Day: 1 November 2023

Qualcomm Incorporated Releases Its Annual Corporate Responsibility Report, Demonstrating Progress on the Company’s ESG Goals in 2022

Stuart Mitchell

The 2022 report features successes achieved this year, including progress made on companywide ESG targets, including goals around environmental sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and power efficiency of our Snapdragon products. Qualcomm‘s ESG priorities include three areas of focus where the Company believes it can make the greatest impact – Empowering Digital Transformation, Acting Responsibly and Operating Sustainably. Key highlights from 2022 include: The Company continued to invent and develop products that enable customers to make a positive impact- from the individual smartphone experiences to the environment. One of Qualcomm’s 2025…

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Humans Needed More Than Ever; New CIPR AI in PR report finds AI tools assisting with 40% of PR tasks

Stuart Mitchell

New research from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has found that up to 40% of tasks performed by public relations professionals are now assisted by AI tools. The report reveals that, while the adoption of AI tools has accelerated, they are still not widely used even though they make task execution more efficient and effective. The latest report from the CIPR’s AI in PR Panel – Humans Needed More Than Ever – finds that despite the increase in tool development and offers, there is little evidence that wholesale…

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IPA/TikTok tie-up sees content creators showcase industry to untapped talent

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA, in partnership with TikTok for Business, has launched a new ad campaign featuring popular TikTok creators to attract a more diverse audience of talented young people across the UK, into the advertising industry. The campaign has matched four successful content creators including, Benjy, Walid, Hannah Beau and Abbie Blyth, with five top advertising agencies including Havas (London), VCCP (London), VMLY&R (London), Wavemaker North (Manchester) and Leith (Edinburgh), to showcase the opportunity that a job in adland has to offer with the aim of engaging and inspiring young people…

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UN Women champions historic actions at Generation Equality Midpoint 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Generation Equality, the world’s leading initiative to boost investment and implementation of gender equality, marked its midpoint milestone at a summit with the co-leadership of the governments of Tanzania and Iceland and UN Women on 17 September 2023. The event, which included more than 50 speakers from more than 25 countries in the areas of activism, policymaking, civil society, philanthropy, and the private sector was an opportunity to reflect on achievements and chart a way forward to fulfil the initiative’s ambitious commitments by 2026. UN Women champions historic actions at…

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UNESCO World Heritage: 42 new sites inscribed

Stuart Mitchell

The 45th session of the World Heritage Committee concluded on Monday 25 September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This year, the Committee inscribed 42 new sites and approved the extension of 5 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. At the end of its fortnight’s work, the Committee inscribed 42 new sites, of which 33 are cultural sites and 9 are natural sites. These sites will now benefit from the highest level of heritage protection in the world. They will also have access to new opportunities for technical and financial assistance from…

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