Day: 14 June 2023

Pinsent Masons wins Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards Apac 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has won the Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability award at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards Asia Pacific 2023. The firm secured the win for its role collaborating with a consortium of advisers including KPMG on Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) as it seeks to support the phase out of coal fired power stations in South East Asia. Via the ETM programme, the retirement of coal fired power plants and the shift towards renewable energy is projected to save two gigatonnes of carbon emission…

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CIPR opens voting to find ultimate public relations campaign that changed the world

Stuart Mitchell

Behind every influential campaign and social movement lies a story of individuals who harnessed the power of public relations for the greater good. As part of a series of events to mark its 75th Anniversary, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched an initiative to tell those stories. It is searching for the ultimate Campaign that Changed the World from the last 75 years.  The Institute is asking the public to vote on what they see as the most influential campaign from a shortlist determined by a panel…

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Airbus A330 MRTT performs landmark air-to-air sustainable aviation refuelling mission

Stuart Mitchell

One-hundred years since the first ever air-to-air refuelling of an aircraft, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) has carried out a landmark in-flight refuelling exercise with blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using an Airbus Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Voyager aircraft. On a crisp Spring morning in the Oxfordshire countryside, the RAF’s VIP Voyager – emblazoned with Union Flag tail and gold-lettered ‘United Kingdom’ livery – taxied on to the Brize Norton runway filled with 43% SAF. On board were UK Business and Trade Minister Nusrat Ghani MP, members of…

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Better Cotton launches new 2030 Impact Targets

Stuart Mitchell

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, today announced four new Impact Targets covering Soil Health, Women’s Empowerment, Pesticides, and Sustainable Livelihoods. These ambitious new metrics form part of its ongoing 2030 Strategy and detail plans to galvanise change at the field level in key areas. The new targets sit alongside the first commitment outlined in the organisation’s strategy – related to Climate Change Mitigation – which sets out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% per tonne of Better Cotton lint produced by the end of the decade.…

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CAP – Comply with me… Some sunny advice for holiday and travel marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Comply with me… Some sunny advice for holiday and travel 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. Whether it’s a quick overnight trip for work, a weekend break with a loved one or a family holiday, the travel industry provides a much needed – and usually much enjoyed – service for consumers. But before travel…

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