Day: 28 December 2025

Sodexo’s commitment to tackling food waste recognised with two wins at 2025 ‘waste2zero’ awards

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK & Ireland has been named Best Resource Management Business of the Year and awarded the Best Food Waste Prevention Project Award at the 2025 ‘waste2zero’ awards organised by Footprint Media the leading voice on sustainability in the food service sector. Both awards were given to Sodexo for its pioneering WasteWatch food waste prevention programme and the outstanding impact it has had on reducing food waste and driving sustainability across Sodexo’s food services sites across the UK and Ireland. In the 12 months to 31 August 2025 food waste…

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UK Charities Must Close The ‘Engagement Gap’ To Survive

Stuart Mitchell

UK charities are facing an existential threat due to a critical supporter engagement gap, resulting in nearly half of all first-time donors failing to make a second donation, and accelerating a decline in giving that has seen four million fewer UK adults donate since 2019. The findings come from a new report, Mind The Engagement Gap: How to Deliver Experiences that Deepen the Charity-Supporter Relationship, from digital experience agency, manifesto. The report includes research with 2,000 supporters and 300 charity professionals to uncover the drivers of this decline, and identifies…

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Eurobest reveals 2025 Shortlists

Stuart Mitchell

The Eurobest Awards, celebrating Europe’s most groundbreaking creativity, has today revealed the 2025 shortlisted work. Last month, Juries convened in London to review and benchmark the very best in European creativity and effectiveness. This year’s Awards received entries from 37 markets across Europe, with work from 25 of those markets making the shortlists. Bosnia & Herzegovina made history at this year’s Awards, with ‘It’s Time to Stop!’ from Via Media for Bingo receiving four shortlists across the Glass: The Award for Change, Creative Strategy and PR Eurobest Awards. Independent agencies…

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Clyde & Co partners with Nature Broking with pioneering balance sheet treatment that transforms sustainability investment from cost to asset 

Stuart Mitchell

An innovative approach to sustainability accounting this week resulted in a major deal between global law firm Clyde & Co and Nature Broking. Capitalising the firm’s investment as a balance sheet asset rather than a profit-and-loss expense, Nature Broking is set to manage a strategic portfolio for a multi-year carbon removal credit procurement programme. It has secured supply to be delivered in 2038 for residual emissions.  The five-year partnership addresses 10,000 tonnes per year of projected residual emissions from 2038. Positioning Clyde & Co ahead of emerging regulatory requirements, the deal anticipates the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) recently updated…

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Regional UK & Ireland winner of global Cook for Change! sustainability chef challenge announced

Stuart Mitchell

Gordon Carberry, a craft development chef with Sodexo Ireland has won the UK and Ireland regional final of the Sodexo global Cook for Change! sustainability chef challenge 2026 and will go on to compete against eight other Sodexo chefs from across the globe in the grand final which is being held in London in March 2026. The global challenge, now in its third year, showcases the most talented chefs from within the Sodexo culinary community to unleash their creativity, showcase their love for food, and champion sustainability in the kitchen.…

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