Day: 27 August 2018

Amnesty International staff targeted with malicious spyware

Stuart Mitchell

An Amnesty International staff member has been targeted by a sophisticated surveillance campaign, in what the organization suspects was a deliberate attempt to spy on its staff by a government hostile to its work. In early June 2018, an Amnesty International staff member received a suspicious WhatsApp message in Arabic. The text contained details about an alleged protest outside the Saudi embassy in Washington D.C., followed by a link to a website. Investigations by Amnesty International’s technology team revealed that clicking the link would have, according to prior knowledge, installed…

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Walmart Increases Access to Legal Education with New Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart Inc. and the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO), in recognition of CLEO’s historic 50th Anniversary celebration, have announced the launch of a new scholarship program intended to increase the accessibility of legal education to minority, low-income, and under-represented groups. The program is representative of Walmart’s push to increase diversity and inclusion across sectors and the value the company places on education. The program is made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Walmart Legal Department to CLEO, a national nonprofit organization seeking to expand opportunities for minority…

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Asda Foundation launches £200,000 fund to fight holiday hunger

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced the first wave of charitable grants from its Healthy Holiday Fund, with a total of £200,000 available to good causes across the UK. The grants – up to £1000 each – are part of a new fund set up by the Foundation to enable local charities to run more activities for children over the holidays. It comes as research published on Friday from the Trussell Trust shows the number of food bank referrals for children rises steeply in the school holidays, as they lose access…

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The Recycling Partnership and the PepsiCo Foundation Launch Largest-Ever Industry Challenge to Boost Residential Recycling for 25 Million U.S. Families and Support a Circular Economy

Stuart Mitchell

The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, and national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership today announced the launch of “All In On Recycling,” the largest ever industry-wide residential recycling challenge to make recycling easier for 25 million families across the country – providing them with the resources they need to recycle more and recycle better. The PepsiCo Foundation is providing $10 million in funding to jumpstart the historic challenge, which is one of the largest-ever public gifts of its kind. The goal…

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Kraft Heinz Expands Environmental Commitments to Include Sustainable Packaging and Carbon Reduction

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its commitment to reduce natural resource needs and manage overall environmental footprint, The Kraft Heinz Company has announced the expansion of its environmental stewardship strategy to include time-bound targets for achieving greater packaging sustainability and setting science-based goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, Kraft Heinz supports the move toward a circular economy and aims to make 100 percent of its packaging globally recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. This announcement, a complement to its Growing a Better World strategy released in last year’s Corporate Social Responsibility…

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