Republic Services Launches $20 Million “Committed to Serve” Initiative to Help Employees, Customers and Communities

Republic Services, Inc. has announced the launch of its “Committed to Serve” initiative to help its employees, customers and communities across the United States. The Company has committed $20 million to support frontline employees and their families, as well as its small business customers that are the economic engines of local communities. The innovative “Committed to Serve” initiative includes multiple benefits designed to support Republic Services’ employees, customers and local communities. Key elements over the next two months include: a weekly meal for all frontline employees, weekly dinner for frontline…

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Keep America Beautiful Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with Launch of DoBeautifulThings.org

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22), national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® has launched DoBeautifulThings.org, a website designed to showcase acts of kindness during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. With the postponement of live public volunteer events for both programs, Earth Day Network and Keep America Beautiful are taking their movements to digital platforms. Through a series of video vignettes and a set of informative resources, DoBeautifulThings.org was created to remind people to do their part to keep their communities beautiful. DoBeautifulThings.org is not only a website…

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HP Inc. Launches Digital Learning Partnerships to Support Students and Schools Impacted by COVID-19

HP Inc. has announced HP Turn to Learn, a new program that will deliver educational content curated from leading scientific, publishing and media companies to support teachers and students in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. HP is partnering with TIME for Kids, Britannica and NASA on the program, which will focus on providing critical resources to Title I school districts and underserved students across the United States. In addition to HP Turn to Learn, HP also announced a series of school district donations, partnerships and new blended learning programs…

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Save the Children Announces Press Fellowship Focused on Inequality in America

Save the Children has announced a press fellowship to support journalists covering inequality in America. Selected journalists will have embargoed access to a first-ever ranking of more than 2,600 U.S. counties, and all 50 states, on how well they protect and provide for their children, as well as exclusive briefings with experts and a $1,000 reporting grant. Journalists will participate remotely in an exclusive expert briefing the week of May 11, and will have early access to the data and report researchers, before it is launched in Save the Children’s…

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ASA – Taking swift action to tackle a drip feed of misleading ad claims

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Taking swift action to tackle a drip feed of misleading ad claims. 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. Today we’ve banned advertising claims on websites and in social media by three clinics offering intravenous (IV) drip treatments which made medicinal claims that implied they could prevent or treat COVID-19. These investigations were fast-tracked as part…

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