Day: 7 August 2023

Truist Foundation Grants $225,000 to Rethreaded To Expand Program That Supports Human Trafficking Survivors

Stuart Mitchell

Truist Foundation announced a $225,000 grant to Rethreaded, a nonprofit focused on breaking the cycle of generational trauma for sex trafficking survivors by providing them with employment, career development and supportive services. Rethreaded will use the grant funds to create a training program within the various systems that survivors encounter while in a life of human trafficking, including hospitals, workplaces, nonprofit organizations, and the justice system. The goal of the training program is to equip system workers with information and tools to better understand and identify survivors to create a…

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Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Program Now Includes SCS Recycled Content Certification for Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Stuart Mitchell

SCS Global Services, a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, and testing, recentl;y  announced that its new Recycled Content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries will qualify products for recognition under the Climate Pledge Friendly program on Amazon, helping shoppers find products that are more sustainable.  The third-party certification program first announced on May 11, 2023 is built around SCS-103A, a new Annex to supplement the popular SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content.  The Annex, developed by SCS Standards the non-profit affiliate standard-setting body for…

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The HRC Foundation Launches New Financial Wellness Platform for LGBTQ+ Community

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, is proud to launch WorthIt, a new financial wellness platform for LGBTQ+ community members that provides tools needed to navigate challenging, often discriminatory systems and gain more economic stability. Recent research shows the likelihood of LGBTQ+ adults living in poverty is greater than their cisgender, straight peers in part due to higher rates of unemployment and underemployment. The challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people when seeking employment have widened the income gap,…

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ELC Launches Responsible Store Design Program

Stuart Mitchell

ELC is proud to launch the Responsible Store Design program to advance progress toward our environmental targets while engaging our consumers in the journey. ELC has long recognized that our retail footprint creates a unique opportunity to advance progress toward our environmental targets while engaging our consumers in the journey. In support of these environmental commitments, ELC is proud to launch the Responsible Store Design program and engage our consumers in our retail sustainability journey. This program provides a framework for the assessment of new and existing retail stores, and…

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CAP issues Enforcement Notice to industry over vaping ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: CAP issues Enforcement Notice to industry over vaping ads. 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. Today we have issued  an Enforcement Notice instructing vaping  companies to follow the advertising rules and remove any ads for vapes that are appearing on social media. We’re aware that some brands are placing – or incentivising third parties to…

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