Day: 18 February 2024

NSC to Award up to $260,000 to Expand Grant Programs to Solve Most Common Workplace Injury

Stuart Mitchell

Following the debut of the Research to Solutions (R2S) grant and MSD Solutions Pilot Grant in 2023, the National Safety Council is awarding up to an additional $260,000 this year through these pioneering grant programs to help uncover promising new safety solutions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs. As a key initiative of the Council’s MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking strategic program established in 2021 with funding from Amazon, a total of up to $535,000 has now been committed in grants to foster innovative, transferable methods to mitigate MSDs…

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Black Players for Change Star in National PSA Addressing Mental Health Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The national “Love, Your Mind” campaign, in collaboration with Black Players for Change, recently unveiled a new public service advertisement (PSA) encouraging individuals, particularly men of color, to make their mental health a priority. “Love, Your Mind” is a collaboration from the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council designed to create a more open, accepting and proactive society when it comes to mental health. The PSA (also available in Spanish) stars current D.C. United soccer players and Black Players for Change members Matai Akinmboni and Cristian Dájome along…

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Net Zero collaboration with BrewMan delivers sustainability boost for breweries

Stuart Mitchell

Net Zero Now has joined forces with brewery platform, BrewMan, in a bid to simplify and accelerate the journey to Net Zero for breweries.  BrewMan provides comprehensive operations management software that is used by hundreds of breweries to streamline their operations, integrate inventory management, recipe formulation, and product scheduling. The platform is designed to free brewers up to focus on the thing they do best – producing exceptional beers. The new collaboration sees Net Zero Now and BrewMan integrating their platforms, so that data can be shared across the two.…

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EUPRERA joins ICCO’s Media Information and Education Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) is the latest organization to sign ICCO’s Media Information and Education Pledge. They join founding supporters: the Council of Europe, EACD (European Association of Communication Directors), GWPR (Global Women in PR), and The Trust Project, the international consortium of news organizations promoting standards of transparency in journalism. The Pledge, launched in Strasbourg in June 2023, emphasizes the need for representing bodies spanning PR & communications, media, journalism, institutions, tech platforms, and fact-checking to acknowledge a shared responsibility in tackling misinformation, commit to…

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Ørsted ranked the world’s most sustainable energy developer

Stuart Mitchell

Ørsted was recently ranked the world’s most sustainable energy developer. The company was ranked number one among the 292 ‘power generating companies’ in Corporate Knights’ 2024 Global 100 index for the fifth time. Corporate Knights benchmarks a company’s sustainability performance against its usual peers and across sectors.  Once a carbon-intensive company, Ørsted transitioned to renewables faster than any other major energy company. The company put sustainability at the core of its strategy as it became the global leader in offshore wind and is committed to a green transformation that benefits…

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