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Costa Coffee signs world-leading pledge to slash food waste by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Costa Coffee has today signed up to the government’s pledge to help halve food waste by 2030. Last month Costa Coffee attended the ‘Step up to the Plate’ symposium, hosted by the government’s Food Surplus and Waste Champion, Ben Elliot. Alongside several leading High Street brands and supermarkets, Costa Coffee pledged to act and help raise public awareness in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Commenting on the pledge, Victoria Moorhouse, Head of Sustainability for Costa Coffee, said: “At Costa Coffee we are committed to playing…

CIPR Excellence Awards celebrate pioneering PR talent

Stuart Mitchell

Taylor Herring scored a hat-trick of Excellence Awards and was crowned ‘Outstanding PR Consultancy’ at the 2019 Excellence Awards ceremony in London. The Awards – hosted by BBC Presenter Jeremy Vine – celebrated the stand-out agencies, teams and individuals from the last 12 months, in front of a packed crowd of more than 600 PR professionals at The Artillery Garden at the HAC. This year’s awards featured 31 categories, including two new accolades for Best Use of Influencer Relations and Outstanding new PR consultancy. Taylor Herring was the biggest winner…

Co-op plants sustainable soy pledge

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has taken steps aimed at cutting back de-forestation and the loss of native vegetation caused by ever expanding soy cultivation with a commitment to 100% sustainable soy, it has announced this week. The retailer has funded 100% RTRS* Credits for the soy in its products, and in its supply chain. The move is designed to protect the natural environment against the impact of increasing demand for the versatile crop, and to ensure that soy becomes sustainable and deforestation free in the long term. The Co-op has funded credits for…

London City Hall and TfL announce diversity in advertising competition winner

Stuart Mitchell

London City Hall and Transport for London (TfL) have announced that Holland & Barrett’s ‘Me.No.Pause’ campaign has won an innovative competition designed to make advertising in London more representative of the capital. The campaign, which challenges perceptions around the menopause, was chosen as the winner of the ‘Women We See’ competition due to its positive presentation of women going through the menopause and commitment to reflecting the diversity of women in London. The competition was launched in July last year to encourage advertisers to create more positive and inclusive campaigns,…

Superhero ‘Cipta’ to help UNICEF end violence in schools

Stuart Mitchell

Rizka Raisa Fatimah Ramli, a 17-year-old student from Makassar, Indonesia, has won the UNICEF and Comics Uniting Nations’ worldwide comic contest with a character who helps keep children and young people safe from violence in and around schools. ‘Cipta’ – as the main character is called – is a make-believe superhero who gives children a sketchbook to draw objects that in turn come to life and stop violence and bullying.  “I created ‘Cipta’ to draw attention to the violence and bullying that children in Indonesia and around the world face…