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Shirley Zhang posted an update in the group
The Wall 4 years agoIn the early morning on April 17, we, the staff in Shanghai, got a big surprise. A love package arrived suddenly, including the vegetables and meat. It’s certainly a timely source of help.
Great thanks to the company, who is caring about us. Great thanks to the colleagues, who are thinking of us and helping us.
Share with you some posts in social. Staff expressed their feeling at this moment.
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Jane Beeston posted an update in the group
The Wall 4 years agohello all, I\’ve noticed that we\’ve had only 68 views of the communications article about sharing stories in Colart: https://intranet.colart.com/en/news/internal-communications-deadlines-for-telling-your-story/
We know that the best read articles are the ones written by you – the recent article by the wonderful Nadia Jalleb https://intranet.colart.com/en/news/nadias-story-of-bravery-and-inspiration/ with 252 views is a perfect example of that!
So, please….share your stories….we want to read them as they truly connect us and reinforce the spirit of the Colart family.… -
Ivo Matic posted an update in the group
The Wall 4 years agoHi all, if you didn’t know, April 15th is World Art Day (https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldartday) and to celebrate it we teamed up with Cath Kidston (https://www.cathkidston.com/en-gb/) for the art competition.
The first place winner will receive £200 to spend at Cath Kidston and a hamper of Winsor and Newton products worth £200, two runners up will receive £50 to spend at Cath Kidston and £50 to spend at Cass Art, and all three winners will have their artworks displayed on CathKidston.com.
The competition is open only to UK residents and successful entries can be made using Instagram. Unfortunately, it’s not open to employees of the involved parties. Cath Kidston will advertise the competition on their IG (552K followers), FB (965K followers) and LinkedIn (26K followers). We will post a dark sponsored post on IG and Winsor & Newton comms team kindly agreed to post an IG story about this. The posts will be reshared on TFAC UK IG and Colart’s LinkedIn as well as Cass Art’s social channels.
Thank you charlotte.caton@colart.com for making this possible and to everyone else involved in promoting this competition:
stephanie.nebbia@colart.com
gareth.meredith@colart.com
tom.french@colart.com
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what a great collaboration Ivo – I’ll be sure to share when I see the posts!…
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wow – this is brilliant Ivo and Charlotte – i have never seen a creative partnership being so extensively activiated on all possible social channels from W&N, Colart, Cath Kidston and Cass Art – way to go!…
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Hi Charlotte and Ivo. Great collaboration and great execution. Well done!…
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Dave Gibbs posted an update in the group
The Wall 4 years agoThe Snazaroo team held an Easter raffle to raise funds for the 1st Watchet Rainbows.
Rainbows are part of the Girl Guide movement for girls aged 4-7
Rainbows are all about developing self-confidence, building friendships, learning new things, and having fun. Girls get their hands dirty with arts and crafts, get in touch with nature and play games – it’s all about learning by doing.
The Snazaroo team raised £70.29 which will go towards funding activities for the little Rainbows.
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Cris Cosgrave posted an update in the group
The Wall 4 years agoSUSTAINABILITY WEDNESDAY
“Green Alternative Plastics” and their biodegrading levels
While awareness of the detrimental impact plastic can have on the environment has exploded in recent years, environmentally friendly alternatives now picking up steam. Biodegradable plastics are one set of materials that are becoming a popular replacement as consumers demand green alternatives. This is derived from biodegradable polymers made from plants rather than fossil fuels and depending on the application, there are plenty to choose from however not all biodegradable plastics decomposed in the same environmental conditions. For those who are doing “home composts” not all biodegradable wraps/packaging can be used.
Below is a great tool to understand how to dispose of bioalternative plastics when you see them in your households.Acronyms:
PBS: Polybutylene succinate
PLA: PLA or Polylactic acid is made from dextrose (sugar) extracted from biobased materials. It is the most popular bioplastic or biopolymer and the only one currently produced on a world scale plant.
PBSA: Poly(butylene succinate)
PBAT: poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT)
PHB: poly(hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA), a biodegradable plastic produced by microorganisms . manufacture of pots, spoons, and plastic bags, among other objects, and possess properties similar to polypropylene.
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Thanks for sharing Cris. This highlights the confusing situation with plastics. Technology is moving fast but Reduce – Reuse – Recycle in that order is always the best way forward…
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I was about to point out the same thing Richard. How complicated can it get?
Each time we do not buy (what we do not need) or reuse what we can, we avoid the issue of the product not being disposed of correctly. At the same time, the thought of biodegradable and therefore better alternatives to known pollutors being developed is also hopeful. Maybe many small steps can get us to a long lasting solution?… -
Yes, reduce and reuse has to be the start point (and as consumers it isn’t that hard for us all to do more of….). …
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This is great Cris, One to print out and stick on the fridge, that’s for sure. I’d be keen to test the Fresh Water breakdown as a little home experiment and see what the packaging looks like after 54 days. I’ll see if any of my purchases fit the bill.…
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Millions of tonnes of clothing, shoes and other textiles end up in landfill every year because very little is sent for recycling .
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Wellbeing culture in colart! Hope this can express our cares to shanghai colleagues. Let’s support you all to overcome this challenging time:)…
We are a family!…
It’s really warm greeting especially at the hard time！…
While reading what Shanghai colleagues sent via their social posts, a spring breeze stroking my face! I am proud of being an employee of the best employer , my CTAM, my colart! Stay safe everyone! We can overcome all difficulties.…
Very warm action to our colleague!Great company ,Great Colart ! We are together !…
What a great initiative, supporting the Shanghai team at this difficult time to ensure we are all “one family”! Well done and our thoughts are with you all in Shanghai. …
To “Feel like a family and act like a high performaning team” are not just hollow words. People first will continue to be our mantra and defines what we do to look after each other. In good times and in challenging times. Stay strong team Shanghai!…
the words above say it all …. really challenging times for our colleagues in Shanghai and we hope these restrictions will soon come to an end. Thinking of you.…
This is amazing! Sending strength to our colleagues in Shanghai…
Thanks for encouragement. Thanks for the package full of love. We are not lonely at the moment. We feel caring from distance. We’re aware a big family behind us, and backup us.
All these will light us up in the sky, and inspire us to live as sunflower, even depressed, still toward the sun. Thanks!…
What a wonderful initiative. Sending love and strength to colleagues in Shanghai at this incredibly difficult time. Know we are all thinking of you and hoping that the restrictions are ended very soon.…
Happy to see the response, but equally to see how the business is supportive of our colleagues when going through difficult times. I hope it will be a support to our Shanghai based colleagues to remain positive, even when the situation is difficult and challenging. Hoping things will change again (for the better this time) soon. …
Thanks for sharing and lovely too see the food package from ColArt. Thoughts are with you guys at this difficult time.…
so great,so warm!…