Month: August 2020

PRCA Launches Emerging Markets Group

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is delighted to announce the launch of The Emerging Market Group, co-chaired by Eleanor Kramers and George Morris Seers of FTI Consulting. The Emerging Markets Group will provide a forum for like-minded PR and public affairs professionals working both in, with and alongside frontier and emerging markets. The Group will provide a useful knowledge pool to inform innovative communications strategies that account for the range of niche and complex demands of these economies, as well as the journalists covering them. The Group will…

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“Attacks on the legal profession undermine the rule of law” says Law Society

Stuart Mitchell

A Home Office video referring to immigration lawyers who provide legal advice to migrants as ‘activist lawyers’ is condemned by the Law Society of England and Wales. “Attacks on the integrity of the legal profession undermine the rule of law,” said Law Society president Simon Davis. “Solicitors advise their clients on their rights under the laws created by parliament. To describe lawyers who are upholding the law as ‘activist lawyers’ is misleading and dangerous. “We should be proud that we live in a country where legal rights cannot be overridden…

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Fairtrade coffee co-op earns more than £190,000 with ground-breaking clean cooking carbon credit project

Stuart Mitchell

Women Fairtrade coffee co-operative members from Ethiopia have been the first to earn carbon credits from clean cooking. The women, who traditionally spend two or three hours every morning collecting wood for cooking over an open fire, have to deal with the resulting health issues, such as burns, coughs and eye irritation. Smoke from the fires causes pollution locally, and the wood-gathering results in deforestation, damaging the soil and increasing the chance of harmful emissions. But now energy efficient cook stoves, distributed to 20,000 member households by the Oromia Farmers…

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The One Club Adds to Diversity of Board, Naming SVA’s Gail Anderson and Ogilvy’s Sherina Florence

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization supporting the global creative community, has enhanced diversity within its leadership with the appointments of Gail Anderson, chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and Sherina Florence, creative director at Ogilvy, New York, to its National Board of Directors. The pair, selected from a long list of highly qualified creative leaders, were nominated by David Baldwin, head of Baldwin&, Raleigh, and Steve Sandstrom, creative director, designer and founder at Sandstrom Partners, Portland,…

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Gap Celebrates The Changemakers Of Tomorrow In ‘BE THE FUTURE’ GapKids Campaign Featuring Youth Activists

Stuart Mitchell

Gap introduces the BE THE FUTURE GapKids campaign – a collective call-to-action for youth, led by youth. Gap amplifies the voices of young American activists igniting change and empowering people to fight for a more inclusive and sustainable world. The campaign launches today on International Youth Day. BE THE FUTURE showcases a diverse range of young leaders from across the country who are creating positive societal transformations in their communities around sustainability, climate justice and activism. They show us the future is here. The activists include: BE THE UNITER: Jerome…

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