Category: News

Sonoco Releases 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report

Stuart Mitchell

Sonoco Products Company, a global leader in value-added sustainable packaging, today released its 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report, marking its transformation into a more sustainable packaging company following the acquisition of Eviosys, Europe’s leading metal packaging manufacturer. The union significantly enhances Sonoco’s sustainability footprint, global reach and circular packaging portfolio with an additional 6,300 new employees and 45 facilities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Company is now a global leader in metal and fiber packaging, serving some of the best-known consumer and industrial brands, yielding measurable results toward…

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China’s energy market ‘open for business’ after support from RE100 on certificates

Stuart Mitchell

China’s renewable electricity market has taken a critical step forward on credible corporate renewables claims, meaning that companies can now confidently use China’s Green Electricity Certificates (GEC) system, knowing the renewables they buy are having a verifiable, real-world impact.   This is after successful consultation between RE100 and the China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) and based on the mutual consensus on the improvements to China’s GEC system led by China’s National Energy Administration (NEA).  The changes also make proving renewables use in the country easier, making China an attractive international…

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CIPR launches updated Internship and Work Placement Toolkit 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched its updated Internship and Work Placement Toolkit, providing comprehensive guidance to help PR practitioners and organisations create meaningful, fair, and inclusive work placement experiences that benefit both employers and those entering the profession. The toolkit offers practical advice on the entire internship lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to supervision and career development. It emphasises the importance of fair payment, advocating that all interns should be paid at least the living wage. It also provides detailed guidance on recruiting for and promoting…

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Introducing the UK Textiles Pact from WRAP

Stuart Mitchell

Textiles 2030 is evolving into the UK Textiles Pact, a move which will bring the agreement in line with WRAP’s other flagship voluntary agreements, the UK Food & Drink Pact and the UK Plastics Pact. Launched in April 2021, Textiles 2030 builds on the success of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) which came before it.  Its transformation into the UK Textiles Pact comes just nine months after WRAP’s fresh rebrand put the climate action NGO on its newly focused global mission to drive forward Circular Living in…

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Last Call for Amnesty Media Awards: Public vote for new ‘People’s Choice Award’ launches today

Stuart Mitchell

New category celebrates an individual journalist’s contribution to human rights reporting over the past year  Finalists, including Lyse Doucet, Owen Jones and Nesrine Malek, were nominated by Amnesty UK supporters   Vote now goes to public who can submit their choice here  Amnesty International UK has launched the public vote for a new category in the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards.  As the awards enter their 33rd year, the ‘People’s Choice Award’ has been established to give the public the opportunity to vote for the UK journalist they believe has made an…

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