Day: 3 August 2020

Winners announced for UNHCR Youth with Refugees Art Contest

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced the winners of its first-ever Youth with Refugees Art Contest. More than 2,000 participants from 100 countries submitted drawings and comic strips. One in four participants were themselves refugees or asylum-seekers. Launched in April 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest encouraged young people aged 12-25 to reflect creatively on the theme: “everyone counts in the fight against the virus, including refugees.” The seven winning drawings have been turned into animations by Japanese studio SPEED INC. UNHCR is also awarding five regional prizes,…

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CAP – Gender stereotyping – Lessons one year on

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Gender stereotyping – Lessons one year on. 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. Our rules have prohibited ads from featuring harmful gender stereotypes since 14 June 2019.  Since this came into force the issues the ASA has investigated have related, overwhelmingly, to scenarios featuring gender-stereotypical roles and characteristics. These rulings help provide texture and context…

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Cargill commits to restoring 600 billion liters of water by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Reliable access to clean water is essential for people and agriculture. Increasingly, poor water availability and quality threaten many communities around the world. Cargill is committed to developing and accelerating agriculture solutions that protect and enhance water resources. As a result, the company has set new global water targets to achieve sustainable water management in its operations and all priority watersheds by 2030. To achieve its water targets and improve access to clean water, Cargill will Restore 600 billion liters of water in priority watersheds Reduce 5 million kg of…

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Morgan Stanley Joins Leadership of Global Carbon Accounting Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is proud to announce that Morgan Stanley has joined its global Steering Committee focused on the complex challenge of measuring financed emissions. In addition, Morgan Stanley will lend insights and expertise to help PCAF develop the global accounting standard that can be used by all financial institutions to measure and reduce their climate impact. Launched globally in 2019, PCAF is a collaboration to standardize carbon accounting for the financial sector, enabling a harmonized approach to the assessment and disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions…

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Bankers for NetZero confirms commitment of five banks

Stuart Mitchell

Bankers for NetZero, the initiative that aims to find positive solutions for accelerating progress towards a net zero world, has today confirmed the commitment of five banks that will play a proactive role in financing a green recovery and net zero transition across the entire UK economy. By collaborating across business, finance and government, the initiative will explore how the banking sector can help de-risk the net zero transition and work with other stakeholders to ensure policy, regulation and finance are all playing their part in enabling key industries of…

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