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Impact Score ® Unlocks UK’s Largest Sustainability Database, to Help Brands Drive Product Desirability

Brands and retailers are set to be given unprecedented insight into the sustainability appeal of theirproducts, thanks to a new data platform developed by the team behind the Impact Score ® app.An independent platform, Clara™ rates the sustainability credentials of 280,000 UK supermarketproducts. With shoppers’ goals at its centre, Clara™ tracks how products are developing against the14 sustainability criteria that shoppers prioritise, and is now… Read More »Impact Score ® Unlocks UK’s Largest Sustainability Database, to Help Brands Drive Product Desirability

Impact Score Explained – at the ‘Go Green Salford’ Sustainability Festival

Co-Founder Josh and comms expert Holly chat with Marta from the ‘Go Green Salford’ team. A compelling 20 minute watch which quickly covers off:– what the app does– how and why we rate 14 different sustainability criteria– why we’re taking action ourselves (and not waiting for the Government)– and finally how YOU, whoever you are, can get involved and take action with us! Contact us… Read More »Impact Score Explained – at the ‘Go Green Salford’ Sustainability Festival

Evie investigates on an Impact Score Shopping Expedition

Family case study: Supplies Surprise

An eye-opening trip to the supermarket with Impact Score How much do we really think about the items we pop into our shopping baskets? Could a little knowledge help to change our buying habits? And do we all care about the same things when it comes to what we purchase? Certainly, we can access more information about consumables than ever before, and recent innovations have… Read More »Family case study: Supplies Surprise

Does knowing the impact of food purchases help consumers live more sustainably?

In the UK, the average person has a carbon footprint of 12.7 tonnes CO2e per year, and 23% of this comes from their food purchases*. That’s more than their household and vehicle fuel emissions combined! This means the biggest difference we can all make is focussing on our food purchases. In Jan 2021, Norwegian online retailer ODA started providing their customers with the carbon footprint… Read More »Does knowing the impact of food purchases help consumers live more sustainably?

Readers of The Guardian directed to Giki Badges

Environmental journalist Emma Beddington’s article ‘Sustainable gin and family-sized crisps! My week eating a climatarian diet’ directs The Guardian readers to our Giki Badges app which helps people shop more sustainably in the supermarkets. She uses our app, scanning products in the supermarket, and says “It’s very satisfying – an easy answer on what’s “good” or “bad” is exactly what a lot of us want”… Read More »Readers of The Guardian directed to Giki Badges

The Grocer article

We’re Featured in The Grocer ‘Meet The New Apps Swaying Consumer Food Choices’

Our consumer apps feature in this week’s The Grocer heralded as a “credible” solution to supporting sustainable consumer shopping choices: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/technology-and-supply-chain/the-new-apps-swaying-consumer-food-choices/658935.article Happy reading! And if you want to find out more about our consumer product ratings offer for retailers, visit our Retail Page.

Leading Consumer Impact Apps – Impact Score® and Giki Badges – Unite to Accelerate Ethical Change in UK Retail Sector

Two of the UK’s leading consumer impact apps – Giki Badges and Impact Score®– are coming together in a deal that will create an unrivalled source of intelligence to help inform shoppers’ buying decisions.  Already, Impact Score® contains details of over 120,000 UK businesses, while Giki Badges scores over 280,000 FMCG products across a range of environmental, social and nutritional measures. Their combined database will… Read More »Leading Consumer Impact Apps – Impact Score® and Giki Badges – Unite to Accelerate Ethical Change in UK Retail Sector

Tax Avoidance | Impact Score

Tax Avoidance. (How companies not paying tax affects you)

Rarely does a week go by when the media isn’t talking about tax avoidance and how some large corporation is swerving it. The same big names seem to get repeated, but they aren’t the only ones. All sorts of companies are now recruiting finance ‘experts’ with the purpose of engaging in tax avoidance schemes. But what is tax avoidance and why does it matter? What is tax… Read More »Tax Avoidance. (How companies not paying tax affects you)

Equal Gender Pay Impact Score

The Gender Pay Gap. (Women are paid less than men and it’s not OK)

The gender pay gap. It’s a hotly debated topic. Check the comments of any social media post about it, and you’ll likely find an army of people telling you that the gender pay gap is real. And an army of people telling you it is not. There is actually plenty of evidence that demonstrates the difference in pay between genders, and it is hands down women who… Read More »The Gender Pay Gap. (Women are paid less than men and it’s not OK)

Stop Climate Change | Impact Score

Are businesses doing enough to stop climate change?

A quick scroll through social media or a news website and you’re likely to see a post about the environment. The internet is full of articles providing ‘top tips for eco-friendly living’. Packed with ideas, they help us change our bad habits, stop climate change, and save the world. But what happens when you take a more zoomed out look at what is going on? There is… Read More »Are businesses doing enough to stop climate change?