Day: 14 August 2024

EDI champions mentoring programme launched

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee has today launched its EDI Champions Mentoring Programme. The programme – announced at the CIOF’s Fundraising Convention at London’s QEII Centre – intends to accelerate understandings of EDI concepts and application, improve collaboration and innovation, enhance EDI confidence and knowledge, and establish a culture of EDI accountability within volunteer groups, among other things. The first intake will focus on five volunteer groups: Scotland, London & South East, West Midlands, Insight Special Interest Group (SIG) and Legacy SIG. Monwara Ali,…

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Berry Helps Grillo’s Transition to Widely Recyclable, Spill-Proof, Easy-Open Pickle Jars

Stuart Mitchell

Global packaging leader, Berry Global Group, Inc., partnered with Grillo’s Pickles to deliver spill-proof, easy-open jars for its garden-fresh pickles. The custom, nestable, widely recyclable polypropylene (PP) jar and continuous thread closure provides a simple, mess-free opening process. “We initiated a custom jar exploration with Berry Global to address our biggest consumer complaint, spillage when opening our original jar,” said Adam Kaufman, President and CEO of Grillo’s Pickles. “We knew when we updated our packaging, we wanted it to be a step-change for the business. We wanted the quality of our…

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90% of world’s 2,000 most influential companies failing to ensure human rights, decent work and ethical conduct

Stuart Mitchell

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has today published its first Social Benchmark, assessing the world’s 2,000 most influential companies on their responsibility in meeting society’s fundamental expectations towards three measurement areas – respecting human rights, providing decent work, and acting ethically. The Benchmark reveals significant gaps and areas on which companies urgently need to make progress to ensure no one is left behind as we create an equal, inclusive, and just society. The world’s 2,000 most influential companies – also known as the SDG2000 – include some of the largest…

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IPA response to GARM discontinuation

Stuart Mitchell

IPA Director General Paul Bainsfair has responded to the news that the WFA is discontinuing the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). Says IPA Director General Paul Bainsfair: “We are disappointed to hear that the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) is being discontinued. GARM served an important role in tackling illegal and harmful content online, raising standards across the board in the process. Illegal and harmful content on digital media platforms remains a significant challenge for our industry, and one that will require cross-industry collaboration to solve.” The news…

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Climate litigation against companies is on the rise, report finds

Stuart Mitchell

Climate litigation against companies is on the rise according to analysis published recently by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  The report ‘Global trends in climate change litigation: 2024 snapshot’ points out that about 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been initiated against corporations and trade associations since 2015, with more than two thirds filed since 2020. The authors define these cases as examples of strategic litigation which appears to seek to advance a broader climate action agenda.  Historically,…

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