Sodexo achieves prestigious recognition for commitment to social impact

Sodexo UK & Ireland has been awarded the Ambassador Charter Mark Award by the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, becoming the first organisation to achieve this highest level of recognition. This milestone reflects Sodexo’s long-standing commitment to creating social impact in the communities it serves and operates in, with each of its 30,000 colleagues supporting the delivery of its varied services and taking collective responsibility for driving positive change every day. The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group was founded in 2022 by PeoplePlus, a leading organisation in social value creation, and is…

Apple named Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year. Given annually since 1992, the prestigious accolade is presented to a marketer that has amassed a body of iconic, Lion-winning work over a sustained period of time. This is the second time Apple has been honored with the prestigious honorary Award. Demonstrating an unwavering commitment to creativity that is rooted throughout the business, last year Apple took home Lions for a range of brands, products and services in the B2B and B2C…

Aldi Becomes First UK Supermarket To Offer Free Period Products In Customer And Colleague Toilets

Aldi will be providing pads and tampons in its in-store toilets from today, with customers able to simply take what they need. The supermarket has also partnered with leading menstrual equity charity, Bloody Good Period, to donate over 1 million period products to support the charity’s fight against period poverty. The campaign is further backed by Clara Amfo, broadcaster and Bloody Good Period ambassador. New research** released today from the supermarket reveals the extent of the period poverty crisis across Britain, with over 1 in 3 of those who menstruate…

Atos successfully sides with Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, the world’s largest humanitarian sporting event of the year

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation and the key Technology Partner of Special Olympics International for the World Winter Games Turin 2025, today announces it has delivered the critical IT services that helped make the games a success. This event, which took place from March 8 to 16, 2025, brought together up to 1,500 athletes and Unified partners (teammates without intellectual disabilities) from 100 nations, 2,000 volunteers, over 1,000 coaches and delegation officials, 2,000 family members, 1,300 guests and over 500 media representatives. Atos provided a range of essential…

Glaciers and mountains: melting water towers will aggravate global crises (report)

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2025, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, reveals the extent to which climate disruption, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable activities are transforming mountain environments at an unprecedented rate, threatening the water resources upon which billions of people and countless ecosystems depend. There is now an urgent need for international cooperation and adaptation strategies and actions to face the unfolding crisis in our mountains and glaciers.   Click here to view the full report. Regardless of where we live, we all depend in some…