Day: 5 March 2024

ICO warns organisations to proactively make advertising cookies compliant after positive response to November call to action

Stuart Mitchell

Stephen Almond, Executive Director, Regulatory Risk, leads the ICO’s team responsible for anticipating, understanding and shaping the impacts of emerging technology and innovation on people and society: Last November we wrote to 53 of the UK’s top 100 websites, warning that they faced enforcement action if they did not make changes to advertising cookies to comply with data protection law. We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response to our call to action. Of the 53 organisations we contacted, 38 organisations have changed their cookies banners to be compliant and four have…

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Martin Firrell celebrates seven women leaders in a new public artwork series showcased by Clear Channel UK

Stuart Mitchell

Internationally acclaimed Franco-British artist Martin Firrell, in partnership with Clear Channel UK, announced a major new public art series which will explore the ways women regard and exercise power in the modern world.     The project titled Women and Power, is the latest installation in Firrell’s 25-year association with leading Out of Home media and infrastructure company Clear Channel. The art series features inspiring quotes from seven eminent female leaders and change-makers across arts, academia, business and culture, it will be rolled out on Clear Channel’s digital Out of…

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IFC Strengthens Partnership with Crédit du Maroc to Support SMEs, Women and Green Projects in Morocco

Stuart Mitchell

IFC announced a loan for Crédit du Maroc, Morocco’s seventh largest private bank, to facilitate the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), women entrepreneurship, and green projects in the country. IFC’s $100 million loan aligns with IFC’s strategy to support private sector-led economic growth and job creation in Morocco. Crédit du Maroc will use the funds to increase lending to smaller businesses across various sectors, to women-led businesses, and to support green projects, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, certified green buildings and climate smart agriculture.[JH1]  “Crédit du Maroc, now…

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Record breaking year for giving according to leading fundraising platform

Stuart Mitchell

It’s been a record-breaking year for charitable giving with more than £550mn raised for almost 20,000 UK charities, according to the country’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving. Despite the rising cost of living, JustGiving has seen the most donations to good causes and the highest total amount raised since it started more than 20 years ago. This year, almost one million (+950,000) JustGiving fundraising pages were set up, which is on average 2,600 pages per day and overall, 9% more than last year. Highlighting the sheer generosity of people across the…

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Fairtrade report shows farmers earn more with living income reference price

Stuart Mitchell

Cocoa farmers who were paid a living income reference price earned on average approximately 15 percent more compared to government regulated farmgate prices, according to a new report published by Fairtrade International. The Fairtrade Living Income Progress Report 2023 includes results from the first two years of the Fairtrade Living Income Learning project. The project’s partners – Tony’s Open Chain, Ben & Jerry’s, and six Fairtrade certified cocoa cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire – worked together to improve farm profitability towards target values for cocoa yields, crop diversification, and cost efficiency,…

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