Day: 19 August 2018

Greenpeace France Wants You to Eat Less Meat this BBQ Season

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly 80% of livestock bred for consumption in France is raised through industrial production, generating serious sanitary and environmental problems for the planet. It accounts for 14% of gas emissions worldwide, causes water pollution, and contributes to massive deforestation in certain regions across the globe. The average person eats 86 kg of meat per year in France, twice the world average, and the outlook is gloomy, with the global average set to double by 2050, according to Greenpeace France. In addition to the harmful impact on our environment, livestock raised…

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Coalition for Better Ads launches Dispute Resolution Program

Stuart Mitchell

The Coalition for Better Ads has announced that it has strengthened its Better Ads Experience Program and expanded operational support for its Better Ads Standards. The Coalition announced the first group of certified companies participating in the Better Ads Experience Program, launched an independent dispute resolution mechanism for the Program with leading global self-regulatory organizations, and has hired an experienced industry executive to expand education and outreach in European and other leading markets. These concrete steps build on widespread industry support for the Better Ads Standards and will serve as…

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Public Relations Society of Kenya unveils five-year Strategic Plan

Stuart Mitchell

The government of Kenya has pledged support for ongoing efforts to transform the Public Relations Society of Kenya into a professional institute as the society unveils five-year Strategic Plan. The transformation, from a Society to an institute will see PRSK pursuing a charter grounded in legislative instruments to further enhance the delivery of professional Public Relations services in Kenya. Already, PRSK has named a ten-member Task Force comprising of PR practitioners to explore the necessary avenues to develop a National Assembly sanctioned regulatory framework for the society. Speaking at the…

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Meet America’s Top Dogs! Seven Remarkable Canines Named Finalists for 2018 American Humane Hero Dog Awards®

Stuart Mitchell

America has spoken and following nearly a million votes cast by animal lovers across the country and a celebrity panel of dog lovers and experts, seven remarkable canines have been named finalists in the 2018 American Humane Hero Dog Awards®, sponsored by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation and Zoetis Petcare (a U.S. business unit of Zoetis), and broadcast nationally on Hallmark Channel. These heroic canines each took top honors in their individual categories from a field of 266 nominees and now a combination of America’s voters and a panel of…

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Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Eliminates Single-Use Plastic Fleetwide

Stuart Mitchell

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic announced today that they have successfully completed a comprehensive single-use plastics elimination program across their fleet.  Lindblad’s ships are now 100% free of all single-use plastic bottles, cups, straws and stirrers. The effort supports National Geographic’s Planet or Plastic? campaign, a multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness about the global plastic crisis and reducing the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans. “The ocean is under major assault on so many fronts, and its protection is both a business mission and a personal passion,” stated Sven Lindblad,…

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