Day: 19 November 2022

Girls’ rights gains ‘slow, fragile and unequal’ – Plan International new report

Stuart Mitchell

A girl growing up today continues to face considerable human rights violations, with little change from 10 years ago, according to new analysis by Plan International. In a report published on the 10th annual International Day of the Girl, a day celebrating the importance of girls’ rights, the NGO found that a combination of factors – including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, conflict and the rise of right-wing politics – has profoundly set back progress on girls’ rights. While the International Day of the Girl has considerably raised discourse on…

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Amnesty and Liberty stunt calls for dangerous bill of ‘rights’ to be scrapped

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International and Liberty have joined forces in an advert take-over of ConservativeHome and LabourList, urging the scrapping of Dominic Raab’s Bill of Rights Bill, which is due to return to Parliament imminently. The banner ads show the Bill of Rights crossed out and replaced by “a complete mess” – quoting a government source from September 2022 when the bill was shelved by Liz Truss – and aim to make MPs and peers aware of the dangers of this bill and the need to bin it.   The bill – widely…

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BNP Paribas places mobility at the centre of its development projects

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental awareness, changes in regulations, new uses and technological advances are changing the field of mobility at all levels of the value chain, from car manufacturers, distributors, digital players to individuals. With its historic role in the European mobility market, BNP Paribas has developed, across its various business lines, an in-depth understanding of the challenges facing the sector. CIB supports and advises major manufacturing groups, Arval BNP Paribas deploys vehicle fleets and new mobility solutions, and BNP Paribas Leasing offers financing solutions for associated infrastructure. The Group’s commercial banks, BNP Paribas Personal Finance and…

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Womenswear fashion rental launches at John Lewis

Stuart Mitchell

The UK buys more clothes per person than any other country in Europe, and the wider fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of annual global carbon emissions. As a retailer, we need to provide our consumers with a more sustainable solution. This is why John Lewis Fashion Rental was created. John Lewis Fashion Rental is a new platform that will be the home of our womenswear rental collection, launching 3rd October powered by HURR, an established womenswear rental brand. Hosting over 25 incredibly stylish brands from Olivia Rubin, O Pioneers, &…

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Fairtrade, ECOOKIM and Mars launch groundbreaking new livelihoods improvement program in Abidjan, supporting 5,000 ECOOKIM cocoa farmers on a path to a living income by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated, ECOOKIM and Fairtrade launched a groundbreaking new cocoa farmer livelihoods improvement program — Livelihoods Ecosystem Advancement Program (LEAP) – in what they believe could be one of the industry’s most comprehensive efforts to date designed to address persistent barriers to cocoa farmers’ ability to achieve a living income. The program was co-created by ECOOKIM farmer members, Mars and Fairtrade and aims to support 5,000 smallholder farmers in Côte d’Ivoire on a path to a living income by 2030.  The findings from the initiative will be used to create a…

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