Tag: coronavirus

Bacardi Helps Produce Hand Sanitizers With Change in Production

Stuart Mitchell

A shift in production by Bacardi at the world’s largest premium rum distillery is helping supply ethanol required to produce the much needed hand sanitizers that are in high demand as a result of COVID-19. The Bacardi Corporation distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico, where more than 80% of the company’s rums are produced, has partnered with Puerto Rico based manufacturer Olein Refinery to provide raw materials that will enable the production of more than 1.7M units of 10-ounce hand sanitizer. At 70% alcohol, these products are in line with the…

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Co-op to donate food worth £1.5 million to FareShare to feed those at risk of hunger during Coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Convenience retailer Co-op has announced that from next week, it will be donating £1.5 million worth of food to FareShare, in a show of co-operation to help boost stocks, support local communities and those citizens who are struggling amid the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. FareShare – the UK’s largest hunger fighting charity – supports 11,000 charities and community groups, including food banks, and Co-op has pledged £1.5 million of essential food products which will be split amongst FareShare’s 25 warehouses, and then supplied to a network of local community groups across…

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Netflix pledges Emergency Support for Workers in the Creative Community

Stuart Mitchell

Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix have posted a statement on their website as the company pledge a $100m fund to support the creative industry: The Covid-19 crisis is devastating for many industries, including the creative community. Almost all television and film production has now ceased globally – leaving hundreds of thousands of crew and cast without jobs. These include electricians, carpenters, drivers, hair and makeup artists and more, many of whom are paid hourly wages and work on a project-to-project basis.  This community has supported Netflix through the…

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Charity Launches Urgent Appeal For Donations In Face Of Unprecedented Demand For Emergency Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Scotland’s largest children’s charity, Aberlour Child Care Trust, is appealing on the nation to come together to help the thousands of children and their families who it expects will experience significant levels of poverty as a result of the Coronavirus. Whilst the full-scale impact of Covid-19 is yet to be fully quantified, Aberlour Child Care Trust warns many families are already at breaking point and as the situation unfolds, will struggle to put food on their tables, heat and light their homes, or even meet basic and essential needs. Aberlour…

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Clorox Foundation to Donate $5 Million to Coronavirus Caregivers in Partnership With Leading Public Health Organizations

Stuart Mitchell

 The Clorox Company Foundation announced today a wide-ranging series of grants to three organizations on the front lines of fighting coronavirus: Direct Relief, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund and the American Red Cross. The donations, totaling $5 million, will directly go toward “care for the caregivers” — people who are working with these public health organizations on the front lines to support public health. “We are humbled by the work being done by these organizations in the fight against the coronavirus and want to join…

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