Month: March 2021

Amnesty launches bitesize lessons to teach a new generation of human rights defenders

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International UK has developed a series of bitesize activities to explore human rights at home and in the wider world. The resources will help parents and teachers educate children aged between 5 and19 years old with a set of fun activities. Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “During these challenging times, it’s important to keep young people feeling positive about the future. “These fun activities will help them understand equality and know their rights on how they should be treated, and how they should treat others. “We…

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George at Asda launches clothes recycling scheme which rewards customers for bringing back unwanted clothes

Stuart Mitchell

In partnership with Yellow Octopus Group, Asda has launched a new ‘Take Back’ scheme which supports customers to recycle their unwanted clothes and textiles with ease. Customers will receive a 10% off voucher for George.com when they pack up their old and unwanted clothes, returning them to one of the retailers participating stores which can be located through the store locator page. The ‘Take Back’ scheme provides customers with a label or QR code so they can drop their clothes through Asda’s ‘toyou’ click and collect service. The move is…

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My Green Lab Joins the UN Global Compact

Stuart Mitchell

My Green Lab is proud to announce that they have joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The United Nations has designated the next ten years as the decade of action and delivery on global climate change, and My Green Lab is dedicated to helping bring this vision of action to life. The UN Global Compact, along with President Joe Biden’s executive order re-joining the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, are helping to usher in a decade of mobilization from businesses seeking to…

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Maltesers Shines a Light on Maternal Mental Health

Stuart Mitchell

Mars is proud to share a new campaign by their Maltesers brand that focuses on maternal mental health and advances the brand’s long-standing purpose of uniting people through the power of laughter. The campaign launch, which coincided with International Women’s Day, features two ads and social media content that are inspired by conversations with mothers who share lived experiences of both the light and the dark side of new motherhood. With maternal mental health issues commonly undetected or misdiagnosed, the creative is a gentle reminder that when you see a…

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ICO fines firms for sending more than 2.7 million spam text messages during the pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

Two separate companies that sent nuisance text messages during the Covid-19 pandemic have been fined a total of £330,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Messages from one of the firms prompted a record 10,000 complaints. Leads Works Ltd The ICO has fined West Sussex-based Leads Works Ltd £250,000 for sending more than 2.6 million nuisance text messages to customers without their valid consent. The messages, sent between 16 May and 26 June 2020, resulted in over 10,000 complaints. Andy Curry, ICO Head of Investigations, said: “The number of complaints we’ve…

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