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BanglaShield Wins the 2025 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing and Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University today announced that the BanglaShield team was named the winner of the 15th annual Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge. The global competition inspires graduate students to address critical social and environmental issues through innovative financial vehicles. The winning team was one of 12 finalists selected from a competitive field, which included 158 teams comprised of 545 students from 65 countries. The graduate students from Oxford University were awarded the top prize of $10,000 for their…

Birds, beetles and butterflies: conservationists reveal wildlife affected by UK fires

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has laid bare some of the varied species of wildlife that have been affected by April’s spate of wildfires. After the driest March in decades, and warmer than average temperatures in April, the UK has had one of the worst fire seasons on record. Fires in recent weeks have included one spanning 1,600 hectares – roughly 400 times the size of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium – at the National Trust’s Abergwesyn Common in Powys, Mid Wales. The blaze damaged vast areas of prime habitat for small mammals and…

The Sheba Hope Grows™ program gives an inside look at coral restoration efforts with new “Reef Builders” documentary

Stuart Mitchell

The Sheba Hope Grows™ program gives an inside look at coral restoration efforts with new “Reef Builders” documentary, Mars have posted on their website here about this new documentary and the future for this project, the post is featured below: At Mars, the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today – and we’re seeing that happen through our purposeful impact in coral restoration, brought to life in a new documentary called “Reef Builders,” presented by the SHEBA® brand. The brand believes in the power of storytelling…

As 2025 Industry Deadlines Hit, Subway, Wendy’s, And Crumbl Face Scrutiny Over Cage-Free Egg Failures Amid Escalating Bird Flu Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

With 2025 marking the self-imposed deadline for hundreds of food companies to transition to 100% cage-free eggs, a new report from The Humane League, a global nonprofit working to end the abuse of animals raised for food, reveals the state of the U.S. restaurant industry on its shift to cage-free eggs. With a concerning 74% of bird flu cases coming from caged birds this year, which companies have kept their word—and which are lacking transparency and hiding the truth from consumers? The 2025 Eggsposé evaluates major restaurant brands and convenience…

What does sustainable work really mean? New perspectives from the International Labour Review

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Review’s Special Issue on sustainable work marks a significant moment in the ongoing effort to redefine what it means for work to be truly sustainable. This collection of cutting-edge research goes beyond conventional discussions of employment protections and decent work, offering a bold, interdisciplinary vision that integrates economic, social, and ecological dimensions. At a time when labour markets are being reshaped by technological change, climate crises, and shifting worker expectations, the insights presented here are more urgent than ever. For decades, employment protection legislation has been weakened in…