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How The Body Shop is leading the way in ethical business and ...
WEBOct 25, 2021 · One of the UK’s best-loved high street retailers, The Body Shop has led the way with its activism and campaigning, and by making business choices that help to protect the planet since it was founded in 1976. It pioneered a sustainable approach to business that we now recognise is essential if we are to put the brakes on …
Labour's manifesto pledges on benefits and disabilities, analysed
WEBJun 13, 2024 · Labour will introduce the “full right to equal pay for disabled people”. The disability pay gap is currently around 14.6%. “Building on gender pay gap reporting, we will introduce disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers,” the manifesto reads. White described this policy as one of the few “surprises” in the ...
Everything you need to know about homelessness in UK in 2024
WEB9 May 2024. Homelessness is a big issue affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the UK and, in recent times, the numbers have only been increasing in 2024. The cost of living crisis and the housing crisis in the UK means more people are facing homelessness. It’s an issue that should remain at the forefront of our minds as a society ...
What you need to know about UK inequality - The Big Issue
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The gap between rich and poor in the UK is among the worst in Europe. The Big Issue outlines the facts and figures of UK inequality. The wealthiest 100 people in the UK have as much money as the poorest 18 million people. Image: "1 million using Foodbanks" by Walt Jabsco. Inequality in the UK is among the worst in the developed world, according ...
Apply For Funding - Big Issue Invest
WEBOpen Investment Funds & Programmes. Since 2005 we’ve supported over 550 organisations with £80 million in funding. Presently we offer a range of repayable and blended finance options, from loans as small as £20,000 to larger investments of up to £4 million. Find out more about each programme and fund below.
What will the world look like in 2050? - The Big Issue
WEBOct 30, 2021 · The agreements made – or not made – at COP26 will determine the future of the planet and all its inhabitants for decades to come. For some the target of net zero emissions by 2050 is achievable. For others impractical. If the world can successfully curb its emissions, the planet will stay within the 1.5C of warming agreed at the 2015 Paris ...
The Big Exchange gives you the power to use money for good
WEBOct 26, 2020 · The Big Exchange is an online investment platform co-founded by Big Issue Invest, a part of the Big Issue Group. Movements often start small, with a few people shouting their truth out. A few others start to listen. It becomes their truth, too. Before you know it, the whole world gets it and it becomes the way things are done.
This is what the house of the future will look like - The Big Issue
WEBSep 15, 2023 · Future of. Housing. 3.8 million people in the UK live in extreme poverty. Turn your anger into action - become a Big Issue member and give us the power to take poverty to zero. The house of the future isn't all sci-fi and gleaming skyscrapers. In fact, many of the features will looks similar to what we have today.
Grenfell five years on: Key questions answered - Big Issue
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire – one of the worst peacetime disasters in the UK – the building itself remains standing, but its future is still being decided. More than 70 people died and 200 escaped when the 25-storey residential block went up in flames on June 14, 2017. Many victims are still searching for justice.