ASA – Gambling ads: keeping a watching brief

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Gambling ads: keeping a watching brief. 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. Lockdown In April, we warned gambling and lottery operators to uphold the highest standards in their advertising.  Lockdown had created a captive audience and there were concerns that many people facing an uncertain financial future or other anxieties caused by the pandemic would…

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Ibstock publishes Sustainability Report 2019

Ibstock have revealed their 2019 Sustainability Report, evidencing their progress towards confirming their position as the most sustainable manufacturer of clay and concrete products in the UK. This year’s report highlights progress made against the company’s Sustainability Roadmap 2025 which was launched in 2018. The Roadmap communicates clear targets for the business under four core pillars: Customers and Suppliers, People, Environment and Communities. Alongside positive news of progress made across all four sustainability areas, the report also includes four new commitments: – Doubling of its target – to 20% – of…

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Anheuser-Busch Transitioning Dedicated Fleet to Renewable Natural Gas as Part of Ongoing Leadership in Sustainable Logistics

As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable logistics and reducing carbon emissions, Anheuser-Busch have announced that it is transitioning more than 180 trucks – representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet – to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).  In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Louis to fleets powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines. As the next step to achieve its 2025 sustainability goal of reducing carbon emissions across its value chain by 25% by 2025, the brewer will be expanding this fleet…

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Graduate Hotels® Launches Graduate Cares® Program

As Graduate Hotels continues to reopen locations across the country, the company has taken additional steps to ensure the health and safety of its guests and associates through its Graduate Cares® program. Created in partnership with top medical professionals at the Cleveland Clinic and cleaning and disinfection experts from P&G Professional, the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), Graduate Cares was designed to meet the standards of the industry’s most trusted experts and rethinks the end-to-end cleaning and guest interaction procedures. A…

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68% Average Decline in Species Population Sizes Since 1970, Says New WWF Report

Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2020. Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have fared worst, with an average decline of 94%. Global freshwater species have also been disproportionately impacted, declining 84% on average. As an important indicator of planetary health, these drastic species population trends signal a fundamentally broken relationship between humans and the natural world, the consequences of which—as demonstrated by the ongoing…

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