Tag: Climate Change

Six in Ten Consumers Think UK Businesses Need to Act Now on Climate Change

Stuart Mitchell

More than 60 per cent of the UK want business to take immediate action to tackle climate change – and do more to help their customers ‘go green’. A new national survey commissioned by sustainability charity WRAP shows that a majority of consumers believe companies across industry need to do more when it comes to tackling emissions to help the UK meet tough, binding environmental targets for 2050. Whether it’s about plastic, food waste and water stewardship or greenhouse gas emissions, public perception is that there is a gap between…

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Businesses urged to stop making customers shoulder responsibility for tackling climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Always Be Content, a leading firm of creative strategy consultants, is calling on UK businesses to view sustainability as an opportunity rather than a cost for their organisations – and to stop pushing the responsibility for tackling climate change onto their customers. Always Be Content (ABC), which last week won at the Marketing Masters Awards in London, is the creator of the sell-out book ‘Dare to Care’. The guide aims to show businesses how doing good helps them to do better, and urges them to be open and honest when…

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New Ceres report explores physical risks of climate change within the banking sector

Stuart Mitchell

A new report reveals the potential exposure from physical climate change impacts to just the syndicated loan portfolios of 28 of the largest U.S. banks could approach 10 percent annually. Financing a Net Zero Economy: The Consequences of Physical Climate Risk for Banks provides valuable insights to help the sector realize the systemic implications of physical risk and sets out a practical roadmap to help banks conduct risk assessments and incorporate climate risks into their day-to-day decision-making. Its recommendations were developed out of an illustrative analysis conducted by the sustainability…

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Combat Climate Change and “Step It Up” this Recycle Week

Stuart Mitchell

This year Recycle Now welcomes a celebrity ambassador to front Recycle Week and is delighted to be working with TV Presenter and Invictus Games Medallist JJ Chalmers for the national campaign. JJ is a keen environmentalist and is partnering with Recycle Now to inspire the nation to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change. JJ Chalmers said, “I’m thrilled to be part of this year’s campaign. I’m passionate about the environment and how we can battle climate change. I am delighted to be working with the Recycle Now…

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Tesco dairy farmers and WWF team up to tackle climate change and improve herd health

Stuart Mitchell

An innovative trial to offer UK dairy farmers attractive subsidies that support growing feed more sustainably for their livestock, has been launched by Tesco and WWF.  Through the scheme, created to help reduce the environmental impact of the average shopping basket, 15 farmers in Tesco’s Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) have been given an 80 per cent seed subsidy to plant herbal leys – a soil enriching grass mix of plants, legumes and herbs which is used as feed for dairy cows. The seed mix has a number of benefits over…

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