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Co-op launches manifesto to put health and wellbeing of UK’s 7m night shift workers in the spotlight

Stuart Mitchell

Convenience retailer, Co-op, has launched a new manifesto in Parliament which calls upon retailers and policy makers to address the deteriorating physical and mental health of the nation’s growing army of night shift workers. As figures reveal that there are now seven million people working at night – 54% of whom were identified as key workers at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic – the retailer wants organisations to demonstrate a duty of care for its night shift workers who are known to be at greater risk of developing heart…

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Co-op wraps up the year with plastic and glitter free festive range

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op is removing plastic as well as glitter from its entire Christmas celebration range, cutting out 1.1 million pieces (eight tonnes) of plastic. The move applies to all of the retailer’s own-brand Christmas cards, gift wrap and bags and crackers – which launch in selected stores today, Wednesday 4 November – in a bid to reduce single-use plastics. The convenience retailer has also switched the toys in its own brand crackers to fun games and gifts made from recyclable materials such as metal and paper, removing 470,000 pieces of plastic…

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Channel 4 and Nationwide Building Society partner with Co-op and Network Rail to highlight shocking abuse suffered by UK customer facing staff

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 and Nationwide Building Society have joined forces with Co-op and Network Rail to highlight the abuse and violence carried out against customer facing staff in the UK in a primetime thought-provoking Channel 4 ad-break takeover. The impactful #TogetherAgainstHate campaign features recordings and CCTV footage of both verbal and physical abuse experienced by each companies’ employees and delivers the important message that violence and threatening behaviour is never ok. Though there is only a small minority of the public perpetuating the abuse it should not be tolerated. The ad…

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It’s a wrap for recyclers as Co-op launches film recycling scheme – ‘clean it, scrunch it, bin it’

Stuart Mitchell

Shoppers will be able to recycle ‘scrunchable’ plastic film quickly and easily thanks to a new in-store film collection scheme from the Co-op, which is set to be trialled in selected stores from 8 September. The initiative forms part of a major 50-store roll out which aims to tackle plastic pollution and establish an accessible disposal route for the material, which is not currently collected by UK councils. In-store collection points will accept all types of clean, ‘scrunchy’ plastic film – from any brand or retailer – including plastic carrier…

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Co-op joins England international star to kick off food insecurity taskforce

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has announced its support for Marcus Rashford’s new Food Insecurity Taskforce, as the convenience retailer became one of the first organisations to sign up to the campaign. The taskforce, created by the England International and Manchester United striker, aims to challenge the government to commit to significant policy changes to help tackle the alarming and growing issue of food insecurity in the UK today. Co-op and Marcus first joined forces to help tackle the issue back in June when the footballer starred in the retailer’s television advert helping to…

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