Day: 5 December 2019

Partners in Preservation Announces 2019 Winners, Honoring the Legacy of Women’s History on Main Streets Across America

Stuart Mitchell

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with Main Street America, have announced the winners of the 2019 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets program. The 13 winners, including the Savannah, GA birthplace of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low and the hometown courthouse of famed author Harper Lee in Monroeville, AL, were determined by a public voting campaign conducted online at VoteYourMainStreet.org. American Express enlisted the support of National Geographic to build the site and to amplify the campaign to their audiences. Members of the public were…

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The Walt Disney Company Partners with U.S. State Department on Third-Annual “Hidden No More” Exchange Program Featuring 50 International Women Leaders in STEM

Stuart Mitchell

The Walt Disney Company has partnered with the U.S. State Department on its third-annual Hidden No More International Visitor Leadership Program, which launched today in Washington D.C. The program was inspired by the 2016 award-winning film Hidden Figures to highlight and advance the important achievements of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Hidden No More brings to the United States 50 women from around the world who have excelled in STEM careers including spacecraft engineering, data solutions and data privacy, and STEM-related education. Over the course of the…

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Thousands Of Pupils Join Campaign To Cut Single-Use Plastic In UK Schools

Stuart Mitchell

Thousands of primary and secondary school pupils have joined a major new campaign to drastically cut the consumption of single-use plastic in UK schools. More than 7,000 pupils, across 12 schools, have signed up to  Plastic Pioneers – a campaign led by environmental charity Hubbub, and sponsored by retailers  TK Maxx and Homesense. The schools benefit  from being  part  of a community stretching from Scotland to the south coast, sharing ideas on how to reduce their consumption of single-use plastic. As part of the campaign, pupils form a Plastic Pioneers…

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ASA – Play your part in making ads responsible

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Play your part in making ads responsible. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK regulator of advertising across all media, including online. Our work includes acting on complaints and taking proactive action against misleading, harmful, offensive or otherwise irresponsible ads. ASA Council members rule on the acceptability of ads and…

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DuPont Announces 2030 Sustainability Goals

Stuart Mitchell

DuPont has announced its 2030 Sustainability Goals, underscoring the importance of sustainability in fulfilling its purpose of delivering essential innovations to help societies thrive. The nine long-term goals are based on a critical assessment of the company’s capabilities coupled with the feedback of customers and stakeholders. The goals also draw inspiration from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to identify the world’s most important problems that need to be solved.  “DuPont’s 2030 goals set forth our priorities and align to the sustainability challenges that offer the greatest opportunity to…

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