Day: 17 July 2025

A digital leap forward for sustainability reporting – New Taxonomy enables easier and more effective GRI-aligned sustainability disclosures that are machine-readable

Stuart Mitchell

GRI has launched its Sustainability Taxonomy, a machine-readable version of the GRI Standards that enables faster data collection and improved comparability of sustainability disclosures through the use of XBRL – the global language for business reporting. The new GRI Sustainability Taxonomy helps organizations share their data in a structured digital format, based on XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and will strengthen interoperability with other standards, further enabling the use of GRI as the base for sustainability reporting. Covering all GRI Standards – Universal, Sector, and Topic – it provides the…

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B&Q partners with leading UK charity Pennies

Stuart Mitchell

B&Q announced its partnership with leading UK charity Pennies, making it easier than ever for customers to donate to B&Q’s charity partners, everyday. The collaboration will give B&Q a brand-new way of fundraising, with the potential to raise over £1.7 million annually through optional donations made by customers paying digitally at in-store check-outs across the UK and Ireland. As small donations build, the partnership can help make significant improvements in the communities we live in. All proceeds will support both the B&Q Foundation and Shelter – as well as its…

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XPO Logistics and Samsung Climate Solutions bring biodiversity initiative to Leicester warehouse

Stuart Mitchell

XPO Logistics, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, is expanding its Nature Network project to its shared-user warehouse in Leicester. The site offers consolidated storage and logistics services for Samsung Climate Solutions and other customers. It has now become the latest location to benefit from XPO Logistics’ biodiversity and employee wellbeing programme. The Nature Network project, launched earlier this year at the company´s UK headquarters in Crick, Northamptonshire, is designed to improve biodiversity around XPO Logistics sites across the UK and Ireland. It aligns…

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2025 Cage-Free Egg Commitment Deadline Looms: Time for Companies to Crack On

Stuart Mitchell

With just six months remaining until the 2025 cage-free egg commitment deadline, food companies are in the final stretch to transition their remaining egg supply. The pressure is on as the industry works to meet consumer expectations and honour long-standing animal welfare pledges. As of March 2025, 82 of the UK egg industry had already shifted to cage-free production, highlighting significant progress and aligning with public expectations. Across Europe, legislative momentum has also been building. Austria has banned enriched cages since 2020, with Germany, the Czech Republic, France, and Wallonia…

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Barnardo’s Announces New Project Supporting Families Seeking Sanctuary In Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

Coinciding with Refugee Week 2025 and its theme, ‘Community as a Superpower’, children’s charity Barnardo’s proudly announces the launch of the Ubuntu project – a service to support refugee and asylum-seeking families to build vital connections and to thrive within their new communities. Barnardo’s will receive £4.5m over four years from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, for Ubuntu which embodies the spirit of shared humanity and collective resilience that Refugee Week celebrates. The funding will support local communities and develop a regional support…

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