WRAP confirms sponsors Kenwood, Lidl and Panasonic for Food Waste Action Week 2023

WRAP is pleased to announce that Kenwood, Lidl and Panasonic are confirmed sponsors for Food Waste Action Week (FWAW) 2023. Ocado Retail led the way becoming the first sponsor in August 2022. WRAP’s citizen-facing brand, Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) is running its third annual FWAW focusing on the theme of ‘Win. Don’t Bin’, encouraging citizens to make their food go further by demonstrating how using up all the food they buy saves time and money. Food Waste Action Week – the UK’s largest food waste behaviour change campaign – will run from Monday 6th…

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Panasonic Showcases the World’s First Manufacturing Facility Capable of Being Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy

Traditional power generation in industrialized countries relies on large, centralized power plants distributing electricity over long distances to remote locations. As well as being prone to power loss during transmission, this kind of infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather and natural disasters. Typhoons in Japan sometimes bring down overhead power lines, and the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake caused disruption to power supplies as far away as Tokyo, more than 500kms from the epicenter. The growing need to protect the environment and avoid climate change is an additional factor prompting…

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Panasonic and Olympian Katie Ledecky Partner to Inspire Student STEM Innovation and Unlock the Power of Technology

To inspire student innovation in science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”), Panasonic Corporation of North America (“Panasonic”) is partnering with 3-time Olympian, 15-time World Champion, 10-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer, and proud STEM advocate Katie Ledecky to launch the STEM Forward educational initiative and engaged Discovery Education to help make this educational program a reality. Announced during CES 2022, the initiative combines Katie Ledecky’s passion for STEM education and advocacy, Panasonic’s legacy of innovation, and Discovery Education’s worldwide leadership in education technology, STEM Forward connects students in grades 3-8 to the…

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