2.5 million under 25s struggling to afford food – Co-op and Barnardo’s call for action

One in five young people – an estimated 2.5 million – have had trouble affording food in the last six months, according to new research from Co-op and Barnardo’s.* Almost a quarter (23%) said they were unable access healthy food in their own communities.** In response, Co-op and Barnardo’s are calling for action to set up a food partnership in every community by 2030.  According to Sustainable Food Places, a food partnership is “a local alliance of organisations and individuals working together to improve their food system.” Most consist of…

Clear Channel Outdoor Powers Summer Campaigns with No Kid Hungry, National Summer Learning Association to Combat Child Hunger and Learning Loss

As millions of children across America begin their summer break, Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) is continuing its partnership with two leading national organizations, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign and the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), to help ensure kids stay nourished, safe and engaged during the months when schools are not in session. Through its nationwide digital billboard network, CCO is bringing greater visibility to each organization’s summer initiative by reaching families with critical information about local summer resources for their kids. To address the summer hunger gap, No…

IPA publishes compendium exploring the evolution of UK marketing investment

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the IPA Bellwether Report, the IPA has today released a special edition compendium, launched at the IPA Business Growth Conference. The publication provides an in-depth exploration of how the IPA Bellwether Report has captured the evolution of UK marketing investment over the past two-and-a-half decades, featuring expert insights, category-specific analyses and economic overviews. Highlights from the Bellwether at 25 compendium: 25 years of marketing evolution The Bellwether Report has become a valuable economic compass since its inception. Within the compendium IPA Director General…

Wesco Publishes 2025 Sustainability Report

Wesco International, a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, issued its annual sustainability report recently. The report outlines Wesco’s key initiatives for advancing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals set in the 2021 report that include reducing scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, reducing landfill waste intensity by 15%, achieving a 15% reduction in total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and providing 425,000 hours of safety training and development to employees – all by 2030.  “Sustainability is a journey. This year…

EcoVadis wins FrenchTech Next40 Class of 2025 recognition for the third consecutive year

EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, has once again confirmed its position among the leading tech companies in France by joining the sixth 2025 class of the French Tech Next40 program for the third consecutive year. Launched in 2019 by Mission French Tech, the French Tech Next40/120 is a government-led program designed to support the 120 most promising French scale-ups with the potential to become global technology leaders. Each year, companies are selected according to transparent, objective criteria — half based on revenue performance and half on…