● GGA 2021 entries surge ● Planet Mark on net zero learning
● Richard Walker - the green greengrocer ● Waitrose plastic toy action
● Restoring seagrass on the UK coastline ● Carbon literacy teachers
● Mined diamonds history

Entries to this year’s Global Good Awards (GGA), sponsored by CH&CO, have surged 40%, an achievement founder and CEO Karen Sutton describes as both ‘inspiring’ and ‘humbling’. International entries also up. READ MORE >>

Planet Mark, the sustainability certification for every type of organisation, has officially announced its Zero Carbon Tour in an exciting launch attended by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman William Russell. READ MORE >>

Described as ‘one man’s manifesto for corporate activism’, Richard Walker’s new book aims to urge readers with businesses of all sizes to see the value of pursuing ethical policies. Walker is the managing director of Iceland Foods and also a past winner in the leadership category of the Global Good Awards. 
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Beer behemoth Carlsberg and WWF are working together in a year-long partnership helping to restore the small but powerful plant, seagrass, along the UK coastline. Known as ‘an underwater Amazon’, seagrass meadows can absorb carbon up to 35 times faster than a rainforest. READ MORE >>

Waitrose is stepping up its efforts to reduce single-use plastic by no longer selling children’s magazines containing disposable toys. The retailer was inspired to act after hearing about the campaign by a 10-year-old girl from Gwynedd, who has launched her own campaign to persuade publishers to end the practice.
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A Berkshire school has become the first in the world to boast certified carbon literacy teachers. During the Covid-19 lockdown last summer, Holme Grange School in Wokingham took on the mission to upskill all its teaching staff to teach a cross-curriculum climate curriculum to an exceptionally high level. READ MORE >>

Danish jewellery brand Pandora, renowned globally for its sparkling bracelet charms and collectables, has announced it will no longer be using mined diamonds opting to use lab-created diamonds instead. A new line, Pandora Brilliance, will launch the initiative.
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