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Volunteers from
Jaguar Land RoverBRITAIN’S biggest car maker
has promised an incredible 40,000
volunteers to join the Great Brit-
ish Spring Clean.
Jaguar Land Rover’s pledge comes
as the total number of volunteers
joining the war on litter hit an amaz-
ing 468,299 yesterday – with 11,385
events registered.
The company will organise dedicated
events at its six main UK manufacturing
and engineering sites and encourage
their enormous workforce to get involved
in the war on litter.
Chief executive, professor Sir Ralf
Speth, said improving the environment
was an ‘integral’ part of the company’s
mission and that his staff could make a
‘real difference’.
The number signed up to this year’s
spring clean massively eclipses the
number of volunteers who signed up in
2018, which stood at 370,000 – and we still
have weeks of the campaign to go. Jag-
By Francesca Washtell
and Xantha Leatham
uar Land Rover said it will ask employ-
ees to use their 16 paid volunteer hours
to take part in our litter campaign, run in
conjunction with Keep Britain Tidy.
The company will organise litter pick
events throughout March and April, while
the Great British Spring Clean is under-
way. These will take place around its main
sites in the UK including in Soli-
hull, Birmingham and Merseyside.
Sir Ralf said: ‘Improving both
the environment and the lives of
residents in the communities we
call home is an integral part of
Jaguar Land Rover’s Destination
Zero mission – our ambition to
make our societies safer and our
environment cleaner.
‘As the UK’s largest automotive
manufacturer our colleagues can
make a real difference to our local
c o m m u n i t i e s a n d a p o s i t i v e
impact on the environment.’
JLR is encouraging all 40,000
employees to get on-board, either
in their own time or by joining an
organised event. Last year, staff at
the company donated 75,000 vol-
unteer hours to good causes
across the UK.
Their announcement comes as
Reckitt Benckiser, a consumer
goods giant whose brands include
Dettol, Strepsils and Durex have
pledged to clean up the local area
around its global headquarters as
part of our campaign.
They said two teams of 100 vol-
unteers will spend an afternoon lit-
ter picking around the Science and
Innovation Centre in Hull and near
its headquarters in Slough.
Susan Egstrand, head of ReckittBenckiser UK and Ireland, said:
‘The Great British Spring Clean is
a fantastic initiative and we
applaud the Daily Mail for its lead-
ership on such an important issue.
‘At Reckitt Benckiser we are allcommitted to creating a cleaner
world so we’ll be rolling up our
sleeves and taking part over the
coming weeks.’
Many influential companies and
organisations have pledged to getinvolved with the Great British
Spring Clean.
HSBC, Hargreaves Lansdown
and Barratt Developments are
also on board, and have promised
to encourage their tens of thou-
sands of staff members to take
part in litter picks.
Last year our campaign, which
runs from March 20 to April 13,
enlisted almost 600,000 people
across the country to take part in
tackling Britain’s litter.
This year we hope to do even
bigger and better – aiming to
get as close to a million volunteers
as we can.plastic
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