Day: 8 September 2021

In A World-First, DGTL Festival And SkyNRG Open Doors To Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) For Use In The Music Industry

Stuart Mitchell

In a world first, Dutch festival brand DGTL has announced a partnership with SkyNRG, a global leader and pioneer in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), ensuring all artists to and from their international events reduce CO2 emissions from flying, by replacing fossil fuel with SAF. DGTL does everything it can to minimize air travel, but for journeys that are unavoidable, SAF will allow them to reduce their carbon footprint from flying to net zero, by replacing fossil kerosine with SAF. This innovation is the final piece in DGTL’s overall sustainability puzzle,…

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UNESCO partners with UN Women on a black women, men and youth social justice and development programme

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO has embarked on a partnership with UN Women to strengthen women-and youth owned businesses in the cultural and creative industries in the Caribbean sub-region, Latin America and Africa. The programme will also highlight Afro descendant women’s role and contribution to sustainable development through cultural exchanges, knowledge sharing and movement-building. The announcement of this initiative came as part of activities to launch UN Women’s new Global Black Women Programme where Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi moderated a panel discussion of black women creatives, entitled ‘”Ain’t I a Woman?  Black Women,…

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Digital labour platforms offer young refugees a possible route to decent work

Stuart Mitchell

The digital economy can provide job opportunities for many young refugees but ensuring decent working conditions will require new directions in thinking and action, says a new ILO report. The report, Towards decent work for young refugees and host communities in the digital platform economy in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Egypt , finds that digital gig work has the potential to generate income for refugees. Since they often struggle to enter local labour markets, refugees may turn to prominent digital platforms such as Jumia or Upwork in the absence of local livelihood…

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CIPR calls for greater transparency by Home Office

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has criticised the Home Office for a lack of transparency in creating a website – On the Move – which claimed to offer migrants a reliable source of information but did not disclose the publisher. The CIPR will be writing to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, with our concerns surrounding the creating of websites with no clear author or acknowledgement of government affiliation and with inaccurate information as wholly inappropriate.  A Freedom of Information request made by the PA news agency revealed the Home Office spent £23,200 on a social media campaign…

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PRCA Announces Global Qualifications Board

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has revealed a new global Qualifications Board to oversee the strategy and development of its qualifications programme. The Qualifications Board is comprised of communications leaders from around the world. Qualifications Board members: Genevieve Bosah, Lecturer in Media and MA Programme Coordinator Journalism and Media Communications, University of Hertfordshire Orla Clancy, Client Director at AM O’Sullivan PR and Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Strategic Magazine Liam FitzPatrick, Managing Consultant, Donhead Consultants David Holdstock, Director of Communications, Local Government Association Clāra LyLe, Managing Director, EloQ Communications Wendy Moran,…

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