Year: 2020

Global Citizen and Headcount Announce Multi-Year Partnership to Mobilize Voters Ahead of 2020 Election

Stuart Mitchell

International advocacy organization Global Citizen and voter registration organization HeadCount have announced a nonpartisan multi-year partnership to engage young Americans to check their status, register and vote. Through their joint initiatives, Global Citizen and HeadCount will mobilize support from artists, entertainers, media, corporations and nonprofit organizations, to give young Americans the tools to use their voice in the November 3, 2020 election and beyond. Through the work of this groundbreaking collaboration, Global Citizen and HeadCount will activate young people to get involved and spark change in their communities by expressing…

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Duke Energy Provides More Than $1 Million in Grants to Support Social Justice, Racial Equity

Stuart Mitchell

Duke Energy, through its foundation, today announced the recipients of more than $1 million in employee-directed grants to nonprofit organizations committed to social justice and racial equity. Grants will be distributed to 80 organizations across seven states where the company has electric and gas customers – North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. On June 8, Duke Energy pledged $1 million to support social justice and racial equity. In a first for the company, Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas employees helped identify which organizations in each state…

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CAP – Habits of impeccably groomed male beauty ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Habits of impeccably groomed male beauty 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. You may or may not be aware but later this month, on 21st August 2020, it’s ‘Men’s Grooming Day’. With the male beauty market consistently on the rise, including in terms of advertising spend, it’s certainly an emerging area – but, from…

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Novartis Announces Ambitious ESG Targets to Increase Access to Medicines and Achieve Full Carbon Neutrality

Stuart Mitchell

Novartis hosted a virtual investor event to provide a comprehensive overview of the company’s progress in its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. “ESG is a key strategic priority for the Novartis Board and Executive Committee and we made progress in all of our key ESG strategic pillars,” said Joerg Reinhardt, Chairman of Novartis. “Moving forward, we are further reinforcing the way we measure our impact with a set of new ESG targets, increasing our ambition to drive more value for society.” Novartis focuses on 4 key strategic ESG pillars…

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Triodos Bank bolsters its UK impact investment portfolio

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Investment Management (Triodos IM), the investment arm of Triodos Bank, is launching the Triodos Sterling Bond Impact Fund – a bond fund at the lower end of the risk/return spectrum rated with an SRRI of 3/7 based on simulated past performance data.  It is the first time Triodos IM has issued a fund in GBP. The new Fund, which will be open for pre-launch subscriptions from 24 September (and is expected to launch on Monday 2 November) at the price of £20 per share, bolsters the Triodos impact investment portfolio…

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