Month: July 2025

Gender pay gap narrows to 6.3% at large charities, research finds

Stuart Mitchell

The brilliant Civil Society has created a report which explores the Gender Pay Gap in charitable organisations – I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at their site for some of the best reporting on third sector organisations – the following article is here. . The average gender pay gap at a sample of almost 100 of the largest UK charities has continued to narrow, according to Civil Society’s analysis of recently published data. In April 2024, the average median gender pay gap…

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Green power producer Distgen completes new crowdfunding campaign with Triodos Bank UK

Stuart Mitchell

Distgen, an independent wind energy power producer, has successfully filled a new £550,000 bond offer on the Triodos Bank UK crowdfunding platform in just 21 hours. Bondholders are supporting the green energy transition and investing in wind energy in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Distgen (the trading name for the group parented by Participa Ltd) operates a fleet of refurbished community-scale Vestas wind turbines across the UK, positively contributing to the move from centralised fossil fuel generation to distributed renewable generation. The bond offer by Distgen Westray LGC Ltd, a…

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ASA – The Depiction of Older People in Advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: The Depiction of Older People in Advertising. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Our new research has revealed that too many advertisers are behind the times when it comes to ageing. The study, which involved focus groups and a survey of over 4,000 UK adults, found that many older people feel invisible in mainstream advertising, reduced…

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Fashion waste from top UK brands found polluting endangered turtles’ habitat in Ghana

Stuart Mitchell

Clothes discarded by UK consumers and exported to Ghana have been found in a huge new dumpsite growing inside internationally protected wetlands, an Unearthed and Greenpeace Africa investigation reveals.  Unearthed reporters have found garments from UK high-street brands Next, George at Asda, and Marks & Spencer inside the protected nature site home to rare birds and three species of turtles. The clothes were located at or close to two open-air waste dumps that have recently appeared inside the wetlands. Clothing items from M&S, Zara, H&M, and Primark were also found at a…

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Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls for urgent action to tackle deforestation

Stuart Mitchell

As deforestation rises rapidly up the global agenda, the USD 9.5 trillion Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) releases Guidelines and Recommendations for Halting Deforestation. Highlighting the necessity for action and collaboration between investors, policymakers, companies, and data providers to tackle this issue effectively, the paper provides specific recommendations for each group. Investors are encouraged to evaluate their portfolio exposure to deforestation and linked human rights abuses, phase out deforestation and forest conversion risks by 2030, actively engage with companies, asset managers, and policymakers, and disclose their actions, risks, and progress…

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