Year: 2025

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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Republic of Korea and Bahrain join the Powering Past Coal Alliance at COP30

Stuart Mitchell

Last month at the UN Climate Summit COP30, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Bahrain joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), a global coalition of over 180 national and subnational governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy. This announcement further demonstrates momentum in discussions on how to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels at COP30. The Republic of Korea currently operates the 7th largest coal fleet in the world. The share of coal generation has decreased from 42.5%…

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Fashion for Good Unveils First-of-its-kind Blueprint For Near-net-zero Textile Manufacturing

Stuart Mitchell

Fashion for Good launches the first open-source blueprint for near-net-zero textile manufacturing, tackling one of fashion’s biggest emissions hotspots. Developed under the Future Forward Factory project, the blueprint offers Tier 2 manufacturers in India five practical, financially viable pathways to reduce carbon emissions by up to 93%. THE URGENT NEED FOR PRACTICAL DECARBONISATION STRATEGIES Textile dyeing, treatment, and finishing facilities (Tier 2 of the fashion supply chain) are a major source of pollution and emissions. These wet processes consume high amounts of water, energy, and chemicals, yet manufacturers face a…

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