Tag: Marks & Spencer

M&S Partners With Yeyasso Cooperative And Fairtrade To Support Cocoa Farmers In Cote D’lvoire

Stuart Mitchell

M&S is partnering with Yeyasso cooperative through a long-term initiative which will support fairer incomes for cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire, one of its main cocoa sourcing regions in West Africa. The initiative has been developed in partnership with Fairtrade, building on M&S’s commitment to ethically sourced cocoa.   M&S Choc Marks bars are already made with Faitrade cocoa, but this new commitment will go further by providing long-term ‘Fairtrade Premium’ support for Yeyasso. The Fairtrade Premium is an additional payment that goes direct to farmers, who direct the funding…

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M&S And Pilio Launch ACE Cotton Programme To Reduce Carbon And Improve Biodiversity In Cotton Farming

Stuart Mitchell

M&S has announced a new partnership with Pilio, a sustainability innovator and solutions provider, to launch the Affordable Clean Environment (ACE) cotton programme – an initiative designed to accelerate access to clean energy and strengthen biodiverse farming practices across cotton growing communities in India.   Cotton is central to M&S’s products, making up the largest share of its material portfolio and accounting for more than half of the total fibre mix. The ACE Cotton programme is an important part of Plan A – M&S’ sustainability strategy – to protect and…

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M&S To Raise Further £1.5m For YoungMinds Mental Health Services

Stuart Mitchell

This Children’s Mental Health Week, M&S and YoungMinds announce a major milestone in their partnership to support young people’s mental health. Having originally pledged to raise £5 million over three years, the partners have surpassed expectations – raising an incredible £5.5 million in just two years, a full year ahead of schedule. Building on this momentum and the incredible support of M&S customers and colleagues, the partnership is now setting a new ambition: to raise a further £1.5 million over the next year.   This could fund YoungMinds’ services and…

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M&S launches new report to Bridge the Fibre Gap as 96% of UK consumers are not eating enough fibre

Stuart Mitchell

According to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, 96% of Britons are not eating enough fibre***. We all need 30g per day to support immune function and prevent chronic health conditions such as heart disease, type II diabetes and bowel cancer. Grace Ricotti, Head of Nutrition shares five top tips to get enough fibre into your diet: “Make sure you’re getting enough wholegrains – brown and wholegrain varieties of rice, pasta, bread and other grains are richer sources of fibre than white varieties because they retain the entire grain, including…

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Supermarkets playing with fire on future of food, says WWF

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s broken food system is causing environmental collapse and creating volatility in supply and price, according to a report by WWF released recently.     Drawing on data from 10 retailers (Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl GB, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose), 2025’s What’s in Store for the Planet report assesses the progress on environmental action of 90% of the UK grocery market and concludes that action on reducing environmental risks is stagnating.   It warns that without decisive action environmental impacts will escalate, threatening food security and…

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