Day: 14 September 2019

thyssenkrupp climate targets approved – science-based and in line with global climate agreement

Stuart Mitchell

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved thyssenkrupp’s climate targets. At the same time the organization has confirmed that thyssenkrupp is acting in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris climate conference, where the international community agreed to limit future global warming to well below two degrees. The SBTi is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Its aim is to establish science-based climate targets as standard business practice, by defining and promoting best…

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CIPR welcomes ICO investigation into use of facial recognition technology

Stuart Mitchell

The CIPR’s #AIinPR Panel has welcomed the ICO’s announcement that it plans to investigate the use of live facial recognition technology in King’s Cross, London. The statement comes a day after the CIPR’s Artificial Intelligence Panel called on businesses to be transparent about the use of emerging technology. The ICO is the UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. The ICO’s move to investigate this application of facial recognition in a public space is welcomed. Facial recognition remains…

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Publication of the report of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

Stuart Mitchell

The G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council has released its Recommendations for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women and Call to Action. The Advisory Council has identified 79 good practices in gender equality laws in 4 sectors (violence, economic empowerment, education and health, discrimination) and in all regions of the world. It calls on the leaders of the G7 and other countries to commit themselves, through the “Biarritz Partnership”, to adopt and implement progressive legislative frameworks for gender equality, drawing on its recommendations. In particular, it calls on the leaders to: End…

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Foresters Friendly Society Crowns Volunteer Lifeboat Man Winner Of Unsung Hero Competition

Stuart Mitchell

With two thirds (66%) of the public thinking everyday heroes go unacknowledged – and 44% wanting to talk more openly about the selfless acts of others – Foresters Friendly Society, the mutual financial services provider, ran a UK wide competition to find the nation’s Unsung Hero. Entrants told Foresters about their ‘Unsung Hero’s’ tireless efforts, and how their volunteering benefitted their local community. Having received close to 100 unique and moving online entries, submitted from a combination of both existing members of Foresters and the public, the judges faced a…

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Global Thought Leaders Coming to Johannesburg for Inaugural Advertising Week Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Advertising Week Africa – the very first African edition of the world’s premier event for advertising, creative, entertainment, marketing, media and technology professionals – will be held in Johannesburg from Monday 28 to Thursday 31 October 2019 at 1FOX Precinct. Among the inaugural edition’s confirmed speakers include: Jean Marie Dru – Chairman, TBWA Worldwide Kwame Acheampong – CEO, Mall for Africa Lolu Akinwunmi – Group CEO, Prima Garnett, Africa     Faheem Chaudry – Managing Partner, MC Saatchi Abel, SA Colleen DeCourcy – Co-President and Chief Creative Officer, Weiden + Kennedy Jeff…

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