Day: 20 August 2024

LandWorks scoops top award at the Charity Awards 2024

Stuart Mitchell

LandWorks has taken the Overall Award for Excellence at this year’s Charity Awards. As well as winning the top prize in the Social Care, Advice & Support category, LandWorks was chosen as the Overall Winner by this year’s judges for its decade of work helping ex-prisoners to shake off their criminal identity and successfully exit the criminal justice system. Trainees who have received occupational training, pastoral care and peer support at the charity’s occupational centre in Devon have far lower reoffending rates than prisoners who are released straight into the…

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CAP – AI as a marketing term

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: AI as a marketing term. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. As artificial intelligence has become a hot topic in the media, it has become more available to the public (including businesses), and marketers are increasingly using AI terminology to promote a wide array of products. In their attempts to tap into the buzz and…

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Triodos Bank UK wins inaugural ESG award for groundbreaking work with Oxygen Conservation

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has been awarded the inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance Deal of the Year award at this year’s Insider South West Dealmakers Awards for its pioneering conservation-focused debt package to Oxygen Conservation. Announced in April 2023, the £20.55m loan has allowed Oxygen Conservation to acquire 23,000 acres in Scotland, marking a significant step forward in its commitment to scale conservation across the UK. The loan is believed to be the largest conservation-focused commercial debt package in the UK to date. Organised by the publishers of South West Business…

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Charity event at Kings Cross highlights global food crisis with #emptyplates

Stuart Mitchell

Hunger campaigners, activists and chefs around the world launched a new campaign last month to highlight the global food crisis. The #emptyplates initiative is organised by Hungry for Action, a coalition of international and UK organisations including World Vision, calling on governments to action a global plan to tackle the deepening crisis. It uses the idea of an empty plate to symbolise the reality for hundreds of millions of people who are going hungry in the world today. A global IPSOS study conducted across 16 countries around the world on…

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JLR To Roll Out FSC-Certified Natural Rubber Tyres Across Its Luxury Vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

JLR has joined forces with global tyre manufacturer Pirelli in a global automotive industry‑first commitment to use FSC‑certified natural rubber tyres across its range of modern luxury vehicles.  The luxury car manufacturer will be the first to adopt FSC‑certified tyres at scale, transitioning all tyres from Pirelli across its entire portfolio, debuting on the new Range Rover Electric. The commitment will amount to over 250,000 FSC‑certified tyres per year.  The collaboration between JLR and Pirelli represents a significant step in increasingly sustainable tyre production and adoption, supporting the preservation of…

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