Year: 2022

Serviceplan Group Unveil New House of Communication in Paris

Stuart Mitchell

Serviceplan France celebrated the relocation of their Paris headquarters to Rue de Villiers, Neuilly-sur-Seine, with an inauguration on Wednesday 19th October, which was attended by clients, agency colleagues and Paris-based German institutions. The inauguration was hosted by Serviceplan Group France President Carole Giroud, and Serviceplan Group CEO Florian Haller, uniting cultures with an Oktober-fest themed event, which embraced the traditions of the German-headquartered Serviceplan Group, with those of its French sibling. The move to a different location in Paris comes in a successful 2022 for Serviceplan Group, who recorded revenue…

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Nike Recycles Shoes Into Sports Fields via Alipay

Stuart Mitchell

Sports apparel company Nike is helping Chinese consumers up their recycling game with its “Recycle-A-Shoe” mini-program unveiled recently on Ant Group’s mobile payment platform Alipay. Shoppers can return their old Nike sneakers in person at the brand’s flagship store in Shanghai or arrange an at-home pick-up with Alibaba Group’s logistics service Cainiao Network. The donated shoes are disassembled and re-processed into building materials to construct rubber-based sports courts at schools across the country. “The private sector needs to encourage more environmental-friendly actions among consumers while committing themselves to reduce carbon…

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Tractor Supply Foundation Announces $5 Million Scholarship Program To Support the Future Generation of Agricultural Leaders

Stuart Mitchell

Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced today a new scholarship program through its Foundation to support the next generation of farmers and rural lifestyle careers, including skilled trades. Each year for the next five years, the Tractor Supply Foundation will commit $1 million to the FFA Future Leaders Scholarship Fund by Tractor Supply, making it the largest agriculture scholarship fund of its kind. The Tractor Supply Foundation is partnering with the National FFA Organization for the program. “Tractor Supply is very proud to…

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Franklin Templeton Launches Nonprofit Board Leadership Program

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Citizenship Team at Franklin Templeton has recently launched the firm’s first Nonprofit Board Leadership Program in the US to connect interested Franklin Templeton employees with nonprofit board service opportunities in their communities and provide resources and trainings for effective nonprofit board leadership. Franklin Templeton’s Board Leadership Program (BLP) goals are to provide organization matching, group learning and sharing forums as well as access to nonprofit governance, best practices, literature and resources. Legg Mason, which Franklin Templeton acquired in 2020, had launched the BLP in 2011 to provide community-minded…

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Call to Action — “UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls!”

Stuart Mitchell

Joint statement by United Nations entities for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2022. Gender-based violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the worst manifestations of discrimination against women and remains the most widespread and pervasive human rights violation worldwide affecting more than an estimated 1 in 3 women, a figure that has remained largely unchanged over the last decade. According to the latest estimates, more than 5 women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family [1].…

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