Author: Stuart Mitchell

University of Exeter works with Ministry of Defence on circular economy report

Stuart Mitchell

How a circular economy for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) could be achieved is outlined in a new report. Compiled with assistance from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) as part of the UKRI NICER Programme’s CEctor project, the report highlights how a circular economy presents a solution to the systemic challenges faced by MOD organisations. Defence accounts for 50% of the UK central government’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the report outlines the issues facing the sector, from the escalating threat of climate change to decarbonisation targets, supply…

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Getty Images and Verizon to Award $20,000 Grant to Champion Disability Representation in the Workplace

Stuart Mitchell

Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, in collaboration with Verizon and the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA), invites photographers and videographers to reimagine how the disability community is represented in professional settings. This global creative grant offers $20,000 in funding to help talented creators rewrite the narrative, showcasing the disability community as active, thriving professionals, leaders, and innovators in the workplace. Despite growing awareness of diversity in visual media, the stories of people with disabilities in professional roles remain underrepresented. Too often, visuals portray the disability community…

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The Vegetarian Society certifies first major retailer with Plant-Based Trademark

Stuart Mitchell

The Vegetarian Society is pleased to announce Lidl has become the first major retailer to use the Plant-Based Trademark on its Vemondo Plant! range, which includes plant-based ingredients, vegetable-based options, and ready meals. The Plant-Based Trademark, offered by the Vegetarian Society, is designed to be the gold standard of plant-based accreditation and goes beyond the proposed ISO definition, in turn offering manufacturers and customers the labelling and product checking assurances they are looking for. Products using the Plant-Based Trademark must have no animal ingredients, whilst also having a key plant-based…

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‘Pesticides buzz off’: More than 1.6 million people call for a ban on bee-killing pesticides

Stuart Mitchell

A petition signed by more than 1.6 million people urging the government to enforce a total ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides has been handed in to the Department of Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) by environmental campaigners. The petition, which was coordinated by Greenpeace UK, has amassed a staggering 1,645,000 signatures from the British public and was delivered directly to Defra for the environment minister, Emma Hardy. It was delivered in the form of a bee hotel by campaigners dressed in ‘worker’ bee outfits carrying placards reading, ‘Pesticides Buzz…

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Causeway partner with Ginger Fox Studio to create UK’s first self-assessment modern slavery risk checker

Stuart Mitchell

Modern slavery charity Causeway have joined forces with Yorkshire design agency Ginger Fox Studio to launch a pioneering new self-assessment risk checker digital tool.  The ‘Exploitation Risk Checker’ allows individuals to answer a series of questions to see if they may be experiencing, or at risk of, criminal or sexual exploitation.  The risk checker has been developed in collaboration with real modern slavery survivors, and launches this month, to mark Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It is estimated that worldwide, 50 million people are currently trapped in modern slavery…

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