Greenpeace is urging consumers to track their plastic footprint in an effort to reduce the amount of throwaway plastic going into landfill as well as ending up in the ocean. While acknowledging that plastic is everywhere in daily lives, the organisation wants the public to become more aware of just how much plastic packaging they throw…
Project Dirt is hosting a festival this September (15th-17th) where it’s inviting community businesses and individuals to go ‘Offline for a weekend of connections, collaboration and creativity. There’ll be speakers, business skill-building and hands-on workshops, all immersed in an offline world of campfire chats, yoga, music and an all-round sense of community. Watch (and share) the…
Winner of last year’s Best International Sustainable Community Award (Legacy), Sky, has recently revealed details of its new environmental campaign, Sky Ocean Rescue. The campaign, initially led by Sky News, aims to educate and inspire people to change their behaviour to help protect the oceans and reduce the amount of plastic waste produced every day…
On her recent trip to India, National CSR Awards’ Founder, Karen Sutton, addressed the World CSR Day conference and won an award for CSR excellence, visited Doorstep School (supported by one of judges, Seema Sharma), SOS Children Villages (all in Mumbai) before heading to Goa to celebrate a milestone birthday… It was while Karen was staying…
Judging is well underway for this year’s National CSR Awards, sponsored by Revive, with category shortlisters due to be announced later this month. “It’s a really exciting year for us,” comments Karen Sutton, Founder and CEO of the awards. “The number of entries has never been higher. It’s great to see responsible business practices growing…
New research from sponsor of the Green Supply Chain category, London City Airport, suggests airports are one of the most active workplaces. Did you know that baggage carriers handle process around 2,550 bags a day (which equates to 33,150kg per team per day)? To put that in perspective the average weight of an African elephant…
Thanks to Belu, the mineral water served at this year’s Awards gala dinner at Lord’s Cricket Ground in May will be both thirst quenching and ethical! Belu is an award-winning ethical British natural mineral water business and leading social enterprise. It takes every possible step to minimise its environmental impact across all aspects of its…
An informal get-together of awards partners, sponsors and judges will take place on 21 March – following the judges’ winners shortlist meeting – at Good Hotel London, located in the Royal Victoria Dock, just next to The Crystal. A former floating Dutch prison with the unique mission to provide ‘Premium Hospitality with a Cause’, the…
Entries may be closed for this year’s National CSR Awards but now’s the time the excitement really starts to build… The judges have been allocated their categories and the assessment process is officially underway. “The number of entries is well up on last year which is fabulous to see,” comments Karen Sutton, Founder and CEO of…
Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will address attendees at this year’s National CSR Awards gala dinner at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on 18th May 2017. Hailing from a wide-ranging background of hands-on business experience in small and medium-sized companies in manufacturing, property and construction, and oil and gas, both in…