Day: 27 June 2021

Board of Global Alliance announces new appointments for 2021-2022

Stuart Mitchell

In line with best corporate governance and compliance practices Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management has announced its new board appointments for 2021-2022. Following the election of new Board members at the 19th AGM in May, incoming and current board members were appointed to Chair and join steering groups in June and took up their roles from 1 July. The appointments reflect the Global Alliance’s core activities of promoting academic excellence, research, education and training, ethics and standards, global trends, diversity and inclusion, health and wellbeing, membership services…

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Whole Planet Foundation Launches Annual Campaign to Alleviate Poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Whole Planet Foundation is a Whole Foods Market non-profit dedicated to alleviating poverty locally and globally.  For two weeks beginning June 23, shoppers can donate at the registers in Whole Foods Market stores in the U.S., Canada and the UK and online to alleviate poverty in countries that supply Whole Foods Market stores with products. Since 2006, Whole Planet Foundation has disbursed $92 million through microfinance partners in 78 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, including in 20 U.S. cities. Whole Planet Foundation collaborates with a wide network of microfinance organizations and…

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Digital Billboard Campaign in Texas Seeks to Bring Missing Children Home

Stuart Mitchell

Texas Center for the Missing, Houston’s Amber Alert Provider,The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) launched a new month-long effort across Texas to generate leads in four individual missing childrens’ cases in Houston, San Antonio, the Dallas region and El Paso. Coinciding with National Missing Kids Day, the campaign in each city will feature a different missing child’s case across Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital out of home (DOOH) displays. The child’s photo is included in each message, and in some cases, the child’s age…

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Waitrose ‘unpacks’ more products as demand for refillables grows

Stuart Mitchell

 In response to a growing customer demand for refillables, Waitrose is launching more new products as part of their pioneering ‘Unpacked’ refillable concept, including loose tea for the first time.  Sales of refillables at their four Unpacked shops have grown by nearly 9% in the past six months with a number of products proving particularly popular with shoppers. Sales of refillable frozen fruit and vegetables for the same period have increased by more than 50%, detergent and washing-up liquid sales have grown by 24% and pulses, pasta and grains have…

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The Ocean Cleanup and The Coca-Cola Company Announce New Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup have announced that Coca-Cola will become a Global Implementation Partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river project. The unique partnership brings the international company and technological non-profit together behind a clear objective: to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans, by first intercepting waste in rivers. Partnering Coca-Cola’s scale and global network with The Ocean Cleanup’s technology and data solutions, the initiative will help to expedite the deployment of cleanup systems across fifteen rivers around the world over the next 18…

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