Day: 30 July 2023

Brazil and the ILO sign new agreement to promote decent work and social justice in Latin America, Africa and Asia and the Pacific

Stuart Mitchell

The Government of Brazil, through the Brazilian Agency of Cooperation (ABC), of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), and the International Labour Organization (ILO), signed a new agreement South-South Cooperation Programme 2023-2027 “Social Justice for the Global South”, on 16 June 2023. The Programme is designed to support the promotion of decent work and social justice in developing countries in the Americas, Africa and the Asia and the Pacific. In its new phase, the programme builds on more than ten years of collaboration, spanning 20 projects in more than 40…

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Three-quarters of consumers want brands to disclose use of AI

Stuart Mitchell

Almost three-quarters of consumers believe that brands should disclose the use of AI-generated content and that fully automated AI-driven marketing campaigns should be carefully regulated. These are just some of the findings from a new survey of 2,000 people aged 18+, commissioned by the IPA and conducted by Opinium, into the ethics and etiquette of using AI. For some of the findings, comparisons with 2018 IPA/Opinium survey data are available and show changing consumer sentiment. The core findings reveal a continued high level of desire by consumers for AI transparency;…

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IPA, AA and ISBA release joint statement about Advertised Emissions

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA, Advertising Association and ISBA have provided a joint statement and FAQs on Purpose Disruptors’ Advertised Emissions paper. “Further to work by the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, we do not support the ‘Advertised Emissions‘ methodology put forward by Purpose Disruptors. Said’s work describes how applying the ‘Financed Emissions’ framework from the finance industry to the advertising industry is a ‘significant accounting error’ that ‘creates a… false equivalence’. In addition, it leads to a significant overstating of emissions attributable to an advertising campaign by ignoring advertising‘s displacement effects –…

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Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws

Stuart Mitchell

Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva recently at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the equal right to acquire and confer nationality on their children and spouses.  Convened by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and UN Women, the Global Summit heard from Eswatini, Iraq and Kiribati states, which reaffirmed their commitment to achieve gender equality in their nationality laws. …

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Smiths Group announces launch of charitable foundation

Stuart Mitchell

Smiths Group, the industrial technology company, announces the launch of its new charitable foundation. The Smiths Group Foundation is committing an initial £10m of funding linked to engineering-related good causes, awarded through a grants process commencing in the Group’s new financial year (beginning 1 August 2023). The Foundation will be administered by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). The mission of the Foundation is central to Smiths Group’s purpose of ‘Improving our world through smarter engineering’. The primary focus will be on expanding access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)…

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