CAP – Avoiding causing religious offence during Easter

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Avoiding causing religious offence during Easter. 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. Easter is a holiday that holds religious significance, particularly for those of the Christian faith. It is also a cultural point of reference that marketers may use to engage consumers. Given the sensitivities surrounding people’s religious beliefs, marketers must take care not to…

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New WWF Analysis: Greenhouse Gas Accounting Efforts Undermined by Disparate Tools & Frameworks

Variability in product-level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting standards and methodologies can prevent companies from understanding both their true emissions and their progress in reducing them, according to a new analysis from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). While rigorous organization-level GHG accounting has enabled companies to identify and address emissions hotspots, greater harmonization in product-level accounting could accelerate progress and enable cross-organizational comparison. This is especially pertinent in the agriculture sector, where emissions on farms are significant but often poorly understood. Companies typically aggregate a patchwork of data from different suppliers, each…

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Green maritime tech of the future to become reality with Innovate UK

Companies across the UK to benefit from £60 million funding to supercharge the development of clean maritime solutions. The UK’s race to decarbonise the maritime sector has been given another vital boost, with £60 million in government funding distributed to innovative companies nationwide developing futuristic green technology. For the first time, the UK government is funding the development of new clean maritime technology across a 2-year period. Companies in 12 regions around the UK will benefit from the cash, generating highly skilled jobs across the nation and positioning the UK…

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Anya Hindmarch to launch the Universal Bag in collaboration with ASDA and Co-op

Sixteen years ago, the ground-breaking ‘I Am Not A Plastic Bag campaign* raised awareness of the global issue of single use plastic bags. Since then, the use of single use plastic bags has reduced dramatically, with sales falling 95% in the main supermarkets between 2015 – 2020, after the UK Government introduced legislation to address the issue. Whilst this is fantastic progress, nearly half a billion single use plastic bags were still sold in the UK between 2021 – 2022, according to recent Government data.1 Anya Hindmarch, in collaboration with…

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Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development

The UN has called for a significant increase to the tune of $500 billion each year in extra financing from the world’s most developed nations, to meet the crucial 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. So far, the global financial system has failed to effectively cushion the impacts of current crises impacting the Global South the most: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing climate emergency. Tweet URL “Today’s poly-crises are compounding shocks on developing countries – in large part because of an unfair global financial system that is short-term, crisis-prone,…

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