Month: June 2022

ASA report: Ongoing decline in children’s exposure to age-restricted TV ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  ASA report: Ongoing decline in children’s exposure to age-restricted TV ads. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Children’s exposure to gambling and alcohol ads on TV has decreased significantly over the last decade, we can reveal. Under-16s exposure to TV ads for alcohol decreased by three quarters since 2010 Exposure to gambling ads on TV…

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The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Launch Global Collaboration to Increase Youth Engagement in Public Life

Stuart Mitchell

Millions of young people are missing from public life. Without their involvement, the pressing issues that most significantly affect them—from the climate crisis to healthcare access, mental health, and racial justice—will not take center stage in political decision-making.    In the US, the average senator is almost 64 years old, and the average House member is about 58. This extends beyond national politics, too: More than half of US governors are over the age of 60 and less than 6% of state legislators are under age 35. While age is…

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New Fund Will Target Plastic Waste as an investible opportunity

Stuart Mitchell

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (“Alliance”) and Lombard Odier Investment Managers (“LOIM”) has announced their intention to launch a new circular plastic fund. The fund will aim to raise US$500 million from institutional and other accredited investors for scalable solutions to remove plastic waste from the environment, increase recycling, and drive the global transition towards a circular economy for the plastic value chain. The Alliance will serve as a cornerstone investor in the fund. Following an extensive and competitive tender, the Alliance has mandated LOIM to build and manage…

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Companies committed to cut emissions in line with climate science now represent $38 trillion of global economy

Stuart Mitchell

The SBTi has launched its third annual assessment of the initiative’s impact since its launch in 2015. The 2021 Progress Report ‘Scaling Urgent Corporate Climate Action Worldwide’ reveals that the SBTi has entered a period of exponential growth with SBTi companies now representing over a third of global market capitalization, worth $38 trillion USD – up from 20% in 2020. (SBTi companies refers to companies with science-based targets approved by the SBTi and companies with commitments to set targets. Global market capitalization is the total dollar value of publicly-traded companies’…

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Oil majors are gambling on emissions mitigation technologies

Stuart Mitchell

Oil and gas companies are putting investors at risk because their plans to reduce emissions rely on technologies that are expensive and unproven at scale, finds a report from the financial think tank Carbon Tracker released recently. All but two of the 15 largest publicly traded oil and gas companies have updated their climate targets since May 2021, but the report warns that most are failing to commit to absolute cuts in emissions and it questions the credibility of company plans which seek to make room for new production. Eni…

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