Day: 15 December 2025

Levi Strauss & Co. Unveils Ambitious 2030 Water Strategy to Build Supply Chain and Community Resilience

Stuart Mitchell

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) have released its 2030 Water Strategy – Beyond the Blue, a new roadmap to reduce water use, improve water quality, and help suppliers and communities become more resilient to climate change. The strategy builds on LS&Co.’s legacy of water leadership and is an element of its Climate Transition Plan. “We know climate change is the existential challenge of our time—and water is where many of its impacts are felt most acutely,” said Michelle Gass, President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. “Our 2030 Water…

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Nearly Three Quarters of UK Businesses Have Passed on Increased Costs to Customers

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, has found that 71% of UK businesses say they have passed increased costs onto customers. Ahead of next week’s budget, there are concerns that tax rises will result in increased costs for UK PLC, which again will be passed onto households. Amidst this budget uncertainty, UK businesses have been scrambling to drive down prices, with 73% saying lowering costs has become more of a priority in the last 12 months. Yet 68% believe this blinkered focus on cost reduction…

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Tate & Lyle extends its regenerative agriculture programme into Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Tate & Lyle PLC, a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, has established a new regenerative agriculture programme to support corn suppliers in France to farm more sustainably. Developed with farming cooperatives and representative groups, and Regrow Ag, the agriculture resilience platform provider enabling companies to measure, model, and accelerate regenerative outcomes across global supply chains, the programme will enable participating farmers to understand the impact of adopting regenerative agronomic practices. In turn, Tate & Lyle will monitor the environmental improvements it is supporting on thousands…

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Current Corporate Communications Around Just Transition Risk Muddying the Conversation

Stuart Mitchell

Initial findings from new InfluenceMap research indicate that corporate communications around the term “just transition” are generally misaligned with international framework definitions from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and International Labour Organization (ILO). This suggests that influential companies and industry groups may be risking both the energy transition1 and its just implementation. Looking at climate-related communications by entities within the LobbyMap database from 2022 through 2024, InfluenceMap finds that the majority of engagement with the term is either vague or counter to the energy transition, such that:…

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BSM partners with Seven Clean Seas to remove 25,000 kg of ocean plastic each year

Stuart Mitchell

BSM and Seven Clean Seas (SCS), an organisation that builds global plastic recovery projects and scalable solutions to combat marine plastic pollution, enter a strategic partnership. Through this collaboration, and in support of global marine conservation efforts, BSM will contribute annually to the recovery of 25,000 kg of ocean plastic, community education and empowerment, and sector-wide stakeholder engagement focused on reducing marine plastic pollution and driving policy innovation. Specifically, it is planned to build a classroom in a coastal community school using recycled bricks and roof tiles made from ocean-bound plastic. Furthermore, BSM…

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