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H&M, C&A and Primark discarding clothes they promised to save -investigation

Stuart Mitchell

Three quarters of clothing donated to major fashion stores to be reused or recycled are actually destroyed, abandoned in warehouses or sent to an uncertain future in Africa, the results of the largest tracking investigation of its kind suggest. The pressure group Changing Markets Foundation used Apple AirTags to track 21 perfect condition coats, trousers, jackets and other used clothes as they passed through take-back schemes. The Dutch NGO donated the items to H&M, Zara, C&A, Primark, Nike, The North Face, Uniqlo and M&S stores in Belgium, France, Germany and…

Study shows industry is doing more about climate crisis but Climate Comms Group says it’s not enough

Stuart Mitchell

he launch of the third annual research report from the PRCA Climate Communication Group – formerly the Misinformation and the Climate Crisis Strategy Group – and research partner Opinium reveals an industry increasingly confident in its ability to guide organisations towards meaningful action on climate issues. The study of 230 PR and communications professionals explored the attitudes and perceptions of practitioners towards their role and the climate crisis. This year’s study also provided an opportunity for practitioners to show their knowledge about climate justice, where those who least contribute to…

ShareAction launches new series of guidance manuals to raise responsible investment best practice

Stuart Mitchell

ShareAction, the responsible investment charity, is today publishing the first in a series of guidance manuals that set out standards and expectations for responsible investment practices by asset managers across specific topics. This follows the launch last week of the charity’s ambitious new definition for responsible investment, which calls on institutional investors to take responsibility for the adverse real-world impacts of their investments on society and the environment. It describes four key principles for responsible investment: transparent, embedded consistently across all activities, considers negative and positive impacts on people and…

ShareAction challenges finance sector to adopt ambitious new definition of ‘responsible investment’

Stuart Mitchell

ShareAction, the charity campaigning for responsible investment, has today launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across the financial sector and help prevent greenwashing and misleading claims. This definition represents a step-change in ambition beyond ESG investing and actively calls on institutional investors – pension funds and other asset owners, asset managers, insurers and banks – to take responsibility for the real-world impacts of investments on people and planet. ShareAction has identified systemic issues holding back the investment industry’s potential to act on pressing…

Water shortages are the fastest-growing global environmental concern amongst consumers

Stuart Mitchell

Water shortages are the fastest-growing global environmental consumer concern, according to new research from Mintel’s annual Global Outlook on Sustainability*. The number of consumers globally who rank water shortages in their top three environmental concerns has risen from 31% in 2022 to 35% in 2023, representing a 13% increase and a faster rise in concern than any other environmental issue in the last year. In 2021, less than three in ten (27%) consumers globally worried about water shortages. Escalating fears have resulted in water shortages pushing plastic pollution out of…