Day: 26 January 2023

Nielsen’s Gracenote Illuminates Disability Representation in Entertainment Content with Inclusion Analytics Enhancement

Stuart Mitchell

Gracenote, the content solutions pillar of Nielsen, has expanded the scope of its Inclusion Analytics solution adding new disability representation data to the talent gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation information currently tracked. By providing visibility into the presence of physical, intellectual, cognitive, mental, sensory, and other disabilities in people appearing in popular programming, Gracenote Inclusion Analytics paves the way for more equitable and accurate representation amongst the disability community and more informed decision-making around content investments. The disability nonprofit RespectAbility provided guidance in tracking this new data. According to…

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NFWF and International Paper Announce Five-year, $10 Million Renewal of Landmark Forest Conservation Partnership That Helps Keep Forests As Forests

Stuart Mitchell

International Paper and The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) announced the renewal of their Forestland Stewards Partnership for another five-year period, where IP is committing $10 million for wildlife and working forest conservation. The award-winning Forestland Stewards Partnership (FSP), one of the most effective public-private forest conservation efforts in the United States, will continue to help catalyze targeted investments that benefit wildlife, people and the planet. Now entering its second decade, FSP has funded 156 projects across twelve states that will restore, enhance or protect more than 1.2 million…

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Vinyl Sustainability Council Delivers Annual Sustainability Report, Details Ongoing Adoption of Council’s Verification Process

Stuart Mitchell

The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, today officially released the 2022 edition of its annual Sustainability Report, titled “Connecting Our Industry to Reach Our Potential.” The report chronicles the ongoing adoption of +Vantage Vinyl® verification across the industry. The +Vantage Vinyl sustainability initiative drives improvements by jointly identifying the most relevant potential performance improvement areas for companies operating within the vinyl supply chain and having company commitments verified by an independent third-party program. “Since 2016, the Vinyl Sustainability Council has focused…

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New research will integrate biodiversity and finance

Stuart Mitchell

12 projects have been launched to explore the gaps and improve integration between the financial system and biodiversity. The new projects are part of the first phase of the ‘integrating biodiversity into finance: building a nature-positive future’ initiative and will start in 2023. The longer-term aim is to build a multi-stakeholder community that can drive the development of knowledge, tools and a skilled community to incorporate reporting biodiversity for all business sectors. Embedding biodiversity into finance The purpose is to foster a holistic approach to develop the solutions needed to…

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Legendary music producers Mark Ronson and Madlib are teaming up with Sprite, Fresca and Seagram’s to showcase the parallels between recycling sounds and beverage bottles.

Stuart Mitchell

Legendary music producers Mark Ronson and Madlib are teaming up with Sprite, Fresca and Seagram’s to showcase the parallels between recycling sounds and beverage bottles. “Recycled Records” is an original EP created almost entirely from “recycled” sound samples captured during the PET bottle-to-bottle recycling process. The project is a creative and relevant way to celebrate the brands’ recent switch from green to clear PET packaging.  Ronson, a GRAMMY®-award winning producer and sampling master, and Madlib, a legendary artist and award-winning producer, are pioneers in the production technique of sampling. Since…

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