Month: February 2019

Global Campaign Offers $1 Million to Charity If Pope Francis Tries Vegan for Lent to Save the Planet

Stuart Mitchell

A major global campaign announced today – and backed by a host of celebrities, environmentalists and scientists – is calling on Pope Francis to try vegan for Lent to “help fight climate change with diet change.” In return, Million Dollar Vegan – the campaign behind the project – is offering $1 million to a charity of the pope’s choice should he pledge to eat a plant-based diet for Lent. The campaign seeks to highlight the devastating impact of animal agriculture, which according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has a greater impact on global…

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S&P Global’s #ChangePays Showcases the Benefits of Greater Women’s Participation in the Workforce

Stuart Mitchell

S&P Global announced today the launch of #ChangePays, a campaign that combines the Company’s ability to provide unmatched essential intelligence with a goal to increase awareness of and advance the discussion around the benefits of greater inclusivity. Leveraging S&P Global’s data and insights, #ChangePays showcases the positive effects of greater women’s participation in the workplace on the financial markets and the possible future economic gains of closing the gender gap. #ChangePays is an element of S&P Global’s “Vital Statistics” Corporate Responsibility initiative, one way in which S&P Global is making a…

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Philips and the American Heart Association join together to increase global survival rates of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, and the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, today announced a collaboration to increase sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rates in densely populated cities around the world. The Connected Pulse program leverages a unique end-to-end solution combining education programs to increase awareness of CPR, the use of publicly-available AEDs (Automated External Defibrillator), and new technologies to strengthen the ‘chain of survival’ from the moment an incident occurs to the patient reaching…

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Codewise Launches the Industry’s First Ad Analytics Platform with Embedded Ad Fraud Detection

Stuart Mitchell

Codewise, the industry’s first provider of AI-powered online ad measurement and management solutions for digital marketers, recognized by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, announced that it has enriched its Voluum ad tracking platform with an Anti-Fraud Kit, becoming the only advertising analytics platform that includes a comprehensive solution for detecting ad fraud. According to Juniper Research, ad fraud in 2018 alone caused an $18 billion loss to advertisers and is expected to reach $ 44 billion annually by 2020. The enrichment of Voluum Tracker…

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NYC Heart & Happiness Month Kicks Off February 1st to Prevent Women’s Heart Disease

Stuart Mitchell

Being well just got a whole lot easier for New Yorkers, who will be getting a month of free and low-cost wellness classes and services this February through a brand new app called TagWell that is making wellness more social, rewarding and accessible than ever before. The first inaugural NYC Heart & Happiness Month to prevent women’s heart disease kicks off February 1st at the New York Road Runners (NYRR) Run Center with a full day of workshops from 9-6pm and an expert panel discussion from 6-7:30pm, where press contacts, wellness…

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