Day: 25 January 2019

Kahlúa to source 100% of coffee from sustainable communities by 2022

Stuart Mitchell

Pernod Ricard’s Kahlúa today reveals a new sustainable development programme designed to have a meaningful environmental and socio-economic impact on the lives of Mexican coffee farmers and their families. Shining a spotlight on how it sources its coffee, Kahlúa has also outlined its ultimate goal – to source 100% of its coffee from sustainable communities by 2022. During the last 35 years, coffee consumption has as much as doubled across the whole globe. In fact, 41% of people in the US drink coffee daily – with a 9% increase from…

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Volkswagen to become a power supplier

Stuart Mitchell

The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions – underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. Elli Group GmbH with headquar-ters in Berlin is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group. Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen brand Board Member responsible for E-Mobility: “As one of the world’s largest automakers, Volkswagen is going to force the pace of the urgently needed transport and energy transition to emission-neutral e-mobility. The new company will play…

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Petco Foundation Teams Up With MUTTS And WholeHearted To Send Love To Shelter Pets And The Staff And Volunteers Who Care For Them

Stuart Mitchell

The Petco Foundation, a national, nonprofit animal welfare organization working to inspire and lead change for animals, is teaming up with WholeHearted and the award-winning artist and creator of the heart-warming MUTTS comic strip, Patrick McDonnell to celebrate lifesaving animal welfare work nationwide. As part of their annual “Love Changes Everything” campaign, the Petco Foundation invites pet lovers to help create the world’s largest virtual valentine for shelter pets and the people who care for them. Adopters can submit photos and videos with a message to the staff and volunteers of the organization where they adopted…

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2019 Global Communication survey is open through February 8

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management has partnered for the fourth time with The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations’ 2019 Global Communications survey. Findings from the Survey will inform the 2019 Global Communications Report (GCR). This annual survey of PR and communication professionals around the globe provides a look at trends impacting our industry and helps inform journalism schools of the evolving skills graduates need to succeed in the business. This year’s survey focuses on the use of technology in public relations agencies and organizations. Your…

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HMUK partners with Independent Venue Week 2019 to launch its new ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’ campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians UK’s latest campaign, ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’, will support artist wellbeing backstage with bespoke ‘healthy venue packs’, accredited Mental Health First Aid training and a nationwide grassroots music venue research initiative. 2019 marks the third consecutive year Independent Venue Week (IVW) and HMUK have worked together but will act as the launch for ‘Live Music, Help Musicians’. The innovative new campaign will support the health and wellbeing of artists backstage at over 230 grassroots music venues across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during IVW, taking place this…

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