Day: 27 October 2020

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Donates $1 Million to Food Banks Across the U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation announced today that a donation of $1 million from Sodexo’s global Stop Hunger Endowment Fund was distributed to 27 food banks during Hunger Action Month. Areas included Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville, KY, New York City, Washington, and more. As a result of the pandemic, Feeding America reports that more than 54 million people may experience hunger, assistance from food banks has increased by 50 percent, and 8 billion meals will be needed to meet the increased demand. “We could not be prouder of…

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Clinton Foundation and Verizon Partner to Promote Student Social Impact Innovation

Stuart Mitchell

The Clinton Foundation and Verizon announced a new partnership to help college students develop leadership skills and to inspire them to create innovative, high-quality social impact projects. Through the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) program, Verizon will help college students develop solutions that address social issues with the support of specialized curriculum and programming, as well as access to experts in technology and innovation. These resources will be available to all CGI U students for one year and have a specific focus on engaging students at Historically Black Colleges…

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UN Calls for Action From the Global Business Community to Help End the Humanitarian Crisis of Seafarers

Stuart Mitchell

The UN Human Rights Office and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, have joined the United Nations Global Compact in calling for businesses across the value chain to act and assess the human rights situation facing seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 800,000 seafarers are currently either stranded on vessels or prevented from returning to ships due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel and transit. Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, all business enterprises should respect human rights throughout their operations, including during the transfer of…

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Dairy Farmers Of America Sets Sustainability Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 30% For The Decade

Stuart Mitchell

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national dairy cooperative owned by family farmers, has announced a continued step forward in its commitment to sustainability, as it becomes the first U.S. dairy cooperative to set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a cooperative invested in the dairy supply chain from farm to table, DFA is taking a strong position by setting a science-based target and committing to reduce both direct and value chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030, from a base year of 2018.…

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ASA – Depicting COVID-19 safety measures in ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Depicting COVID-19 safety measures in ads. 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. Since the beginning of the pandemic the ASA, and CAP, have remained conscious that in this time of national crisis it’s imperative to act sensitively and with due regard to the circumstances faced by businesses and members of the public alike.  In practice,…

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