Month: June 2021

Retailers unite to call for Government to avoid a “life sentence” of violence and abuse for shop-workers

Stuart Mitchell

A coalition consisting of more than 30 major retail businesses*, are  urging MPs to avoid shackling over three million shopworkers to a “life sentence” of violence, abuse and anti-social behaviour by encouraging them to back an amendment to a flagship Government crime bill which would offer frontline workers greater protection. The call for stiffer penalties for those committing assaults and attacks on shopworkers comes as a new report* “Breaking the Cycle: Gaining the views of criminal justice practitioners and retail offenders on effective sentencing” is launched. The research – written…

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ASA Chief Executive appointed as President of ICAS

Stuart Mitchell

ASA Chief Executive Guy Parker has been elected as the new President of the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS), the post on their website is below: We are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive, Guy Parker has been elected as the new President of the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) following its Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2021. Guy will carry out this role alongside his ongoing leadership of the ASA. He will be supported by a renewed and expanded Executive Committee whose priority will be…

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Mattel Launches New Toy Takeback Program Called Mattel PlayBack

Stuart Mitchell

Mattel Inc. has announced the launch of Mattel PlayBack, a toy takeback program that will enable families to extend the life of their Mattel toys once they are finished playing with them. The new program is designed to recover and reuse materials from old Mattel toys for future Mattel products, and supports the company’s goal to achieve 100% recycled, recyclable or bio-based plastic materials across all products and packaging by 2030. “Mattel toys are made to last and be passed on from generation to generation,” said Richard Dickson, President and…

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How women in Ecuador are restoring a fragile ecosystem in the face of climate crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Women in Ecuador have stayed in the páramo, an ecosystem in the Andes, despite the threats that desertification, overgrazing and other human activities pose to their sustenance. With funding from the Municipality of Madrid, UN Women is working with the Azuay provincial government to improve the resilience of communities in Azuay province through a comprehensive intervention that includes women-led sustainable agricultural production. The project is also dismantling gender stereotypes and empowering women to contribute to decision-making processes in their communities. Many threats loom over Ecuador’s páramo ecosystem in the Andes:…

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BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® on a Mission to be World’s Most Sustainable Gin

Stuart Mitchell

After decades spent carefully building sustainable partnerships with farmers and suppliers, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE, the iconic premium gin from family-owned Bacardi Limited, is proud to announce that all 10 of its botanical ingredients are on track to be certified sustainable in 2021. With the suppliers of eight already certified according to the For Life standard, the goal is for the remaining two producers – for grains of paradise from Ghana and liquorice from China – to be certified in the months which follow the lifting of travel restrictions. This news is a major…

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