Month: September 2024

Ceres Welcomes New Ceres Board Co-Chairs and President’s Council Members

Stuart Mitchell

The Boston-based sustainability nonprofit advocacy organization Ceres has announced new co-chairs of its Board of Directors and members to its President’s Council.     In February, the Ceres Board of Directors unanimously approved Inherent Group CEO Tony Davis and Janet Ranganathan, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Results at the World Resources Institute (WRI), as its new Board co-chairs.   “I am honored to serve as co-chair of the Ceres Board of Directors,” said Davis. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow Board members and Ceres staff to…

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The One Club Announces Global Winners For COLORFUL BIPOC Grant Program

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced the winners and finalists from eight countries for COLORFUL 2024, an annual grant program related to the global Young Guns 22 competition to help up and coming BIPOC creatives around the world advance their careers.  COLORFUL winners are awarded cash prizes to be used towards a professional dream project of their choosing, and free entry to the YG22 competition. This year’s first-place winner is Jappy Agoncillo, a New York-based artist and illustrator originally from Manila, who will receive a $3,000 grant.  The $2,000…

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Sodexo and Nestlé Professional empower 250 UK school pupils through innovative partnership with the Choose Hospitality Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé Professional continues its focus on inspiring young people through its Choose Hospitality Pledge program, by partnering with Sodexo to deliver mass career workshops at Sodexo Live! venue partners, Hampden Park in Glasgow, Everton FC’s Goodison Park and Brighton & Hove Albion FC’s American Express Stadium. Alongside this, another workshop at St James’ Park in Newcastle which is due to happen in the autumn term. The Choose Hospitality Pledge career workshops engaged up to 250 secondary school pupils across the three stadia locations during the summer term. The Choose Hospitality…

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GroupM and SeenThis avoid over 230 tonnes of carbon emissions in first year of global partnership

Stuart Mitchell

GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, today announced that it has now fully integrated SeenThis’ adaptive streaming technology into its carbon calculator tool. The collaboration, which began in 2023, has enabled GroupM and its agencies to leverage SeenThis’ expertise and proprietary technology to manage and minimize carbon emissions while improving the performance of display advertising campaigns. In the last year, the global partnership has helped to avoid over 230 tonnes of CO2e emissions[1], the equivalent of charging more than 15 million smartphones. Around 260 GroupM advertisers across 28 markets have benefitted…

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Holidaymakers urged to reduce, reuse or recycle inflatables

Stuart Mitchell

Over half of holiday makers (53%) will throw away their inflatable this year according to a new survey conducted on behalf of Thomas Cook. The online holiday company has joined forces with the Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading ocean charity, to urge millions of summer holidaymakers to consider the environment before buying plastic inflatables this year. The new survey reveals that more than a third (37%) of holidaymakers buy inflatables for their trips in the UK and abroad. But fewer than half of those surveyed (47%) said that when…

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