Month: August 2021

Schneider Electric and the Global Footprint Network Partner on “100 Days of Possibility” Initiative to Promote Solutions to Fight Climate Change

Stuart Mitchell

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Global Footprint Network (GFN), a research organization that tracks how the world manages natural resources, have launched the “100 Days of Possibility” initiative. The initiative seeks to promote solutions that help address climate change and biodiversity loss. The launch of the initiative coincides with Earth Overshoot Day – the date when humanity exhausts all ecological resources the planet can regenerate during an entire year. The 100 days referenced in the initiative’s name mark the time left until the start of…

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Dow Announces Strategic Collaboration With Natura for Project Ybá in Brazil – a Model of Sustainable Commercial-ecological- Social Development in the Amazon Rainforest

Stuart Mitchell

Dow recently announced that Natura cosmetics brand – part of Natura & Co group, the fourth largest personal care company in the world – is the first commercial collaborator for Project Ybá: Conservation that Transforms, a strategic sustainability project for balancing commercial growth of a local community with environmental preservation in Breu Branco, Pará, deep in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest. Launched in May 2021, Project Ybá is a Dow initiative in Brazil with an investment of R$1 million (~US$200,000) in collaboration with the Peabiru Institute and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). It aims to…

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Association for Financial Professionals Launches Initiative to Promote Treasury and Finance Careers to Underrepresented Communities

Stuart Mitchell

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has launched a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Awareness Initiative with founding partner, Invesco. This Initiative will be a sustained campaign to inform individuals from underrepresented communities about career opportunities in corporate finance and treasury.  AFP and Invesco will showcase opportunities for professional development, skills building, ongoing training, and continuous learning that will prepare individuals for challenging and rewarding careers in corporate finance and treasury. “The corporate treasury and finance profession offers individuals a dynamic, growth-oriented career opportunity that drives the success of organizations…

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DMA’s Marketing Challenge 2021 Winners announced

Stuart Mitchell

The winners of this year’s Marketing Challenge have been announced by ScotRail and the Data & Marketing Association’s (DMA) Talent division. The winning team, ‘DigiConnect’, includes Megan Leonard, Lucy James, June Vorraa and Liene Snukute, all students from Bournemouth University. Students across the UK were tasked with devising a marketing campaign for ScotRail, to help grow awareness of its eco-friendly services to 18-30-year-olds. They were asked to create a 12-month integrated marketing campaign to promote train and bicycle travel, resulting in participation from thousands of leisure passengers across Scotland. Team…

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House of Anita Dongre’s Next Defining Move: Ancient-Forest-Free Fashion

Stuart Mitchell

one of India’s leading fashion houses, House of Anita Dongre, is ensuring that protection of the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests continues to grow, expanding its sustainability legacy by being the first Indian fashion house to join international environmental organization Canopy’s CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives. The CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives are focused on transforming the fashion and packaging supply chains: shifting them away from sourcing from the world’s most important forests and scaling climate-friendly Next Generation Solutions. Every year over 3.2 billion trees, many from vital forest ecosystems in places…

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