Day: 9 May 2022

Episode 6 of CIPR’s Engage Podcast out now; Accessible Communications

Stuart Mitchell

The latest episode of CIPR’s quarterly ‘Engage’ podcast is out today and explores accessible communications and the role public relations professionals have in ensuring client and employer communications are accessible and inclusive.  With 15% of the world’s population facing some form of disability and the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimating that two billion people across the globe will require assistive communication, memory, or a hearing aid in the next 10 years, this episode looks at the importance of embedding accessible practices in the workplace and practical advice in how to…

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ICO takes action against companies over predatory marketing calls targeting elderly, vulnerable people

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced fines totalling £405,000 to five companies responsible for over 750,000 unwanted marketing calls targeted at older, vulnerable people. The ICO also issued these companies with enforcement notices that require them to immediately stop making these predatory calls. After receiving complaints from the public and information from partner organisations, including Action Fraud, Trading Standards, the consumer group Which? and the call blocker provider trueCall, the ICO began investigating a number of companies that were calling people to sell insurance products or services for white…

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UNESCO promotes full launch of GenOcean Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

After a successful soft roll out on social media, on 4 April 2022 UNESCO will officially launch GenOcean, the official communications campaign of the UN Ocean Decade 2021-2030. The GenOcean campaign will raise public awareness on the power of ocean knowledge and science to address ocean degradation, encouraging individuals to take action to restore and protect the ocean. GenOcean will revolutionise the way we think and act towards the ocean, building strength in unity and a collective approach to ocean protection and restoration based on the latest science. Mission GenOcean…

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UK supermarkets making progress to tackle human suffering in global supply chains

Stuart Mitchell

Oxfam has published its fourth Behind the Barcodes scorecard showing a race to the top amongst supermarkets to improve on human rights for workers in their global supply chains. From new gender policies to commitments on living wages, Behind the Barcodes was launched in 2018 to help change the lives of the millions of people producing food for supermarkets who are trapped in poverty and working in brutal conditions. The campaign focuses on six of the UK’s biggest supermarkets – Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco – highlighting the…

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Real Love Rocks educational resources launched by Barnardo’s

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is launching new and updated editions of Real Love Rocks, a ground-breaking education and awareness raising programme around healthy relationships and exploitation.   It comes after an Ofsted review recommended that schools and colleges need to assume sexual harassment and sexual abuse online are happening in their settings, even if they have not received any reports, and take steps to tackle them.  These steps should include a nuanced Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (RSHE), based on the Department for Education’s (DfE’s) statutory guidance, that specifically includes sexual harassment…

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