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7 in 10 Brits want restaurants to be more sustainable and majority worry about impact of climate change on food production

Stuart Mitchell

A new survey has revealed that nearly two thirds of the UK public (61%) worry food production will be impacted by climate change, and 7 in 10 Brits (70%) want restaurants to make themselves more sustainable. Despite the cost-of-living crisis, almost 1 in 3 people (32%) would be willing to pay extra to eat at a restaurant that operates sustainably or offers a more sustainable menu. The research was commissioned by Belu and WaterAid to explore consumer attitudes to sustainability in the hospitality sector, and to raise awareness of the…

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WaterAid launches powerful film highlighting family bonds and the life changing ‘First Cup’ of clean water

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has launched a visually striking new campaign highlighting the impact access to clean water has across generations, working closely with a community in Malawi who helped shape the final creative. The 60 second film, titled ‘First Cup’, was shot in Zomba, Malawi. It follows the story of a 10-year-old girl called Lucia as her community are celebrating that they now have reliable access to clean water for the first time. The footage shows Lucia as she runs to hand the first cup of clean water to her grandmother, who…

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Need for urgent action as new report shows funding for water, sanitation and hygiene falling at alarming rate

Stuart Mitchell

Figures analysed by international charity WaterAid have shown the extent to which donor funding has declined globally for critical projects safeguarding water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). This means the world’s poorest are being impacted most by the shortfall.    WASH funding has decreased by a third since 2015 – the year in which the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed.  In fact, in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, aid targeted specifically at improving water supply and sanitation globally fell more sharply than almost all other sectors, despite its importance…

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Canary Wharf businesses to ride the wave in annual Dragon Boat Race for WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

Canary Wharf businesses are invited to take to the water on Thursday 6 July to row-row-row their boats along South Dock as part of a fiery Dragon Boat Race in support of international charity WaterAid. Returning for a second year, the corporate competition will see local organisations swap their keyboards for oars as they honour the 2,000 year-old Chinese tradition in a bid to help WaterAid deliver the basic human right of clean water and decent toilets to everyone, everywhere. In collaboration with the Canary Wharf Group, funds raised through…

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Photo series capturing indigenous experience of water shortage in the face of climate change wins prestigious Sony World Photography Award

Stuart Mitchell

Renowned photographers, Monty Kaplan and Marisol Mendez, received international recognition for their multi-layered representation ‘Miruku’ of the water crisis impacting the lives of the indigenous Wayuu people of Pesuapa, in Colombia, commissioned by WaterAid and British Journal of Photography. Announced at an awards ceremony at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel in London on 13 April, ‘Miruku’ was crowned the winning gallery of the competitive Climate-Professional category. As a result, the images went on to be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House, which ran…

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