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Serviceplan Innovation Launches AIZOME’s Healthy Industrial Waste As A Skincare Product — WASTECARE™

Stuart Mitchell

Japanese-German textile startup AIZOME have partnered with creative agency Serviceplan Innovation to launch of WASTECARE™, a premium skincare product made from wastewater sourced from AIZOME’s textile dyeing factory. Because AIZOME only uses plants, water, and ultrasound instead of synthetic chemicals in their dyeing process, the wastewater, like the textiles, has natural health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory, pain-relief, and skin rejuvenation. WASTECARE™ is being sent out to key opinion leaders in the fashion and textile industries to spotlight the damage caused on the environment and health, while also providing an innovative…

RNIB Scotland to host Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference at Glasgow Science Centre on June 21-22

Stuart Mitchell

RNIB Scotland are pleased to announce the upcoming conference, “Inclusive Design For Sustainability,” to be held at Glasgow Science Centre on June 21-22. This conference will bring together experts to discuss and showcase the latest advancements in accessible and sustainable design and technology, within the context of sight loss and low vision.   The two-day event will feature keynote speeches and panel discussions aimed at highlighting the importance of inclusive and accessible design and its role in creating a sustainable future for all. Executive leaders from Google, Samsung, Sony and Virgin…

UNICEF UK and the University of Cambridge to launch new resource supporting mental health in the early years

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) and University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL), have launched a new resource: Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood – a toolkit to support local action in the UK. This practical resource will support service leaders, commissioners and policy teams to develop a whole-system approach to support the mental health of babies and young children now, and to enable them to develop the capacities to be mentally healthy throughout their lives. Evidence…

Greening the grey: Mayors Khan, Plante unveil C40 ‘rewilding’ guide for cities in London

Stuart Mitchell

Transformational change in urban areas is needed to reverse biodiversity loss and tackle climate change. That is the message Mayors Sadiq Khan of London and Valérie Plante of Montréal are sending to urban leaders around the world as they unveil new research on “urban rewilding” by C40 and Arup. Mayors Khan and Plante will convene a roundtable of experts in London later today to explore opportunities to bring back nature in our cities, a priority for both mayors as well as mayors across the global network of C40 cities, and…

Oxygen Conservation and Triodos Bank UK announce landmark conservation-focused debt package

Stuart Mitchell

Oxygen Conservation has taken a significant step forward in its commitment to scaling conservation across the UK to deliver positive environmental and social impact. With the backing of a £20.55m loan facility from Triodos Bank UK, Oxygen Conservation has acquired 23,000 acres in Scotland – consisting of 11,407 acres of Langholm Moor, known as Blackburn and Hartsgarth, and an 11,626-acre estate at Invergeldie, near Comrie in Perthshire – marking what is believed to be the largest conservation-focused commercial debt package in the UK to date. Oxygen Conservation prioritises working with…