Day: 22 December 2025

Triodos Bank UK named Sustainability Champion 2025 at Commercial Lender Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has won the Sustainability Champion of the Year category at the Commercial Lender Awards 2025 for its leading role in advancing sustainability within commercial finance. The Awards are open to patrons and partners of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB), with entries shortlisted by a judging panel and winners chosen through a combination of votes by the NACFB’s broker community and the judges’ scores. This year’s winners were announced at a ceremony on 27 November 2025.  New for this year, the Sustainability Champion of the…

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Co-Op Launches First UK Convenience Store Trial For Coffee Pod Recycling With Podback

Stuart Mitchell

o-op has become the first UK convenience retailer to partner with Podback, the nationwide coffee pod recycling service, to make it easier for its customers and members to recycle used coffee pods in-store. The six-month trial will see dedicated Podback-branded recycling units installed in 30 Co-op stores across southwest England and in Co-op’s three sustainability showcase stores in Leeds, Soham, and Northampton. Participating stores can be found via Podback’s online Recycle Checker, and Podback recycling bags can be ordered from its website or through participating coffee brands. Customers simply fill…

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CAP – Calorie-controlled compliance: food supplements and weight loss

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Calorie-controlled compliance: food supplements and weight loss, 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. Faux-zempic products are products that claim or imply that they have a similar effect to Ozempic, a weight loss prescription-only medicine (POM) injection.  The ASA has considered several complaints about food supplements that have purported to provide similar results to this medicine. For context, the CAP Code expressly prohibits POMs from being…

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Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration

Stuart Mitchell

Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said:  “Britain has just made history. Closing the door to new exploration marks the beginning of the end of oil and gas in this country. By standing firm on its manifesto promise, the government has shown genuine global climate leadership, making the UK the world’s largest economy to call time on new fossil fuel exploration. This is a major…

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Eight Brands Join Initiative to Keep Deforestation Out of Fashion and Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Solutions-driven environmental non-profit Canopy announced that eight companies — Marc O’Polo, Victoria’s Secret & Co., Akyn, Mint Velvet, Spell*, OUTnABOUT, D Ô E N, and ICICLE — are working towards eliminating the use of Ancient and Endangered Forests in their paper packaging and MMCF-based textile (like rayon and viscose) supply chains. These companies have joined Canopy’s Pack4Good and CanopyStyle initiatives, which is indicative of the growing intent across the fashion sector to build greater supply chain resiliency and protect the world’s climate-critical forests and biodiversity. The forward-thinking fashion brands are…

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