The Co-op and Steel Warriors pledge to boost community health and wellbeing with an ambitious plan to build 20 street gyms.

The Co-op has announced a multi-million-pound investment to support anti-knife crime organisation, Steel Warriors to create free community gyms in areas impacted by knife crime. The new community spaces are made using steel from knives that have been taken off the street, melted down and recycled. The Co-op aim to help Steel Warriors build 20 open air free-to-use gyms across the UK. Two new gyms will be built this year, which will also feature gym instructors, providing training sessions for different abilities, to share skills and improve physical and mental…

Knight Frank backs 100% renewable power

Knight Frank has entered into a contract with Total Gas and Power to purchase only 100% renewable power for its properties under management through until 2021. Over the term of the contract Knight Frank’s properties will use over 360,000,000 KWH (or 360 GWH) of power at a cost of over £75M.  Knight Frank’s commitment to providing 100% renewable power will lead to a reduction of over 100,000 tonnes CO2e by 2021, the equivalent to taking nearly 17,000 cars off the road over the course of the contract. David Goatman, Partner…

Northwell to sponsor WorldPride events

Northwell Health has partnered with NYC Pride to serve as a principal sponsor of events tied to WorldPride 2019 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. New York State’s largest health system will host, participate in and sponsor a number of events throughout June in honor of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, culminating in the NYC Pride March and PrideFest in Manhattan on June 30. Northwell’s platinum sponsorship with the nonprofit Heritage of Pride, Inc., the organization that produces New York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events, includes signage at all…

SMIRNOFF™ Vodka Teams Up with Laverne Cox, Alyssa Edwards and Jonathan Van Ness to Welcome the Global LGBTQIA+ Community Home to Pride NYC

Smirnoff is launching its new “Welcome Home” campaign to roll out the welcome mat for the millions of LGBTQIA+ community members and allies expected to travel to New York for Pride celebrations. Continuing its decades of support as an ally in the ongoing fight for equality, while making its Pride footprints louder and prouder than ever before, Smirnoff is teaming up with Orange Is The New Black actress and LGBTQIA+ advocate, Laverne Cox; star of Dancing Queen and RuPaul’s Drag Race, Alyssa Edwards; and Queer Eye television personality, hairdresser and web…

Corona Swaps Sales for Plastic During World Oceans Week as Part of Mission to Protect Paradise with Parley

An estimated 8 million metric tonnes of plastic pollution enter the world’s oceans each year. In light of this, Corona is accepting plastic intercepted in cities and on the coast as payment for beer during the week of World Oceans Day; giving up sales to protect paradise from marine plastic pollution. Hundreds of locations around the world are involved in the initiative, which includes recycling machines in key retailers and popular bars in Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Colombia. Corona and Parley for the Oceans, who have been working together…