Day: 15 October 2021

Scotiabank Releases Its 2020 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report Highlighting Progress in Diversity and Inclusion, Climate and Sustainable Finance

Stuart Mitchell

Scotiabank has released its 2020 Environment, Social and Governance Report, a comprehensive review of the Bank’s progress in delivering for every future. The report outlines Scotiabank’s ongoing commitment to building a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable world by advancing the issues that matter most to customers, shareholders, employees, and communities. Scotiabank’s approach to ESG focuses on four pillars – Environmental Action, Economic Resilience, Inclusive Society, and Leadership & Governance. “Scotiabankers remain deeply committed to advancing environmental, social, and governmental issues, while continually delivering for our customers, shareholders, and fellow employees,”…

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Budweiser Brewing Group together with RUSAL, the Metals segment of En+ Group and ELVAL announce the launch of a pilot to produce a can with the lowest ever carbon footprint for an AB InBev beer can produced in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Budweiser Brewing Group, the UK arm of AB InBev, together with RUSAL, the Metals segment of En+ Group, CANPACK, global manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, and ELVAL, a leading aluminium rolling expert, announce the launch of a pilot to produce a can with the lowest ever carbon footprint for an AB InBev beer can produced in Europe. Budweiser Brewing Group, the UK arm of AB InBev, together with RUSAL, the Metals segment of En+ Group, the world’s largest producer of low carbon aluminium, CANPACK, global manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, and ELVAL,…

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Hershey Releases 2020 Sustainability Report

Stuart Mitchell

The Hershey Company has released its 2020 Sustainability Report, highlighting its progress on key environmental and social initiatives during a year of unprecedented challenges. The report reviews the company’s holistic sustainability strategy – known as its Shared Goodness Promise – which includes initiatives across the enterprise and value chain such as responsible sourcing, respecting human rights, climate action, employee wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion, and community engagement. Hershey’s Shared Goodness Promise guides the company to make positive change at scale and leverage its business to advance more sustainable growth, with socially…

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New cosmetics consortium to co-design environmental impact assessment and scoring system

Stuart Mitchell

Henkel, L’Oréal, LVMH, Natura &Co, and Unilever announce a new global collaboration to co-develop an industry-wide environmental impact assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products. The aim is to co-design an approach that is brand-agnostic, and which provides consumers with clear, transparent and comparable environmental impact information, based on a common science-based methodology. They are inviting other cosmetics companies to join them in this pursuit. Addressing the demand for greater transparency The new assessment and scoring system will aim to meet growing consumer demand for greater transparency about the environmental…

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Mental health, diversity, gender pay gap, remote working and more: New PRCA LATAM Census uncovers trends in region’s PR professions

Stuart Mitchell

Just one in 12 Latin American (LATAM) PR and communication professionals (8%) expect to return to the traditional five-day office week post-Covid, according to the new LATAM PR and Communications Census 2021. Currently, the vast majority (85%) of PR practitioners are working from home, with only 4% permanently in the office. Post-pandemic, 63% said they expect to continue to embrace a hybrid working model. Interestingly, 14% expect to remain fully home-based. The research, sponsored and carried out by Quiddity, is published by PRCA Americas, the regional arm of the world’s…

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