Month: September 2020

International Paper and The Nature Conservancy Expand Work to Scale Natural Climate Solutions in North America

Stuart Mitchell

The Nature Conservancy and International Paper Company, one of the world’s largest packaging, pulp and paper companies, recently completed the first of a two-phase effort to develop a suite of state-of-the-art forestry practices that others can use to create long-term solutions to global climate challenges. With initial work completed in Indonesia and Gabon, the partners are scaling up these efforts to inform responsible forestry, carbon sequestration and biodiversity monitoring in the Central Appalachian region of the U.S. and in Mexico. This work reaches beyond International Paper’s traditional supply chain in…

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Duke Energy Progress Extends Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion to Financial Sector

Stuart Mitchell

Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has successfully closed a $700 million debt offering with the help of seven diverse and minority-owned financial firms. This transaction, which involved African American-, disabled-veteran-, Hispanic- and women-owned brokerage firms as co-underwriters to sell the notes, marks the fourth significant transaction since 2016 by a Duke Energy franchise that engaged diversity-owned financial institutions as it raises low-cost capital for investments in cleaner, smarter energy infrastructure. Duke Energy Ohio, Duke Energy Florida and Piedmont Natural Gas have also completed similar transactions. “As we…

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10 UK charities unite to launch online event, The Massive Get Together, in a bid to raise over £500,000

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time, 10 of the nation’s cherished charities are uniting to respond against the impact that COVID-19 is having on the charity sector by staging The Massive Get Together – an online charity event comprising of celebrity entertainment, performance, prize draws and lots of laughs, in a bid to raise £500,000. This special collaborative, relaxed, and fun variety event, the brainchild of one of the UK’s leading charities Volunteering Matters, will be hosted live from London by TV and radio presenters Gaby Roslin and Amanda Byram. “This year…

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PRCA Ethics Council Launch Global #PRCAethics Month

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) Ethics Council has launched its annual global #PRCAethics Month in September, under a thematic banner, “The PoweR of Ethical PR.” A range of free-of-charge #PRCAethics educational and advocacy content throughout September will spur renewed ethics conversations, centered on issues impacting the global PR industry. The ultimate goal: transition PR dialogues toward stronger ethics-driven action, behavior and C-suite / board-level executive counsel. The #PRCAethics content will flow seamlessly into the PRCA’s UK National Conference theme, “PR as a Force for Positive Change,” set for Thursday, 24th…

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Michaela Coel launches Oxfam’s #SecondHandSeptember to fight throwaway fashion

Stuart Mitchell

In this year’s campaign, Coel showcases Oxfam clothing which will be sold in a pioneering Selfridges pop-up shop as part of a month-long campaign celebrating second hand The BAFTA award-winning actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playwright and poet Michaela Coel is the new face of Oxfam’s #SecondHandSeptember campaign, which is designed to raise awareness about the impact of fast fashion on the planet and garment workers. Coel will feature in the windows of more than 500 Oxfam shops nationwide, showcasing clothing from the Oxfam Online Shop, and the clothes that she…

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