Day: 17 June 2019

Unitar And Danone Co-Create An Innovative E-Learning Course On Sustainable Diet To Shift Mindsets And Foster Better Choices For The Health Of People And The Planet

Stuart Mitchell

On World Environment Day, UNITAR and Danone announced that they have developed an online learning course named “Sustainable Diet”. By highlighting the environmental and social aspects of food production and consumption, the partnership will help people to better understand the impact of their food choices on their health and on the health of the planet. It is seeking to shift mindsets towards a more sustainable way of living and to include sustainable development challenges – such as climate change and biodiversity – into consumers’ decision-making. This joint learning program will…

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Starbucks Spain Becomes the Fifth European Country to Launch Food Waste Initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Starbucks Spain has become the fifth European country to partner with Action Against Hunger, as the company look to expand efforts to tackle food waste in the retail industry, while at the same time fighting hunger in communities around the world. The programme also runs at stores in the United Kingdom, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland. During the last hour of trading across the nearly 130 Starbucks stores in Spain, any fresh food nearing expiry will be sold at a 50 per cent discount. All proceeds from these sales will…

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Oxfam’s approach to reputation management “exposed the charity to undue risk” echo CIPR

Stuart Mitchell

CIPR echoes the concerns raised by the Chair of the Charity Commission about the conduct of Oxfam in their handling of allegations against members of staff operating in Haiti. The Charity Commission report says that senior executives believed that encouraging and facilitating the resignation of the Country Director was the best way manage the reputational risk to the organisation and minimise the disruption to its humanitarian programmes, instead of making them subject to formal disciplinary procedures. The report states: “The actions and approach taken on handling exposed the charity to…

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PRCA: “We will take decisive action against sexual harassment”

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has announced that it will take decisive action against members who fail to address allegations of sexual harassment, reflecting its commitment to promoting ethical and professional standards. This announcement comes after joint research conducted by PRCA, PRWeek, and Women in PR, revealing that 25% of respondents have experienced some sort of sexual harassment in the last year, with 9% saying they have been sexually harassed in the last month. When asked who had committed this behaviour, 31% said that it was a senior person in their organisation but…

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Actress Diane Guerrero Joins vitafusion™ and The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation’s Commitment to Planting 200,000 Fruit Trees By 2020

Stuart Mitchell

vitafusion™ Gummy Vitamins are proud to continue its partnership with The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation for the third year in a row, reinforcing their commitment to support communities in need by planting 200,000 fruit trees by 2020. The first planting of the year took place on May 16, 2019 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 366 Hewes Street, a building owned and managed by 47-year old nonprofit tenant and community organizing, affordable housing and social services provider Southside United HDFC-Los Sures. “We are thrilled that actress and author Diane Guerrero and artist…

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