Day: 18 January 2023

Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1m ‘warm spaces’ funding boost to support vital services and keep UK communities warm this winter

Stuart Mitchell

As winter looms, Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1 million ‘Warm Spaces’ funding boost, to provide urgent support to local community organisations across the UK, as they help communities navigate rising energy costs during the cold winter months. This funding comes as a welcome boost, with insight from more than 1,600 local community causes across the UK showing that nearly two-thirds (59%) of projects have experienced a shortfall in funding over the past 12 months. Over three- quarters (84%) of local causes have seen an increase in demand,…

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IFC and UNHCR initiative to boost private sector engagement for refugees and their host communities

Stuart Mitchell

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced a joint initiative to create inclusive economic opportunities that will benefit refugees and their host communities. Among other goals, the initiative aims to mobilize private sector projects over the next five years to demonstrate the viability of investments in forced displacement contexts. Forced displacement is a growing crisis that is too large and complex for governments and humanitarian agencies to solve alone. By mid-2022, over 103 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide, with 74 per cent of…

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Save the Children, UNICEF and France launch new handbook to strengthen bid to end the recruitment and use of children in conflict

Stuart Mitchell

Children as young as eight are still at risk around the world from the unlawful recruitment by armed forces or armed gangs despite a landmark agreement 15 years ago in Paris to combat the use of children in conflict, organisations including Save the Children and UNICEF warned. The child rights agencies, along with the government of France and other members of the Paris Principles Steering Group (PPSG) – formed after the Paris Principles and Commitments were agreed in 2007 – are now launching new guidance to tackle the issue. The…

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CAP – Stay on Target with CAP’s new Guidance on Age-Restricted Ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Stay on Target with CAP’s new Guidance on Age-Restricted 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. You may have seen that CAP published updated guidance on age-restricted ads online in November. It’s our second update on the subject in less than two years, significantly revising the guidance published in January 2021. CAP considers it is…

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Rayonier Releases 2021 Sustainability Report and Carbon Report

Stuart Mitchell

Rayonier Inc. has released its 2021 Sustainability Report, which highlights actions the Company is taking to enhance the long-term well-being of its investors, employees, communities, and other stakeholders. This report illustrates Rayonier’s commitment to transparency around Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and how they are incorporated into its strategic and operational decision-making. Earlier this year, Rayonier completed a materiality assessment to better understand the ESG topics that are most important to external stakeholders. The results of this assessment, which are presented in the 2021 Sustainability Report, identified sustainable forest…

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