Month: July 2024

WaterAid and Currensea launch innovative debit card to help people get clean water with every tap

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has partnered with Currensea and Mastercard to launch a brand-new innovative debit card, helping people save money at home and abroad and donating those savings to help people get clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. From rounding up your everyday purchases whether that be to the nearest 50p or £1, to saving bank fees abroad, the card will enable supporters to easily donate to WaterAid UK. It benefits users the most while travelling, saving at least 85% in bank fees on every foreign transaction compared to high street…

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IDPH, Brady & Ad Council Unveil Video PSA to Promote “Pause to Heal” Firearm Safety Campaign in Illinois

Stuart Mitchell

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Brady: United Against Gun Violence and the Ad Council are today premiering a new video public service advertisement (PSA) to raise awareness about the lifesaving potential of Firearm Restraining Orders (FROs), also known as “extreme risk laws” or “red flag laws,” in Illinois. The new film builds upon the first phase of the “Pause to Heal” campaign, initially launched in April 2024 in Illinois. WATCH THE PSA: This public safety effort is part of a planned multi-state “Pause to Heal” campaign designed to…

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Major U.S. Insurers Make Progress on Climate Disclosures, but Significant Gaps Remain

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released by Ceres reveals that while major U.S. insurance companies are making progress in disclosing their climate-related risks and strategies, significant gaps and disparities persist across the sector.   The report, Navigating Climate Risks: Progress and Challenges in U.S. Insurance Sector Disclosures, analyzes the disclosure reports from 516 insurance groups, which total more than 1,695 individual companies, submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey for reporting year 2022. The survey is aligned with the framework developed by the Task Force on Climate-related…

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Help Musicians commits to support the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA)

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians are pleased to commit to supporting CIISA by making a financial commitment through paying the Annual Contribution. CIISA’s vision is to create consistently safe and inclusive workplaces for creative industry professionals through pro-active interventions and advice, providing a single place of accountability where behaviours of concern can be reported and investigated, and building capability to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment.  Help Musicians will work collaboratively with CIISA to provide more people in music with advice and support should they need it. “The creative industries bring us all so much and…

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Integrity Council appoints Amy Merrill as CEO

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced recently that Amy Merrill will become its first Chief Executive Officer. Amy has served as the Integrity Council’s interim Chief Operating Officer since December 2023 and since February 2023 has worked with the Integrity Council’s Executive Secretariat on secondment from her role as Senior Director and Head of Global Markets at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). She has steered the Integrity Council through a key period of growing support and recognition for its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). She…

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