Pladis McVitie s digestive biscuits
McVities biscuits owner Pladis has said it will eliminate non-recyclable black plastic from its products in the UK and Ireland by June.
The London-based company, the international snacks arm of Turkey s Yildiz Holding, said the move is part of a package of measures to support its sustainability targets.
Other new initiatives, which come just over two years since Pladis commited to the UK Plastics Pact, include the elimination of all PVDC film by June 2021, a continued commitment to prioritising the development of sustainable packaging solutions across best-selling lines, and reducing CO2 emissions from transportation.
Sylvain Cuperlier, head of sustainability at Pladis, said: As part of our commitment to the UK Plastics Pact, we ve been working hard to transition our rigid plastic trays from black to recyclable cloudy rPET, which contain a minimum of 30% recycled content.
Commentary: End systemic racism in child welfare
Rudolph K. Metayer and Katie Olse, For the Express-News
Feb. 17, 2021
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In Texas, Black children are over-represented in the child welfare system. We owe it to our kids across the state to better understand and respond to the multitude of factors that cause them to land in the system so often.SMILEY N. POOL
As we celebrate Black History Month, we must also reflect on the unique challenges facing Black Americans at this moment. There is no more important place to start than with the systemic biases our kids and families face in the child welfare system.
Glassdoor is going to show you how diverse employees rate their workplaces
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Glassdoor, a jobs website that has offices in Mill Valley, has started using its site to show how companies are rated by its employees from diverse backgrounds.Google Street View
Mill Valley job site Glassdoor wants to shed light on what different kinds of people think of their companies, benefits and leadership.
Anonymous ratings on the website’s public company profiles will now show what people from diverse backgrounds think about their companies, employer cultures and perks with new rating features that will appear when a certain number of employees opt to share their demographic information while rating a company.
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David Olusoga, Adil Ray, Meera Syal Among Celebrities Urging U.K. Ethnic Minorities to Take Up COVID-19 Vaccine
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A raft of British celebrities from Black, Asian and other mixed heritage backgrounds are encouraging ethnic minorities to take up the COVID-19vaccine in a video campaign.
The campaign, which is led by “Citizen Khan” co-creator and actor Adil Ray, was first revealed by the actor online in January. It dispels myths about the vaccine as it has emerged in recent days that those from Black and mixed heritage backgrounds are more sceptical of the jab and aren’t getting vaccinated at the same levels.
Jesse Jackson supports former A s player Herb Washington in lawsuit against McDonald s
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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks before receiving the Pfizer s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. Jackson has been released to a Chicago physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery and medical observation, a spokesman said Sunday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Herb Washington poses for a portrait outside his McDonalds restaraunt in Niles, Ohio, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002. Washington, the Black owner of 14 McDonald s franchises in Ohio has sued the corporation in federal court asserting numerous instances of unfair treatment compared with white owners. Washington in his lawsuit filed Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 says the Chicago-based company has steered him over the years into buying franchises in low-income, majo