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Fairtrade welcomes the launch of its first coffee from Java, exclusively in Waitrose & Partners

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time UK coffee drinkers will be able to enjoy Fairtrade coffee from the Indonesian island of Java, an origin that is ubiquitous with quality, as it launches exclusively in Waitrose & Partners from October 10th. The launch comes following an exciting sustainability project to establish a Fairtrade coffee co-operative in Java, thanks to a partnership with Waitrose & Partners, the Fairtrade Foundation and the Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (NAPP). Over the past three years the organisations have supported a community in the Kayumas to produce high…

Empowering women teachers in Africa Code Week 2019

Stuart Mitchell

“If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”  This famous African proverb indicates the necessity of educating women to empower society in a whole. Highlighting the essential role that women teachers play in education, Africa Code Week 2019 was officially launched on 4 October 2019 in Rabat, Morocco, following a workshop for the empowerment of women ICT teachers. Twenty-eight female ICT teachers from fifteen African countries attended the workshop addressing the importance of women’s role in shaping the digital…

Sainsbury’s and Argos announce national rollout of hidden disability sunflower lanyard scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s and Argos have today announced the nationwide rollout of sunflower lanyards in all stores, to help enhance the shopping experience for customers with hidden disabilities. Following a successful trial earlier this year, the initiative offers shoppers the option to pick up a sunflower lanyard in store, which has been purposely designed to act as a discreet sign for store colleagues that they may need to provide a customer with additional support. As the first retailer to trial the lanyards last year, Sainsbury’s and Argos hope to build on the…

Two Weeks Until Creative Shootout Closes For Entries

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s most creative one day creative award is back, for its fifth year, with just two weeks until entries close. The Creative Shootout is calling on agencies from any marketing discipline to show off their creative clout for a cause that needs bold solutions – homelessness. The Creative Shootout has chosen Crisis as its Charity Of The Year.  Since 1967 Crisis has worked tirelessly to end homelessness in England, Scotland and Wales and has recently published an ambitious plan to end homelessness, to mark their 50th anniversary. Agencies have…

Compassion Pushes for Fish Welfare Improvement

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is expanding its work with the food industry to improve the welfare of farmed fish during rearing and slaughter.  At a time when the world is facing a crisis of overfishing and with the consumption of fish on the rise, an expansion of fish farming has taken place, which is both unsustainable and, in many areas, inhumane in the way fish are treated. Compassion is focussing its fish work on improving the welfare of five of the most popular farmed species, including Atlantic Salmon, European Sea…