Day: 25 October 2018

State Street Global Advisors Reports Fearless Girl’s Impact: More than 300 Companies Have Added Female Directors

Stuart Mitchell

State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, today announced its latest impact figures for the Fearless Girl campaign, demonstrating continued progress for the firm’s gender diversity asset stewardship programs in the US, UK, Australia, Japan Canada and continental Europe. Since the introduction of Fearless Girl in 2017, more than 300 companies identified by State Street Global Advisors responded to the firm’s call by adding a female director and another 28 have committed to do so. In the United States alone the campaign continues to build…

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The United Nations World Food Programme Launches “Feed Our Future” A Global Cinema Advertising Campaign Dedicated to Ending Hunger

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful new global cinema advertising campaign featuring leading names from the film, advertising and humanitarian worlds, and aimed at stirring global cinema audiences into action to tackle global hunger, launched in theaters across the world and on Facebook and Instagram today, to coincide with the start of the annual United Nations General Assembly session in New York. SAWA, the Global Cinema Advertising Association, in association with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, created the “Feed Our Future” campaign to highlight…

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Pepsico and The Pepsico Foundation Have Invested a Total of USD 7 Million Dollars in Access to Nutrition Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo Latin America, focused on improving access to nutrition, education and empowering communities announced current progress in the region. First, PepsiCo Latin America is announcing its “Nutrition for the Future” platform in which it has invested USD $7 million in the last 5 years, to support nutrition programs across the sector. Second and related, the PepsiCo Foundation has invested USD $500,000 in a grant to The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) to support the program by expanding access to nutritious food and delivering 6.75 million nutritious servings throughout the region. Both…

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AKQA partners with Virgin STRIVE to raise awareness and funds for Big Change

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2012, Virgin STRIVE has assembled groups of extraordinary individuals and teams to challenge themselves and help Big Change, the social impact accelerator, to make a difference by reimagining education and the way future generations are encouraged and supported. Big Change is a catalyst for positive transformations, connecting essential ideas and projects, to tackle causes of societal issues. Inspired by creating a better future, AKQA is proud to partner with Virgin STRIVE to raise awareness and funds for Big Change. Big Change is committed to continual learning and evolving with…

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United Airlines Launches Online Campaign for Disaster Relief Efforts

Stuart Mitchell

United Airlines has launched a Crowdrise fundraising campaign for those affected in the U.S. and around the world by hurricane and typhoon season. United is expanding its disaster relief contributions by launching a Crowdrise fundraising campaign to support those affected by Hurricane Florence, Typhoon Mangkhut, flooding in Western Japan, wildfires in California and other disasters. Donations will support the airline’s relief partners that provide assistance in the U.S. and internationally: AirLink, American Red Cross, Feeding America, Americares, and Global Giving. United will match the first $50,000 raised and provide up…

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