Day: 7 May 2018

1 Hotels Launches Earth Day Every Day Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

1 Hotels, a mission-driven, nature-inspired luxury lifestyle brand with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and South Beach today announced the launch of its’ Earth Day Every Day campaign, a year-long initiative that will include activations across all properties focused on raising awareness of environmental issues, specifically around saving our shores.  These programs will also be a fundamental part of the soon-to-open 1 Hotel properties in West Hollywood, Cabo, Sunnyvale & Sanya (China). These initiatives are a testament to the fact that sustainable choices and celebrating the planet are brand priorities. The…

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The District Of Columbia Launches The “Pledge To Be PrEPared” Campaign To Promote PrEP

Stuart Mitchell

According to a 2017 report by the DC Department of Health (DOH) HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA), 12,964 people residing in Washington D. C. live with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). For that reason, HAHSTA is launching the “Pledge to be PrEPared” campaign this month to educate the transgender community living in Washington D. C. about the importance of taking Preexposure Prophylaxis or PrEP. PrEP is a pill taken once a day, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that can prevent the HIV infection.…

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New Jersey Leads National Effort to Adopt Lifesaving Measures for High School Athletes

Stuart Mitchell

Many states across the US are not fully implementing important safety guidelines intended to protect student athletes from potentially life-threatening conditions. Research has shown that nearly 90 percent of all sudden death in sports is caused by four conditions: sudden cardiac arrest, traumatic head injury, exertional heat stroke, and exertional sickling. Adopting evidence-based safety measures significantly reduces these risks. With more than 7.8 million high school students participating in sanctioned sports each year, it is vital that individual states begin taking proper steps to ensure their high school athletes are…

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Facebook look to Make Ads and Pages More Transparent

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook have stated in a post that they wish to make ads and pages more transparent, the post was written by Rob Goldman, VP, Ads and Alex Himel, VP, Local & Pages: We believe that when you visit a Page or see an ad on Facebook it should be clear who it’s coming from. We also think it’s important for people to be able to see the other ads a Page is running, even if they’re not directed at you. That’s why today we’re announcing important changes to the way…

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Iceland To Be The UK’s First Major Supermarket To Remove Palm Oil From Own Label Food

Stuart Mitchell

Iceland, the UK’s leading frozen food specialist, today announces that it will stop using palm oil as an ingredient in all its own label food by the end of 2018. Today it can report that the project is already well underway, with palm oil successfully removed from 50 percent of its own label range; 130 products will have been reformulated by the end of the year. Already this year, Iceland has brought out 100 new lines without palm oil, including the new summer range, and by the start of 2019…

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