Tag: sustainability

Whitbread announces science-based carbon target for Earth Day

Stuart Mitchell

To mark Earth Day last month, the UK’s largest hospitality company Whitbread is unveiling an industry-leading sustainability commitment which will see its carbon emissions intensity cut in half. The Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and restaurant chain owner is announcing it has set a science-based carbon target (SBT), putting it on course to reduce carbon emissions intensity by 50 per cent by 2025 and as much as 88 per cent by 2050. Whitbread becomes one of just a handful of hospitality companies worldwide to make the pledge and the move is…

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Xerox Partners with PrintReleaf to Help Customers Reach Sustainability Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Xerox managed print services (MPS) customers will have the opportunity to contribute to the reforestation of global forests through Xerox’s new partnership with PrintReleaf. Based on a theme of “you print one, we’ll plant one,” PrintReleaf leverages paper usage reporting and equates the number of trees needed to reforest that usage on an equivalent basis in geographic areas of need. Xerox customers around the world will be able to sign up for PrintReleaf as an add-on to a managed print services contract. Through an online portal, Xerox will help customers select the…

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Paul Polman Honoured with Cannes LionHeart Award

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced that Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever, will be honoured with the Cannes LionHeart Award in recognition of his commitment to building sustainability into the heart of Unilever’s operations. Polman took over as Unilever CEO in 2009, and since then has led an ambitious plan to decouple the FMCG company’s growth from overall environmental footprint and increase its positive social impact through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. Introduced in 2014, the Cannes LionHeart is an honorary award, presented to an individual who…

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P&G Announces New Environmental Sustainability Goals Focused on Enabling and Inspiring Positive Impact in the World

Stuart Mitchell

Procter & Gamble have announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans in place to meet the rest and has established new, broad-reaching goals for 2030. The new goals, titled “Ambition 2030,” aim to enable and inspire positive impact on the environment and society while creating value for the Company and consumers.     “We believe P&G can be a force for good and a force for growth, and we are taking a more deliberate approach to delighting consumers while enabling responsible consumption,” said David…

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Mediaplanet Joins Forces with Sustainability Advocates Like Alicia Silverstone for Sustainable Living

Stuart Mitchell

Mediaplanet has announced its second annual cross-platform edition of “Sustainable Living” within the print edition of USA Today and online. This campaign aims to inspire readers to take proactive steps to live more sustainably by integrating energy efficient technology, organic eating and greener building designs. The cover of “Sustainable Living” features actress, author and mother Alicia Silverstone, who in an exclusive interview discusses how her healthy lifestyle choices positively benefit her health, her son and the environment as a whole. She emphasizes how teaching sustainability to children at a young…

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