Sodexo supports Marine Conservation Society through volunteering and £17k donation

Sodexo has partnered with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) by donating £17k and providing volunteering initiatives to combat climate change and preserve British beaches.  In 2022, almost 70 Sodexo colleagues volunteered, delivering over 250 hours to help the MCS’s Beach Clean initiative. This utilised the organisation’s employee volunteering policy, which gives each contracted Sodexo employee three days per year to get out and volunteer their time to activities that have a significant positive social impact on the local communities Sodexo operate in. The volunteer’s efforts resulted in over 48kg of…

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Spinnaker Watches x Marine Conservation Society Launch for World Ocean Day

SPINNAKER is pleased to announce the launch of a unique collaboration timepiece in aid of, and in conjunction with, the Marine Conservation Society. The Marine Conservation Society is a UK based charity dedicated to education, advocacy and action to protect the ocean. Released on 8th June – World Ocean Day – the SPINNAKER HASS is also a tribute to the life and work of noted Austrian marine biologist, documentarian and diving pioneer, Hans Hass. The two colourways are inspired by the natural palettes across the depths of the ocean, crafted…

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Drops In The Ocean programme supports initiatives protecting the planet

Six environmental charities which are combatting climate change, deforestation and marine pollution will benefit from advertising space worth £2 million under a new scheme established by the premium digital out of home (DOOH) media operator Ocean Outdoor. The chosen beneficiaries working to protect the planet are Pipal Tree, Justdiggit, Cool Earth, Our Only World, the Blue Marine Foundation and the Marine Conservation Society. Campaigns created by each cause will appear on large format city and roadside screens across the UK over the next 12 months as part of Ocean’s Drops…

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Marine Conservation Society call to Stop Ocean Threads

Government to require microfibre filters in all washing machines, by law, by 2024 says charity. For every load of laundry washed, as many as 700,000 microfibres[1] can flow into our water systems. Across the UK, at least 9.4 trillion fibres could be released into the environment in one week alone[2], with many of them ending up in the ocean and on our beaches. The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society, is calling on Government to help stop the flow of plastic fibres entering the ocean. The charity is…

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The Great British Beach Clean is back for the 27th year of events across the UK

Like many things this year the Great British Beach Clean will be a little different. The Marine Conservation Society are calling on more people than ever before to become beach clean organisers, adopt a stretch of beach, gather a small group and clean it up. In line with Government guidance, they’re encouraging friends, family and ‘bubbles’ to come together in small, private groups to clean beaches, rather than the usual big beach clean events where hundreds of volunteers get involved. They’ve made organising your own beach clean as easy as…

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