Month: February 2021

Teva Sets Ambitious Long-Term Environmental Goals As Part of Renewed ESG Strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has announced long-term environmental sustainability commitments and targets to provide direction and drive action in this area. Our new goals are part of Teva’s commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) measurement, a key focus area for the business. ESG details how we achieve our business goals, underscores non-financial performance, and is considered critical to our long-term sustainability and success. These environmental sustainability commitments are aligned to three areas of focus that were identified during the company’s recently completed ESG materiality analysis, which informed the development…

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UNESCO funds initiatives to boost creative industries and urges decision-makers to include culture in their recovery plan

Stuart Mitchell

The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is meeting this week. This meeting occurs as COVID-19 has caused a crisis in culture that is both profound and unprecedented. The pandemic has revealed fundamental challenges, particularly the precariousness of artists, and the risk of standardization of cultural products if cultural diversity is not promoted. In 2021, as the world celebrates the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development and recovery plans are being negotiated around the world, UNESCO called…

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Channel 4 announces Ally Castle as new Creative Diversity and Disability Lead

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 has announced that it has appointed Ally Castle as its new Creative Diversity and Disability Lead. In this newly created role, Ally will lead on and deliver the disability focused strategic plans as part of the channel’s Creative Diversity strategy. Ally will report into the Head of Creative Diversity, Babita Bahal, and will work closely with independent producers and Commissioning teams within Channel 4 to increase disability representation both on and off screen, as well as ensuring the quality of authentic portrayal. She will also help to achieve targets and…

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Asda reduces gender pay gap

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has published its gender pay figures for 2020 which show that it continues to make good progress in closing the gap in the average hourly pay rates of male and female colleagues across its business. The supermarket has reduced both the mean and median gender pay rates for the third consecutive year and both figures are now well below the national average. In a report submitted to the Government’s Gender Pay website, Asda confirmed the following: – The median pay difference between all male and female Asda colleagues is…

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Public Safety Canada Aims to Expose Realities of Human Trafficking with New Awareness Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

An-eye opening new public awareness campaign commissioned by Public Safety Canada works to highlight the grim realities and prevalence of human trafficking in Canada. Many Canadians have misunderstandings about human trafficking. This campaign was developed to highlight public misperception and encourage Canadians to get the facts. Human trafficking is a complex crime and is not what it seems at times. Traffickers get their victims to comply through different forms of coercion and exploit them through activities usually related to sexual services or labour. Created by Banfield and directed by Mark…

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