over 2.8 million people across the UK & Ireland.  World Food Day provides a global spotlight to raise awareness of food insecurity and promote action towards creating a better food future for all – a mission shared by Sodexo and the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation.   In June 2024, nearly 10 million people in the UK faced food insecurity, according to the Food Foundation. Over the past…

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Hybrid technology boosts wind and solar

Stuart Mitchell

Wind and solar power are the fastest-growing energy sources in the world today, thanks to their low climate impact and high cost-efficiency. But as electricity production from weather-dependent energy increases, it also makes it harder for the supply system to maintain balance and stability.  Now Vattenfall has developed smart technology which solves many of these problems. In so-called hybrid power farms, different types of energy are combined and controlled in a way that brings out the best from each type. This way,  a hybrid power farm based on wind power…

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Co-op extends Space to Thrive welfare standard in convenience first

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has announced it has become the first UK convenience retailer to extend its improved chicken welfare standard across its British Breaded and Ready-To-Eat range enabling Co-op members and customers to access chicken reared in 20% more space to perch and roam, at the same great value. The 21 lines, which include Co-op’s British Breaded Chicken Goujons, British Garlic Kiev, British Roast Chicken Drumstick and British Sliced Chicken Breast, have now all been rebranded under the retailer’s Space to Thrive range, which sees chicken reared under welfare conditions that exceed…

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Charity Regulator refreshes guidance as it reveals 600 cases related to fraud in the last year

Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Commission has unveiled a refreshed suite of guidance to help trustees protect their charities from fraud and cyber crime. This comes as the regulator reveals it opened 603 cases relating to fraud and a further 99 cases relating to cyber crime issues in the last year.   Launching in Charity Fraud Awareness Week, the charity regulator has published bespoke guidance on how trustees can protect their charity from cyber crime and a separate shorter guide on fraud. These guides, which replace the regulator’s previous guidance, are more concise…

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New partnership to investigate alternative raw materials in cleansing products

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever and Nufarm, a global agriculture innovator, have announced a strategic partnership which enables the technical development and future commercialisation of a ‘crop of the future’. The project aims to cultivate crops with significant biomass to produce sustainable oils. The oil will be a source of fatty acids – a core base ingredient for Unilever’s laundry detergents and beauty and personal care products. Typically, plant oils like sunflower and canola oil are produced in the seeds and fruits; the breakthrough of this technology is that the ‘biomass oil’ (an oil…

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