Day: 12 September 2019

Walmart and Terracycle® to Host Nation’s Largest Car Seat Recycling Event

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart and TerraCycle are joining forces to launch the nation’s largest car seat recycling event in nearly 4,000 Walmart stores across the country. The first-ever Walmart Car Seat Recycling Event will take place Sept. 16-30, in celebration of National Baby Safety Month. Customers can trade in used car seats at the Service desk in any participating Walmart store and receive a $30 Walmart gift card* that can be used in store or online to buy items for their baby. All car seats collected in this program will be recycled through…

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Asda trials ‘Re-Loved’ clothes shop in store to promote sustainable fashion

Stuart Mitchell

With an estimated £140m worth of clothing going to landfill in the UK each year*, supermarket Asda is helping to find new homes for unwanted clothes with a trial of an in-store ‘Re-Loved’ charity clothing shop.   For 4 weeks from 2nd September, the ‘Re-Loved’ pop-up shop in Asda’s Milton Keynes store will feature donated second-hand clothes from a number of different brands, as the retailer looks at ways to encourage customers to reuse, repurpose or recycle their unwanted clothes. The move is part of a drive by George, Asda’s…

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Help Musicians re-opens £10,000 fund for promising emerging jazz performers

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians has opened the 2019 application process for a £10,000 jazz fund, the renowned Peter Whittingham Jazz Award. Open to jazz musicians from all walks of life, the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award seeks out the most exciting and innovative emerging jazz artists who have the creativity, ambition and commitment to develop a sustainable career in jazz. As part of Help Musicians’ commitment to accessibility, the charity encourages applications from those who are currently underrepresented in jazz such as women, people with disabilities and individuals from black, Asian, and minority…

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Christina Forsgård Announced as Inaugural ICCO Ethics Chair

Stuart Mitchell

As part of a drive for continuous improvement of ethical standards in PR globally,The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) has named Christina Forsgård, Founder of Netprofile, as its inaugural Ethics Chair. She assumes the role ahead of ICCO’s annual ‘Power of Ethics’ campaign in September and will continue to drive progress in this area beyond the one-month campaign. The move comes as part of an ICCO Strategy to work with other sectors to focus on educating the public, businesses and PR professionals in regard to identifying and combating misinformation, disinformation…

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Women With Agency Unveils ‘Women Run’ New Promotional Campaign led by Female Creative Team

Stuart Mitchell

Women With Agency has just released ‘Women Run’, an inspiring promotional campaign to increase awareness around the work the gender equality firm does in order to support the growth and development of female-founded businesses globally. The campaign features fearless women leading change around the world, and was headed up by a team of female creatives, including writers Melissa Kuttan and Bec Brideson, editor Kelly Perry, designer Kiki Sarafis, producers Victoria Conners and Noelle Jones, and composer Angie Coffey. It has launched across Women With Agency’s social channels. With the aim…

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