Day: 19 February 2019

Morrisons trial plastic-free shopping in paper bag trial

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons have posted on their social media that they are looking to try an American-style paper bag alternative to the plastic bags they currently use, the text of the post is below: “When we listen to customers they want us to help them reduce the amount of plastic they have in their lives. These new paper bags do exactly the same job as standard plastic carrier bags. They are tough, reusable and can help keep a large amount of plastic out of the environment.” Andy Atkinson, Group Customer and Marketing…

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Hershey Announces New Environmental Policy And Initiatives To Significantly Reduce Its Impact On The Planet

Stuart Mitchell

The Hershey Company has announced from Kakum National Park in Southern Ghana a package of environmental initiatives and commitments, including establishing a new comprehensive environmental policy, signing the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and joining the Science Based Targets initiative. In addition, Hershey is launching the Kakum Cocoa Agroforestry Landscape Program, focused on improving the well-being of cocoa farmers and their families and strengthening the region’s socio-economic and ecological resilience to climate change. “Hershey has long demonstrated its belief that business has a responsibility to help protect our communities and…

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Women-led CIPR Board is a ‘powerhouse of talent’

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has announced the line-up of the Institute’s Board of Directors for 2019. The new Board comprises senior public relations professionals from a range of award-winning consultancies and in-house teams.​ All three Honorary Officer positions are held by women for the first time in the Institute’s 70-year history. Honorary officers: President: Emma Leech Found.Chart.PR, FCIPR Vice President: Jenni Field Chart.PR, FCIPR  Vice President: Sarah Hall Chart.PR, FCIPR Elected members: Stuart Bruce Chart.PR, FCIPR Lindsey Collumbell Chart PR, FCIPR Eva Maclaine Found.Chart, FCIPR Amanda Pearse MCIPR Steve Shepperson-Smith Chart.PR, MCIPR Co-opted members:…

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Instinctif Deputy Chairman joins PRCA Board of Management

Stuart Mitchell

Richard Nichols MPRCA, Deputy Chairman, Instinctif Partners, has been appointed to the Board of Management of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). Nichols was recently handed the role of Deputy Chairman at Instinctif Partners, the international business communications consultancy, having been CEO for twelve years between 2006 and 2018. Instinctif Partners was PRWeek’s International Agency of the Year in 2017 and 2018, was ranked PRWeek’s ‘Best Place to Work’ in 2018 and the Holmes Report’s EMEA Corporate Consultancy of the Year in 2017. Prior to joining Instinctif Partners, Richard…

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International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Launches Myeloma Action Month March 1

Stuart Mitchell

The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) is harnessing the power of myeloma patients, their families, and the myeloma community at large to raise awareness of the disease during Myeloma Action Month (MAM), starting March 1, 2019. In 2009, the IMF was the first organization to declare March as Myeloma Awareness Month. The organization elevated the campaign in 2016 to Myeloma Action Month to encourage a more dynamic, proactive approach. This year’s proactive approach is highlighted by YOU—Myeloma Warriors. As Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, the IMF’s Chairman of the Board, explains in…

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