Day: 25 November 2022

PRSSA and The News Literacy Project Partner for 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition

Stuart Mitchell

PRSSA, the foremost organization for students interested in the public relations and communications fields, announced that it is teaming with the News Literacy Project, the nation’s leading provider of news literacy education, for the 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. Originating in 1973, the Bateman Competition allows PRSSA members to exercise the analytical skills required for public relations problem solving. In 1983, the name of the competition was changed to honor the memory of the late J. Carroll Bateman, APR, a past president of PRSA and instrumental in the founding of…

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JLP launches national effort to help care-experienced people into work

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership is announcing a new plan to support young people leaving the care system – a community too often overlooked by employers – to find meaningful jobs.   This forms part of the Partnership’s long term ambition to become the employer of choice for young people who are care experienced, and is even more important in a cost of living crisis and with so many businesses facing recruitment challenges.  There are over 108,000 children in care across the UK today – in local authority care or foster homes…

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New Study Confirms Greater Resilience of Fairtrade Farmers in Times of Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

A new report published today by Fairtrade International has confirmed that access to better prices, credit, and financial stability significantly increased the resilience of Fairtrade certified organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling them to better withstand the global crisis and reduce its impact on their farmer members and workers. The study, titled Fairtrade certification and producer resilience in times of crises and conducted by Scio Network and Athena Infonomics, examined the experiences of Fairtrade and non-Fairtrade coffee, banana and flower producers in Indonesia, Peru, and Kenya, finding that households belonging…

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Kellogg Company Allocated Sustainability Bond Net Proceeds

Stuart Mitchell

Kellogg Company has announced in its 2022 Sustainability Bond Impact Report that it has fully allocated the net proceeds from its inaugural sustainability bond issued in May 2021, which totaled €300 million before offering expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions. The proceeds allocated to Kellogg’s eligible global sustainability projects support significant progress already made against the company’s Better Days Promise to address the intersection of wellbeing, hunger, sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion, creating Better Days for 3 billion people and the planet by the end of 2030. In fact, Kellogg…

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ASA – Mental Health in Ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Mental Health in 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. The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, recognised on 10 October, was to make ‘mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’. Everyone will experience change or uncertainty in their lives, often relating to family, friends, work or health, and good mental…

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