Month: December 2022

Vattenfall maps its impact on biodiversity in the full value chain

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall is a pioneer in measuring the overall impact on biodiversity. Now a comprehensive analysis has been carried out of how the company’s economic activities impact biodiversity throughout the value chain.  The Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) is a tool that enables companies and financial institutions to gain an overall picture of how different activities and supply chains impact species of animals and plants as well as their natural habitats. Based on this, companies can set goals that are in line with the best available science regarding the planetary boundaries. “Biological…

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75 agencies invite 2000 students in for nationwide careers programme

Stuart Mitchell

Seventy-five IPA agencies are opening their doors to 2000 students from an array of state schools up and down the country, as part of the IPA-led careers programme, Advertising Unlocked, taking place throughout November. Advertising Unlocked, founded in 2017, aims to introduce new, potentially unconsidered career options to school children, and to provide agencies with an audience of fresh, diverse talent. Since inception over 5,000 students have taken part, with feedback from previous years demonstrating the tangible benefits for both children and agencies. Each agency has been matched with a…

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UNESCO Member States commit to invest at least 10% of education budget on early childhood education

Stuart Mitchell

Countries committed to invest at least 10% of total education spending on pre-primary education and to ensure that salaries and working conditions of pre-school personnel are at least at par with those of primary education teachers at the UNESCO Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 14-16 November 2022. They also reaffirmed the commitment to guarantee at least one year of free pre-primary education, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4. Research in neurosciences and social sciences shows that 85% of brain development takes place…

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25,000 online fundraising pages set up to help people with the cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Almost 25,000 online fundraising pages have been set up by charities and crowdfunders to help people cope with the cost-of-living crisis, according to insight from JustGiving, the UK’s leading online fundraising platform. Crowdfunders and charities have collectively raised over £12 million through the platform so far this year, to help ease the burden of rent, mortgage payments and energy bills, as well as helping people gain access to food. Pages created to support people with their energy bills have seen the biggest surge, growing by over 1,600% and collectively raising…

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Julia and Hans Rausing announce £3.5m Foodbank Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Julia and Hans Rausing are launching a £10 million grants programme to support charities and food banks across the UK to help tackle the growing food poverty crisis. Following the £3.5 million cornerstone donation to the Trussell Trust’s emergency foodbank appeal last month, Julia and Hans Rausing are launching the Food Bank Fund in which an additional £3.5 million will be donated. The Fund is open to all food banks across the UK. The Fund will help food banks meet the rising demand across the UK as well as to assist…

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