Year: 2019

UNICEF launches Right Runner game to inspire players to take action on child rights

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF has launched Right Runner, a fast-paced mobile game application to inspire, inform and empower children and young people on their rights. The first-of-its-kind game commemorated World Children’s Day and 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. “The most memorable way children and young people can learn about their rights is by playing,” said Bernt Aasen UNICEF Regional Director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean a.i. “Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention…

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ASA/CAP: Avoid the ASA putting the brakes on your advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Avoid the ASA putting the brakes on your advertising. 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. This was put up to highlight Road Safety week – an annual event coordinated by the charity Brake to promote safe and healthy journeys and help with their work to prevent road deaths and injuries. To mark this, here are…

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FAO And Danone Team Up To Foster Sustainable Diets And Food Systems Worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Danone have agreed to work together to improve global nutrition and food safety knowledge, and promote responsible agricultural value chains for more sustainable food systems. The UN agency and the global food and beverage company have a shared understanding of the need to scale up sustainable food and agricultural practices, and to provide people with access to more diverse and healthier foods. Sharing data and knowledge on this, specifically on nutrition, food safety and responsible investments in agriculture, will…

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BP invests in forest carbon offsets leader Finite Resources

Stuart Mitchell

BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Finite Resources Inc, parent company of Finite Carbon, a US-based forest carbon management company. The investment will enable Finite Carbon to grow a new line of business to incentivize sustainable forest management, financed by businesses seeking to voluntarily offset carbon emissions. Finite Carbon was founded in 2009 and has since become the largest developer of forest carbon offsets in North America with more than 40 forest projects covering nearly three million acres. The company offers landowners a single-source solution for inventorying, managing, and monetising forest carbon…

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GQ France give HeForShe award at GQ Men of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

The first GQ HeForShe award, in partnership with UN Women France, has been presented at the GQ Men of the Year awards. The presentation was held at the neoclassical Hôtel de Crillon in Paris on the 26th November. Journalist and host, Augustin Trapenard, was presented with the HeForShe accolade at the tenth edition of the French GQ Men of the Year awards for his continued passion for equality and commitment to Libraries Without Borders. This charity promotes global access to education and information for people who do not have access…

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