Day: 22 August 2023

CIPR 2022 Annual report; Adapting and Thriving

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has published its 2022 Annual Report reflecting on a year of growth and increased advocacy. The report includes the Institute’s accounts for the year and its first environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report, outlining its efforts and future plans to promote effective communication around climate change mitigation, social impact, and governance.  The report – Adapting and Thriving – summarises and celebrates a successful year for the Institute that saw an increase of over 1,000 new members. Published in an accessible and interactive online format, the…

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Industry confidence remains high as PR leaders embrace AI tools – PRCA ICCO Confidence Tracker

Stuart Mitchell

PR leaders remain confident about market conditions, and are increasingly exploring the potential of AI tools such as ChatGPT, according to the latest PRCA and ICCO Confidence Tracker published recently. 73% of leaders say that they are ‘very confident’ or ‘quite confident’ about the future of their organisation, and 16% are ‘not very confident’ or ‘not confident at all’, compared with 83% and 16% respectively in the last Tracker published in February 2023. While there has been a fall, the overwhelming majority of leaders remain positive about market conditions. Over…

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ACEVO and Voice4 Change England launch Home Truths 2 to drive anti-racist practice in civil society.

Stuart Mitchell

ACEVO and Voice4 Change England are proud to launch Home Truths 2 to drive anti-racist practice in civil society. Home Truths 2 is an ambitious 18-month programme of activity from ACEVO and Voice4Change England, in collaboration with Dr Sanjiv Lingayah, to help to convert positive attention and intent from civil society into serious action on anti-racism and race equity. It builds on the findings of the Home Truths report launched in 2020 which concluded that civil society did not simply have a diversity problem, it had a racism problem. The…

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Charitable giving by FTSE 100 companies drops by 26% in a decade

Stuart Mitchell

New research by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) suggests that the UK’s largest listed companies have cut back on their giving to charities. This year’s Corporate giving by the FTSE 100 report shows that companies gave £1.85 billion to charities last year, significantly less than the £2.51 billion they gave a decade ago. Considering increases in inflation during this period, this represents an even more dramatic cut to crucial charitable funding in real terms. The report shows that the total amount donated in 2022 is the same as in 2016 -when the…

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New UK Financial Institutions for Nature Group created to support investment in nature recovery

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute’s Nature Programme (GFI Hive) has launched the UK Financial Institutions for Nature Group (G-FIN). With representation from across the financial sector, the Group will support the delivery of investment into UK nature recovery. The next few years are crucial to achieve the UK Government’s broader vision to support an economic transition to one that values and invests in nature, in line with the findings of the Dasgupta Review; as well as the ambition to mobilise private sector investment into nature restoration and nature-based solutions for climate…

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