Month: April 2019

The Recycling Partnership Teams up with The Coca-Cola Foundation for Three-Year $4 million Program to Decrease Waste in Atlanta

Stuart Mitchell

The Recycling Partnership with support from The Coca-Cola Foundation is launching a three-year $4 million-dollar program that will improve access to recycling, and dramatically increase the capture of more quality recyclable items in the City of Atlanta. “The City of Atlanta is eager to work with partners like The Recycling Partnership to design a more sustainable future for our community and our country, and we appreciate The Coca-Cola Foundation’s support as well,” says Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. “Given the growing problem of packaging waste, it’s critical that Atlanta design…

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#FansWithoutBorders: The newest campaign of MullenLoweSSP3 for the Club Independiente Santa Fe and the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá

Stuart Mitchell

According to a report by the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, 1,046,708 Venezuelans have entered Colombia since 2014. This is due to the social and humanitarian crisis that has been going on for some years in Venezuela and, of course, to its geographical proximity to Colombia. The Colombian National Government, local governments and several NGOs have made great efforts to mitigate the negative consequences that this situation can bring both for Venezuelans who arrive and for the country that receives them, everything possible has been done to give them a decent…

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3M and Discovery Education Search for America’s Next Top Young Scientist in National Middle School Competition with Chance to Win $25,000 Grand Prize

Stuart Mitchell

3M and Discovery Education have announced the start of the 12th annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist), the nation’s premier science competition for students in grades 5-8. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge is designed to encourage the exploration of science and innovation among America’s youth and to promote the importance of science communication. Ten national finalists will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a 3M Scientist Mentor, compete for $25,000, and earn the title of America’s Top Young Scientist. The competition entries are accepted until the Tuesday, May 7, 2019 deadline. The program challenges participants to…

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3BL Media to Host Corporate Responsibility Stories, April 17, in Atlanta

Stuart Mitchell

3BL Media, will hold the next in its series of Corporate Responsibility Stories lunch-and-learn events hosted by UPS on April 17. The event will feature Crystal Lassiter, senior director, global sustainability & environmental affairs at UPS; George Bandy, chief sustainability officer of Mohawk Industries; and Stan Little, president of the SunTrust Foundation. Dave Armon, publisher of Corporate Responsibility Magazine and chief marketing officer of 3BL Media, will act as moderator.  “Companies based in Georgia are among the most innovative when it comes to advancing an environmental, social and governance agenda,”…

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PR Industry Exasperated with Parliamentary Indecision

Stuart Mitchell

Commenting on the 29th March after the House of Commons again rejected the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement, Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Director General, Francis Ingham, commented: “The PR industry is utterly exasperated with the Parliamentary inertia and indecision that casts a cloud over our plans and our future that grows heavier day-by-day.  “The UK PR practitioners whom I speak with on a literally daily basis hold passionate and divergent views on Brexit. But on one thing they are united -the need for Parliament to deliver certainty.  “The international…

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