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Major food businesses are driving change for a cage-free Europe but need legislators to support transition

Stuart Mitchell

Brexit presented the UK with a unique opportunity to lead the way in farm animal welfare, yet despite the previous UK Government promising consultations on caged farming, it failed to deliver on these.  With a new Secretary of State for Defra now in place, Compassion in World Farming is calling on the UK Government to publish its long overdue consultation on the use of cages for laying hens and take decisive action to ban all caged systems in animal farming. Compassion in World Farming launched its report ‘Food Businesses paving…

New tool helps small businesses create privacy notices

Stuart Mitchell

The ICO have launched a new, quick and easy-to-use tool to help small organisations and sole traders create a bespoke privacy notice and protect people’s information rights. Under data protection law, every organisation that holds people’s information needs to explain why it holds it and what it does with it. This is so their customers, suppliers, staff and volunteers know what will happen to their personal information. Organisations can provide this information through a privacy notice, which is displayed on its website or included in other communications, to ensure they’re…

ADM and Farmers Business Network® Launch Gradable Joint Venture to Accelerate Adoption of Regenerative and Sustainable Ag Practices

Stuart Mitchell

Farmers Business Network (FBN ® ) and ADM recently announced that they have launched a joint venture, Gradable, creating a new company to expand the Gradable technology platform and enable more farmers and buyers to confidently pursue and derive value from grain produced using sustainable and regenerative practices. First introduced in 2020, the Gradable platform tracks sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices and outcomes, making it easier for farmers to earn financial rewards. For grain buyers, Gradable provides reliable farm-level data, allowing them to easily identify and purchase grain that helps…

National Breast Cancer Foundation Named a 2024 Best Place to Work by Dallas Business Journal

Stuart Mitchell

Dallas Business Journal (DBJ) has named National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) a 2024 Best Place to Work. This honored designation recognizes 100 companies in the DFW area that have gone above and beyond to create a great culture and workplace. The rankings are based on confidential surveys of employees that measure success in team dynamics, trust in leadership, communication, and more. Only the top-scoring companies in the region earn the coveted title. The full rankings of the companies — based on scores devised from the results of the Quantum Workplace surveys,…

Major businesses urge modernised grid to deliver affordable, reliable, clean power to customers in Southeast U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

A dozen major businesses are calling for policymakers across the Southeast U.S. to take action to strengthen the electricity grid to ensure it has the capacity to reliably power the growing regional demand for electricity with affordable, home-grown clean power.  In a joint statement, businesses with major operations in the region made the case for policymakers to upgrade transmission lines, deploy clean energy resources, and improve grid efficiency. The 12 signatories — Akamai Technologies, CommonSpirit Health, DSM, EILEEN FISHER, HASI, New Belgium Brewing, Nestlé, REI Co-op, Rivian, SAS, Sierra Nevada, and Unilever…