Day: 12 May 2018

KPMG votes to support NSPCC mission to deliver safer and happier childhoods across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

KPMG and the NSPCC are joining forces in an effort to reach hundreds of thousands of primary school children with vital information that will help them have happier and safer childhoods. More than 8,700 staff from the professional services firm KPMG chose the NSPCC to be the company’s national charity over the next two years, a partnership that will form a key part of the firm’s corporate responsibility initiative. Teams of KPMG volunteers will work with the NSPCC to deliver ‘Speak Out. Stay Safe’ assemblies, where primary school children will…

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São Paulo City Hall transforms viaducts in media to talk with homeless people

Stuart Mitchell

São Paulo has a significant number of homeless people on the streets. Even so, many public shelters remain with empty beds every day. Sometimes for a noble reason: they don’t want to abandon their dogs, not accepted in those places before. Now, the new units accept and guarantee space for the pets, but their misinformation left the beds still empty, while hundreds of people continue to sleep on the sidewalks. To change this reality and talk with this so specific target, who don’t have smartphone, social media profile or frequent…

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“Beyond I Do” Campaign Launches to Raise Awareness about the Prevalence of Discrimination Against LGBT People in the United States

Stuart Mitchell

A campaign has been launched which aims to raise awareness about the prevalence of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States, despite the widespread misconception they have basic protections. The public service campaign from the Ad Council, in partnership with the Gill Foundation, promotes acceptance, empathy and understanding for the millions of LGBT Americans who can be kicked out of their homes, fired from their jobs or denied services because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Created by ad agency CP+B with research…

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Myovant Sciences and PERIOD. Inc. Launch Partnership Focused on Empowering Women to Elevate the Conversation Around Period Health

Stuart Mitchell

Myovant Sciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for women’s health and endocrine diseases, and PERIOD. Inc., a youth-led non-profit organization focused on menstrual equity, today announced a partnership to elevate the conversation around period health, including the Ask Me About Periods campaign on college campuses across the country. In recognition of this partnership, the two organizations are hosting Public Health and PERIOD, a panel with Lynn Seely, M.D., President and CEO of Myovant Sciences, Kathleen Sebelius, a member of Myovant’s Board of Directors and…

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Concordia Maritime Increase its Commitment to Cleaner Seas

Stuart Mitchell

Working proactively with information and education in order to stop marine littering is the best way of reducing the problem of plastic in the seas. Concordia Maritime has adopted this approach and has thus begun a collaboration with The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, a non-profit organisation. An online course will be developed in order to spread knowledge and increase the involvement of the general public and personnel. There is also an ambition to reduce the amount of plastic litter along Sweden’s West Coast by means of manual collection. “Protecting the…

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