Day: 3 January 2021

Black & Veatch Announces 2025 Net Zero Goal as Part of Sustainability Pledges

Stuart Mitchell

Recognizing the need to be a champion of change within the global infrastructure market, Black & Veatch have announced that it is strengthening its sustainability vision with new pledges that align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global best practices. The company’s pledges will address a range of environmental and business practices, including carbon neutrality by 2025, water usage, diversity and inclusion, anti-corruption and more. “Black & Veatch’s Sustainability Pledges reinforce our commitment to the betterment of society and mark a new chapter in our sustainability journey,”…

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CAP – New CAP Guidance on qualifying claims

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: New CAP Guidance on qualifying claims. 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. New qualifications guidance Qualifications are essential to many of the ads consumers see, hear and respond to. They’re the additional pieces of information that ensure consumers properly understand the headline or central (primary) claims being made. We’ve refreshed our guidance on the use…

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Pandemic triggers lowest ever cancellations of Direct Debit donations for UK charities

Stuart Mitchell

The cancellations rate for regular donations made via Direct Debit to UK charities fell to their lowest ever level this summer, due both to fewer new donors being recruited, and a conscious effort from existing donors to continue their support during the pandemic. According to figures from UK charity payments specialist Rapidata, the average cancellation rate was consistently under 2% during the five-month mid-pandemic period of May to September, with a record low of 1.32% seen in July, compared to 2.45% in July 2019. Scott Gray, Rapidata lead and head…

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Charities’ “blown away” by the public’s support, as a record-breaking £20m has been raised in the Big Give Christmas Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s biggest coordinated Christmas fundraising campaign, the ‘Big  Give  Christmas Challenge’, has broken its fundraising record, as it reveals that a staggering £20.1m has been donated during the  week-long matched funding campaign, which ended  on Tuesday 8th December. The money  raised will be a vital lifeline for the 764 charities that  took part this year, including homeslessnesss/refuge charities, which were the hardest hit by Covid-19. These charities saw the greatest demand in their services, up 81% since the pandemic hit, it was revealed in an  industry-wide report conducted by the…

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Unilever, Microsoft, Brooks, Neste, and ITV Are Among 13 More Companies to Join The Climate Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon and Global Optimism announced that 13 new signatories—Atos, Brooks, Canary Wharf Group, Coca-Cola European Partners, ERM, Groupe SEB France, Harbour Air, ITV, Microsoft, Neste, Rubicon, Unilever, and Vaude—have joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signatories to The Climate Pledge agree to: Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis; Implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions,…

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