Month: July 2026

EcoVadis and World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Responsible Procurement in Global Hospitality

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) today announced a strategic partnership designed to accelerate and streamline sustainability practices across the hospitality sector. This collaboration combines the Alliance’s extensive network – representing 66,000 hotels and 8 million rooms – with EcoVadis’s rigorous sustainability assessment expertise. By naming EcoVadis as its preferred sustainable procurement partner, the Alliance aims to provide its members with a vetted, scalable pathway to enhance supply chain transparency and drive decarbonization efforts. Key strategic pillars of the…

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Fairtrade welcomes the new Prime Minister and calls for Burnham to clean up the UK’s supply chains

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation welcomes Andy Burnham as the new Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, and urges his government in their first 100 days to ensure UK businesses behave responsibly by setting out a clear path to a mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) law. Marie Rumsby, Advocacy Director at the Fairtrade Foundation, said: “The people working hard every day to grow our food deserve fair pay, safe working conditions and protection from the growing risks in global supply chains. “The Prime Minister has previously voiced…

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Ørsted sets course for ‘next zero’ – targeting emissions across the entire value chain

Stuart Mitchell

Ørsted is moving beyond its green transformation to focus on reducing emissions from how offshore wind farms are designed, built, and operated, with the ambition to reach net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2040. Reducing emissions in the value chain is both a climate imperative and a business necessity. It reduces exposure to fossil fuel price volatility, strengthens strategic supplier partnerships and enhances market competitiveness as evolving regulations drive higher carbon costs. In a new paper launched at London Climate Action Week, The Next Zero, Ørsted sets out…

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New report exposes critical gaps in data about dementia

Stuart Mitchell

A new King’s Fund report, funded by Alzheimer’s Society, has said that addressing the ‘dementia data gap’ is key to delivering on the future recommendations of the Casey Commission and Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia. Lacking the basic data on dementia The report, titled ‘Delivering care for people with dementia – why data matters’, examines the available data on dementia care and finds that there were significant gaps leading to ‘a patchwork of incomplete insights, rather than a meaningful picture of care’. This causes significant issues for policymakers…

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More than half of European workers would switch jobs for a pet-friendly workplace

Stuart Mitchell

As companies across the globe celebrate Bring Your Dog to Work Day, Mars, Incorporated, global leader in pet care products and services and maker of beloved brands including PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®, reveals that pet-friendly workplaces are no longer a “nice-to-have” for Europeans, but an expectation, with more than half (55%) considering switching jobs if it meant they could bring their pets to work.  The Pet-Friendly Advantage (PFA) 2026 Workplace Report surveyed more than 16,000 employees across 16 European countries, revealing pet-friendly policies as a powerful tool for boosting workplace well-being,…

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