Day: 8 October 2020

CAP – Don’t be a joker: Gambling and the Ad Rules

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Don’t be a joker: Gambling and the Ad Rules. 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. Gambling advertising can be a risky business.  Alongside all of the usual rules around misleading claims, promotional marketing and offence, there are also specific rules for gambling to ensure that ads are socially responsible.  This includes not condoning gambling behaviour…

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National Trust publishes new survey report on links between historic places, colonialism and slavery

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has published a report showing connections between 93 of its historic places and colonialism and historic slavery. The survey, commissioned by the Trust last September, is part of a broader commitment to ensuring links to colonialism and historic slavery are properly represented, shared and interpreted as part of a broader narrative at relevant National Trust places.  The conservation charity has to date explored histories of colonialism and slavery at some of its places including projects such as ‘Colonial Countryside’, which has worked with school children at selected…

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Garfield Weston Foundation launches £25m arts fund

Stuart Mitchell

The Garfield Weston Foundation are pleased to announce that the Foundation is launching the one-off Weston Culture Fund which launched on the 5th October. This £25 million fund is designed to support mid to large scale cultural organisations in the UK to help them restart work, re-engage with audiences, adapt to changed circumstances and generate revenue. The fund is specifically for charitable organisations with a pre-Covid regular annual income of £500,000 or greater; smaller organisations will be able to apply for our regular grants programme via their website as usual.…

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Dropbox sets sustainability goals for 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Dropbox have announced thay they are committed to fighting global warming and reducing their carbon footprint. They”ve announcing the goals they plan to accomplish before 2030: Achieve carbon neutrality for scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3 business travel emissions Source 100% renewable energy for our operations, including our data centers Support organizations working for climate action Mobilize employees to use volunteer-time-off for environmental causes Achieving these goals is more critical than ever as the need to reverse global warming is urgent. Climate scientists widely agree that global greenhouse gas…

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Tesco partners with OLIO in ground-breaking scheme to cut food waste

Stuart Mitchell

An innovative scheme to stop more surplus food from going to waste and re-distribute it amongst members of the local community will be rolled out across the UK by Tesco.  The supermarket has partnered with food sharing app and social enterprise OLIO to help reduce food waste in stores across the UK in a move which should help feed more people in crisis in the local community.  The new partnership builds on Tesco’s existing food surplus donations programme, including its Community Food Connection scheme with FareShare, which already sees it donate 2 million meals every…

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