Month: September 2025

UK Launches consultation on Transition Finance Guidelines

Stuart Mitchell

The Transition Finance Council, co-founded by the City of London Corporation and the UK Government, has unveiled draft transition finance Guidelines to unlock capital for high-emitting businesses.  Vanessa Havard-Williams OBE, senior leader at the Transition Finance Council, has stressed the need for a clear, credible playbook to support companies, investors and financial institutions (public and private) in funding the transition of high emitting sectors – a cornerstone of the UK’s ambition to be a global hub for transition finance.  Transition and green finance is playing an increasingly central role in…

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Ingka Group makes first circular investment in China with stake in plastic recycler Re-mall

Stuart Mitchell

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, today announces a growth capital injection in Re-mall (Shanghai Re-mall Environmental Protection New Material Co., Ltd.), the China-based recycler of post-consumer packaging waste, which uses a proprietary technique and process to produce transparent recycled polypropylene (“rPP”) for use in new products. The plastic recycling industry faces numerous challenges, which Re-mall is working to overcome. These include contamination from food residues and labels, quality degradation of the material across recycling cycles, high processing costs, and volatile market demand for…

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Saatchi & Saatchi and StreetDoctors expose the deadly myth of ‘safe’ stabbings in new campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Saatchi & Saatchi has partnered with StreetDoctors to launch The Fatal Question, a powerful new campaign which spotlights a chilling misconception that is putting young lives at risk. While knife crime has received widespread attention for many years, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed in 2025 that police-recorded offences involving knives or sharp objectives have increased by 81% over the past 10 years.  The campaign for StreetDoctors, a charity tackling knife crime by empowering and educating young people to make different choices, investigates the dangerous misconception among this demographic…

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UK teachers tell of significant absenteeism due to poverty-related hygiene issues

Stuart Mitchell

Stark new research has laid bare how a lack of access to hygiene products due to poverty is forcing children out of the classroom, with UK teachers reporting that it’s causing pupils to miss an average of 6.5 school days per year. The result? Children missing out on vital learning, and struggling with mental health and socialising As the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce prepares to publish its strategy, new research from laundry brand smol, with support from national charity, The Hygiene Bank, reveals a 68% year-on-year surge in state school…

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Embedding Purpose into Practice: OC&C and NSPCC Join Forces in BBC StoryWorks Series

Stuart Mitchell

OC&C Strategy Consultants unveils its featured film in the global Common Good series, presented by B Lab Global and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, showcasing how pro bono work can deliver meaningful social change while sharpening business resilience. The film spotlights OC&C’s long-running pro bono partnership with UK children’s charity NSPCC, offering an inside look at how professional consulting can be used to amplify social impact. Deidre Sorensen, Partner and Global Leader, ESG says, “We chose to feature our work with NSPCC because it demonstrates how we can use…

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