PepsiCo Latin America Announces “Recycling with Purpose” in Peru and a $2 Million USD Grant from the PepsiCo Foundation to Ciudad Saludable

PepsiCo is striving to build a world where plastics need never become waste. To achieve this, PepsiCo Latin America has dedicated the last decade to working on inclusive recycling in the region. Earlier this year the company launched “Recycling with Purpose,” a circular economy model for Latin America based on consumer involvement and education, inclusive recycling, and strengthening of the local recycling industry. Today, Peru becomes the first country to implement the program. “PepsiCo wants to be part of the solution and will work continuously to build a world where…

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477 investors with USD $34 trillion in assets urge G20 leaders to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Amundi, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), Legal & General Investment Management, Natixis Investment Managers, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management, among a record number of signatories to the Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change. Investors from around the globe are urging world government leaders to step up ambition on climate change and enact strong policies by 2020 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, including phasing out thermal coal power and pricing carbon. 477 investors with $34 trillion (USD) in assets, a record…

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PRCA and PRWeek launch PR and Communications Census Middle East

The PRCA and PRWeek are today launching the first PR and Communications Census for the Middle East region, in conjunction with research partner YouGov. The PR and Communications Census Middle East survey is open from today. Click here to take part: https://start.yougov.com/refer/vpkLcFyPfslZ0v The results, which will be launched this Autumn, will provide the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the PR and communications industry across the Middle East. The PR and Communications Census 2019 Middle East will reveal authoritative demographics and diversity figures, salaries, the gender pay gap, industry prospects,…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mary Nichols and Veloz Team Up To Launch the Kicking Gas Campaign

The dynamic duo that made car history is at it again. After driving some of the most innovative changes in the automobile sector—making cars and trucks cleaner—former governor and megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and founding Veloz member, are focusing on the next big thing: going electric. And they are joined by automakers, utilities, environment and government leaders in the launch of Kicking Gas, an unlikely campaign that reveals why everyone should drive electric. Kicking Gas is an edgy, funny series of movie…

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Los Angeles County Public Health Launches Media Campaign to Stem Opioid Misuse, Overdoses and Deaths

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) launched an innovative and far-reaching public education campaign to increase awareness of the risks and harms of prescription pain medication misuse and abuse. Public Health seeks to empower the County’s 10 million residents with both an emotional connection and a call-to-action: Talk with a doctor about the safest ways to manage pain; know that treatment and recovery are possible; and understand the latest issues involving synthetic opioids, like fentanyl. “Opioids do not discriminate. Misuse of opioids has tragically touched so…

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