Author: Stuart Mitchell

Yorkshire Building Society’s £1 million pledge to help people into FareShare’s employability schemes and out of financial hardship

Stuart Mitchell

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has announced FareShare as its Charity Partner for the next two years, pledging £1 million to support an employability programme that will help 2,500 people enter the world of work. The aftermath of the pandemic and the ongoing cost of living crisis have exacerbated the scale of financial hardship and food insecurity in the UK. More than 14 million people across the UK are living in relative poverty.1 One in four people of working age are currently out of work and unemployment levels are expected to…

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Winning sustainability start-ups herald ground-breaking trials with Tesco suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

The five winners of WWF and Tesco’s 2022 Innovation Connections Programme recently shared their remarkable progress after being given the opportunity to work with leading Tesco suppliers, helping to accelerate research and better understand opportunities – and challenges – to scale in a commercial setting. Each innovator shared key outcomes secured through the programme, supporting their development, including being able to work with a major commercial supplier to trial their products.  Globally, agriculture and land use are responsible for almost 60% of biodiversity loss and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions…

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4creative campaign tees up climate change programming with carbon skid marks

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4’s in-house creative agency 4creative has launched a striking campaign for Channel 4’s Change Climate season featuring the business and political elite as you’ve never seen them before – in their carbon skid marked underpants. The campaign builds upon the premise that historically individuals have been at the centre of focus when it comes to making behavioural changes to reduce their carbon footprint. This bold film calls out the actions and inactions of those in positions of power such as politicians and the CEOs of big businesses, questioning the…

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Gabrielle Union Joins Clearblue® in Latest Campaign to Turn Up the Volume on Menopause

Stuart Mitchell

Clearblue®, the world’s #1 selling brand in home pregnancy and fertility tests1, has teamed up with actress Gabrielle Union, an active advocate for women’s health, to turn up the volume on the menopause conversation. On the heels of the launch of the brand’s newest innovation, the Menopause Stage Indicator. Gabrielle Union teams up with Clearblue to continue turning up the volume on menopause conversations. “I’m so proud to partner with Clearblue® and join their mission to help women feel educated and empowered as they take on perimenopause and menopause,” said…

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Lifetime cost of plastic 10 times higher for low-income countries than rich ones, revealing crippling inequities in plastics value chain

Stuart Mitchell

A WWF–commissioned report developed by Dalberg warns that the true cost of plastic on the environment, health and economies can be as much as 10 times higher for low-income countries, even though they consume almost three times less plastic per-capita, than high-income ones. The report estimates that the total lifetime costs of a kilogram (2.2.lbs) of plastic is around $150 in low- and middle-income countries, which is eight times the $19/kilogram (2.2 lbs) incurred by high-income countries. When comparing just low-income countries and their wealthier counterparts, the cost differential rises…

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