Day: 19 September 2023

New Fully-Funded Consultancy Programme For NGOs Preventing Child Sexual Violence In The EU And UK

Stuart Mitchell

Spring Impact opens recruitment for Scale Accelerator: Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence, a programme to be delivered in the EU and UK offering fully subsidised scaling consultancy support for NGOs working to reduce the number of children across the EU and UK that experience sexual abuse and exploitation each year. Childhood sexual violence is preventable, yet it affects 1 in 5 children across Europe each year. Ending both online and offline childhood sexual violence is vital for ensuring the safety, well-being, and dignity of every child. It is not only a…

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Jury of Leading Marketers to Select 2023 One Show CMO Pencil Winner

Stuart Mitchell

A jury of 10 leading brand-side marketers has been named by The One Club for Creativity to select the winner of the prestigious CMO Pencil award, honoring the marketer behind the world’s single most impactful idea on a brand’s business from among the top winners in The One Show 2023. The esteemed marketers will gather in person and online on September 20, 2023 to review 31 high-scoring entries culled from Best of Discipline and multiple Gold Pencil winners, as determined by the nearly 300 creative leaders from 40 countries on…

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Ferrero reveals significant progress and outlines future plans in latest Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI) annual report

Stuart Mitchell

Ferrero has released its fourth annual report on the Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI), showcasing achievements made across the past four years and outlining its plans for sustainable cocoa production and forest conservation. With the goal of combatting deforestation, promoting reforestation, and ensuring the long-term viability of cocoa farming communities, Ferrero has assessed 420,000 hectares of land for deforestation risk and distributed more than three million multi-purpose trees for on-farm planting and 775,000 native trees across the Ivory Coast for reforestation over the period of four years. These efforts will…

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XPO Logistics launches its Neurodiversity Programme to educate and train colleagues in the UK and Ireland to ensure greater inclusivity

Stuart Mitchell

XPO, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable transport and logistics solutions in Europe, has further enhanced its Neurodiversity Programme this month to help educate and train colleagues in the UK and Ireland about neurodiversity to help ensure a more inclusive and supportive working environment for all. XPO has partnered with The ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity for the ‘Neurodiversity Umbrella Project’– a sizeable visual awareness campaign comprising a comprehensive neurodiversity awareness training suite commissioned by XPO Logistics. XPO has also commissioned a suite of neurodiversity training videos that challenge misconceptions…

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UK government announces £4m AI funding to cut carbon emissions

Stuart Mitchell

The UK government has announced a new multimillion pound investment in Artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the way industries cut their carbon emissions. Twelve green AI initiatives will receive a share of £1 million to decarbonise and boost generation of renewable energy, contributing to reaching the country’s ambitious net zero goal by 2050. The initiatives range from solar energy improvements, that use AI to improve the forecasting of when it will best produce energy for the grid, to the decarbonisation of dairy farming through the use of AI robots monitoring…

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