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Simplyhealth launches Women’s Healthcare Charity Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

Leading health plan provider, Simplyhealth, has announced the launch of its Women’s Healthcare Charity Alliance, bringing together four charities; Bloody Good Period, Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services (DAVSS), Miscarriage Association, and Ovarian Cancer Action, to challenge taboos associated with women’s health conditions and drive meaningful change in the workplace by supporting employers. According to a recent survey from Simplyhealth, women reported a lack of support for health issues in the workplace. Only a third (35%) of women would feel comfortable discussing menstrual health with their line managers and almost a…

Vattenfall receives top marks for its climate work

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall has received highest rating in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) environmental disclosure ranking for 2023. Together with just under 400 companies all over the world, Vattenfall is placed on CDP’s ‘A-list’ of companies who are recognized as ‘global leaders in environmental transparency’. CDP, a non-profit global organization, annually scrutinizes companies all over the world on their work on climate change, deforestation or water security, based on a large number of information criterias. For 2023, over 21000 companies were scrutinized and given a rating from A to D. Only 2…

Sodexo Live! Champions Sustainability with Plant-Forward Burgers During Green Football Weekend

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo Live! has partnered with The Devil’s Kitchen to introduce a tasty, low-carbon, plant-forward burger at four of its football club clients – Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton FC and Preston North End – as part of Green Football Weekend (3-5 February). Green Football Weekend brings together more than 90 top football clubs across the UK, sports broadcasters, leagues, brands, communities and millions of fans to unite for the planet and is a testament to how the power of sport can bring positive environmental change. The Shiitake Mushroom…

ICO warns organisations to proactively make advertising cookies compliant after positive response to November call to action

Stuart Mitchell

Stephen Almond, Executive Director, Regulatory Risk, leads the ICO’s team responsible for anticipating, understanding and shaping the impacts of emerging technology and innovation on people and society: Last November we wrote to 53 of the UK’s top 100 websites, warning that they faced enforcement action if they did not make changes to advertising cookies to comply with data protection law. We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response to our call to action. Of the 53 organisations we contacted, 38 organisations have changed their cookies banners to be compliant and four have…

Human Rights Campaign Foundation Announces 2023/2024 Global Small Grants Recipients

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, announced the 25 organizations awarded with Global Innovation Small Grants as an initiative of HRCF’s Global Partnerships Program. This year’s small grants program is once again made possible through the generous support of ADM. The grant recipients, from 24 different countries, will receive grants up to $5,000, and all share one common goal: to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people in their communities. Grants were awarded to…