Impact stories
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Nilantha Sampath was announced as the 5,000 graduate of the Youth Career Initiative (YCI) at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Published: December 2018
Categories: Employment, Skills & development, Youth Employment
Victoria Clifford, Lancashire Resilience Forum, Chair of the Community Resilience Subgroup, discusses The Lancashire Resilience Forum’s experience working with a Business in...
Published: December 2018
Categories: Healthy Communities
Thames Water is partnering with stakeholders and local authorities to fund £60 million of surface water management schemes including green spaces, removing hard, impermeable...
Published: December 2018
Categories: Responsible Business, Smart Growth, Healthy Ecosystems
As Northumbrian Water’s Wastewater Director, Richard Warneford, leads the company’s treatment works and sludge activities, which have evolved into an industry-leading renewable...
Published: December 2018
The construction sector and commercial property occupiers are resource-hungry and responsible for 64% of all waste generated in the UK. JLL, sees itself as having an important...
Published: November 2018
Categories: Resource Productivity & Circular Economy
Interface, a designer and maker of carpet tile, shows its commitment to the circular office through its ReEntry scheme - where its old products enjoy a second life in places...
Published: November 2018
Categories: Smart Growth, Resource Productivity & Circular Economy
How Colin broke the cycle of reoffending
Published: October 2018
Categories: Employment, Ex-offenders
How recruiters are changing the outlook for jobseekers with criminal convictions
Published: October 2018
Categories: Employment, Ex-offenders
Read how companies such as Costain, Tideway and North Midland Construction are developing tailored approaches for directly recruiting ex-offenders from prisons
Published: October 2018
Categories: Ex-offenders
The Mental Health at Work 2018 report in conjunction with Mercer found that 11% of respondents who disclosed a mental health issue faced disciplinary action, demotion or...
Published: October 2018
Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Workplace, Engagement & Wellbeing
The Mental Health at Work 2018 report in conjunction with Mercer found that 11% of respondents who disclosed a mental health issue faced disciplinary action, demotion or...
Published: October 2018
Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Workplace, Engagement & Wellbeing
The Mental Health at Work 2018 report, in conjunction with Mercer, found that 30% of managers report do not have any workplace facilities or services that could help wellbeing...
Published: October 2018
Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Workplace, Engagement & Wellbeing
Deloitte's Time Out scheme enables all employees to achieve a better balance between career and personal commitments
Published: September 2018
Categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Gender
Centrica is one of the few large organisations with a signature policy of a month’s carers leave, where annual leave will be matched by the company to support time out to care...
Published: September 2018
Categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Gender
Elena Fatisi, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant at Santander UK, on how Santander UK are putting Equal Lives into practice
Published: September 2018
Categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Gender
De Ceuvel is Amsterdam’s ‘living lab’ for circular urban development. A regenerated urban space that focuses on cutting edge technology, sustainability and community...
Published: August 2018