Month: January 2021

UNESCO highlights fragility of press freedom in the face of COVID-19 in 2020

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO has condemned the killing of 59 media workers in 2020, among them four women. With 22 killings each, the Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and the Pacific Region registered the highest number of fatalities in the profession, followed by the Arab States Region with nine, and Africa with six. Overall, 2020 saw one of the lowest yearly tolls recorded by UNESCO over the past decade, during which 888 journalists and media workers’ paid the ultimate price for informing the public. In 2019, UNESCO condemned the…

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New research shows significant dependency on charities revealed since the start of the pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

Research recently released reveals almost one in eight (14%) UK adults have received support from a charity since the COVID-19 crisis began in March 2020. And, more than half (55%) of those that have received support, which equates to 3.9 million UK adults, never expected to need it before the COVID-19 crisis happened. The research commissioned by The Covid-19 Support Fund, shows a significant proportion (75%) of people using charity services this year have had to do so regularly, exposing how dependent vulnerable people are on charity in the UK. As…

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Deutsche Bank honoured for its commitment in the fight against LGBTQ persecution

Stuart Mitchell

US LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrant rights organisation “Immigration Equality” has awarded its first Safe Haven Corporate Award to Deutsche Bank, recognising the bank’s pro bono legal assistance in the fight for asylum for LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants facing persecution and brutality in their home countries. Since 2018, the bank has represented seven individuals free of charge. Of those, four have been granted asylum and three cases are still pending. Sarah Levitt, who has led many of these efforts together with colleagues in the New York Legal team and in partnership…

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CIM steps up learning and development support for members

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced that from the 25th November, new and renewing graded CIM members will be given a month’s access to online courses worth £249. Marketers will receive 30 days access to either the ‘Marketing Fundamentals’ or ‘Marketing and Brand Strategy’ online course when they join or renew their existing membership. The move is aimed at offering additional support to marketers in their learning and professional development, at a time they need it most. With the UK economy and the marketing sector feeling the effects…

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ASA – Our latest monitoring sweep to tackle age-restricted ads on children’s websites and YouTube channels

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Our latest monitoring sweep to tackle age-restricted ads on children’s websites and YouTube channels. 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. We’ve published findings from the second of our online monitoring sweeps to identify and tackle age-restricted ads appearing in children’s media. Advertisers placing age-restricted ads online are required, under the Advertising Code, to target their ads…

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