Month: January 2023

Kingfisher accelerates action to tackle climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement retailer and owner of Screwfix and B&Q, has announced today it is committing to a new 2040 net zero target and an increased 60% Sustainable Home Products sales 2025 target. Kingfisher published today its annual Responsible Business Report, which shows that the business has made significant progress with its responsible business priorities during the financial year. Key 2021/22 achievements   24.5% reduction in carbon emissions across Kingfisher’s operations (scope 1 and 2) Over £5.8 billion (44.1%) in annual sales came from products that help…

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PRCA becomes corporate partner of Strategic

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has become a corporate partner of Strategic, the only online B2B public relations publication for executives. PRCA members can now join the Strategic community at no additional individual cost. For further information on how to join, PRCA members can email: members@strategic-hq.com. Strategic was established in April 2020 to share global public relations best practice for business in one place. It is an opportunity for public relations experts to share insights about the industry and their work with decision makers. It recognises the value…

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Generation Equality leaders UN Women and IDLO call for centring survivors in gender-based violence response efforts

Stuart Mitchell

Survivors of gender-based violence face a myriad of challenges in pursuing justice and accessing other essential support services such as emergency health care and safe accommodation. Social norms and stereotyping that stigmatize or blame survivors, constraints within justice institutions and a general culture of impunity often stop women from reporting violence they have experienced and seeking the help they need. Recent research conducted by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Global Women’s Institute at George Washington University on Survivor-Centred Justice for Gender-based Violence in Complex Situations highlights just…

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Fight against Antisemitism: UNESCO and Partners launch an ambitious training programme for American Educators

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO, in partnership with the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation, the American Federation of Teachers and the American Jewish Committee launched a US-wide online professional training programme for school teachers, superintendents and principals to address the antisemitism, the distortion and denial of the Holocaust in schools. Antisemitism is an attack on our shared humanity. It must be confronted head-on, without naivety and with perseverance. This is the commitment of UNESCO, the UN agency mandated to promote education on the Holocaust and the prevention of genocide. We are proud to…

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CAP – Stay up to data: four key tips on using personal data for marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Stay up to data: four key tips on using personal data for marketing. 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. On 26 April 2006 the Council of Europe decided to launch a Data Protection Day to be celebrated each year on 28 January, the date on which the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as…

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