Month: August 2023

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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Nominet and Good Things Foundation digital inclusion partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Nominet, the public benefit company that operates and protects UK internet infrastructure, is donating £4.5m over three years to Good Things Foundation to accelerate their strategy to fix the UK’s digital divide – for good. Nominet’s funding will allow Good Things Foundation to continue to support the National Digital Inclusion Network, which creates impact at scale, working with community groups, small local charities, libraries, social enterprises, housing associations and much more to distribute free data and devices and provide help to build basic digital skills and confidence.  Through the National…

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Tele2 Commits to reuse and recycle 30% of its distributed phones by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Tele2 AB has made a commitment to take back and recycle 30% of its distributed mobile phones by 2030. In developing this commitment, Tele2 has co-led an international industry project organized by the global mobile network operator industry association GSMA, setting a new ambition for take back and recycling of devices for the global telecom sector. In 2021, 57 million tons of e-waste was generated worldwide from electronic hardware and among the contributors to this issue was mobile phones. Recognizing the severity of the problem, Tele2 intends to take a…

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