Month: March 2022

PureCycle Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to welcome PureCycle Technologies, a publicly-traded advanced recycling company, as its newest member. PureCycle uses proprietary technology to separate contaminants, odors, and colors from polypropylene (designated as No. 5 plastic) waste and transform it into ultra-pure recycled plastic. PureCycle will work to support HPRC efforts by offering a solution for hard to recycle polypropylene materials commonly found in healthcare. “We are very excited to welcome PureCycle as a member of HPRC,” said Peylina Chu, Director of HPRC. “They are at the forefront…

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Ovia Health Launches Birth Equity Hub in Support of Birth Workers Who Strive for Equitable Birth Outcomes in the Black Community

Stuart Mitchell

Ovia Health, the only clinically-backed, digital family health platform, is collaborating with the National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC), an organization committed to optimizing maternal and infant health. This is the second year that Ovia and NBEC have worked together. The two organizations partnered on a content hub that includes a birth plan series and educational content about birth workers and birth equity designed to empower members of Ovia’s community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women die at roughly three times the rate of white women…

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TBWA NY’s Dotun Bello and The One Club Launch for Free Creative Bootcamp in Lagos

Stuart Mitchell

As a way to help elevate the creative community in his native Nigeria, TBWA\Chiat Day New York senior copywriter Dotun Bello has partnered with The One Club for Creativity to launch a free 10-week Lagos Creative Development Bootcamp.  The program is co-sponsored by TBWA\Chiat Day New York and Wieden+Kennedy, and based on the platform and curriculum of The One Club’s own long-running Creative Boot Camps.  The Lagos Creative Development Bootcamp was developed to train creative professionals in Nigeria on how to build their own personal brands, and show them how…

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Palm derivatives users pool funding to create positive impact in sourcing regions

Stuart Mitchell

Leading cosmetics, personal care, healthcare and oleochemicals companies are providing funding to a project that will generate positive environmental and social impact in the region where they source palm oil derivatives. At least six members of Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD) – including Croda International, The Estée Lauder Companies through its Charitable Foundation, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Natura &Co, Seppic and Stéarinerie Dubois – will collectively provide financial support to an on-the-ground project in a priority region that has strong supply chain links and systemic environmental and human rights challenges. The…

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IFC, SECO Expand Partnership to Promote Sustainable Investment in Emerging Economies

Stuart Mitchell

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) announced today a new program to spur private sector investment in developing countries by leveraging sound environmental and social (E&S) risk management and corporate governance practices. The new Integrated Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Program will support private sector entities in several countries in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia with advice regarding corporate structures – such as controls and board oversight – to…

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