Day: 3 February 2021

CIPR launches Excellence Awards 2021 with two new categories

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched its flagship Excellence Awards 2021 with two new award categories – ‘Best COVID Response’ and ‘Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative’. Headline sponsored by full-service agency, 3GEM, the PR industry’s leading awards this year include 33 categories to enter with the two new categories designed to recognise the efforts of the public relations profession in response to the pandemic from around the globe. To celebrate the profession’s work over the last year in supporting their businesses, clients, and staff the new ‘Best COVID Response’ category is free to enter for all. The dates to…

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PRCA Responds to Lobbying Act Review Calling for Major Change

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has responded to the Government’s review of the 2014 Lobbying Act, calling for major changes to improve public confidence in the democratic process. In its response, the PRCA called for four revisions to the current system: – The scope of the Act should be widened, so that it covers all who lobby rather than just third party consultant lobbyists. This would include lawyers, accountants, and management consultants who carry out the business of consultant lobbying, yet who are rarely captured under the scope of the Act. It would also…

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UN Women launch Comic and cartoon competition; GENERATION EQUALITY: PICTURE IT!

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women—together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico, as well as in partnership with Cartooning for Peace—is organizing a global comic and cartoon competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set out how to remove the systemic barriers that hold women back from equal participation in all areas of life. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women and girls, everywhere. To commemorate this anniversary, UN Women has launched the multigenerational campaign, “Generation…

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CAP – Inject a dose of compliance into your weight-loss ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Inject a dose of compliance into your weight-loss 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. The benefits of maintaining a healthy weight has been a big part of the national conversation recently.  Burning more calories than you consume is the most common self-treatment for weight-loss – good medical and nutritional practice suggests a steady weight…

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UNESCO Report voices concern over inadequacy of funding for ocean research

Stuart Mitchell

Lack of funding is hampering the development and implementation of marine research and its valuable applications, according to the Second Global Ocean Science Report, published by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), ahead of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. On average, States devote only 1.7% of their research budgets to sciences of the ocean (0.03% to 11.8%, depending on the country), much less than they spend on other major scientific fields. This is incomprehensible considering the fundamental role of the ocean in regulating the climate…

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