Day: 9 August 2020

CAP – Picture perfect? Advertising and body image

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Picture perfect? Advertising and body image. 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. With summer well underway, marketers are more likely to encourage consumers to adopt a ‘holiday’ mentality. This usually means more ads for swimwear, holidays (though perhaps less so this year) and weight loss products where the focus is usually on a model’s body and physique…

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World’s largest semiconductor foundry joins RE100 and calls on peers to step up on renewable energy

Stuart Mitchell

One of Taiwan’s biggest companies, TSMC, is committing to source 100% renewable electricity globally as part of RE100, and urging peers across the electronics industry to follow suit. RE100 is a global initiative led by international non-profit the Climate Group in partnership with CDP, bringing together more than 240 global businesses switching to 100% renewable power. TSMC is the first semiconductor manufacturer globally to join RE100, driven by an ambitious approach to renewables and now favourable market conditions in Taiwan. It supplies major electronics companies such as Apple, which last…

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PRCA announces Race & Ethnicity Equity Board

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has launched the Race and Ethnicity Equity Board (REEB), following a commitment last month to accelerate the recruitment and progression of Black and ethnic monitory professionals in PR. REEB – originally announced as the BAME Advisory Board – will be led by Strategic Communications Consultant Barbara Phillips MPRCA, who has also joined the PRCA Board of Directors with immediate effect. Its purpose is to ensure the PRCA – as well as the broader PR industry – adopts a best practice approach to racial and ethnic equity. The PRCA…

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UNESCO’s “Next Normal” campaign

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO was founded in the wake of the World War II, born of the conviction that the unprecedented conflict could give rise to a better, more united world. Since wars begin in the minds of men and women, it is in the minds of men and women that a better world must be constructed, argued the Organization’s founders. Their idea is more pertinent than ever as countries begin to emerge from the global COVID-19 crisis, which has called into question our priorities, our ways of life and the functioning of…

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The Royal Foundation announces £1.8 million Fund to support Frontline Workers and the Nation’s Mental Health

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal Foundation has granted nearly £1.8 million to ten leading charities at the heart of mental health and frontline support, through a bespoke fund set up as part of the organisation’s response to COVID-19. The grants aim to build on the work that the Foundation has already done in recent months to support those on the frontline of the pandemic in the UK, and the mental health sector. The Royal Foundation has consulted extensively with these sectors, identifying where it is uniquely placed to add value. Today’s grants build…

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