Month: October 2024

UNESCO empowers the media to champion disability equality

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO is launching a Practical Manual and a Master Class video series on Disability Equality in the Media to provide practical recommendations for media organizations to include the principles of disability equality in their coverage, content production and management practices. The media shapes public perceptions and attitudes, particularly impacting persons with disabilities, who make up to 16% of the world’s population. By focusing on disability issues in editorial policies and programming, producing accessible content and fostering inclusive workplace practices, media professionals – including reporters, editors, technical staff and managers –…

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The CIRCLE Alliance: scaling packaging circularity to reduce plastic waste

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has joined USAID and EY to launch the CIRCLE Alliance, a new public–private initiative aimed at tackling plastic pollution. Read how such collaborations are crucial in responding to the urgent need for collective action. The CIRCLE Alliance is a new $21 million public–private collaboration to scale solutions that reduce plastic use and tackle plastic waste Founded by Unilever, USAID and EY, the CIRCLE Alliance will support entrepreneurs and small businesses across the plastics value chain Its goal is to support women’s economic empowerment, improve livelihoods and protect the environment…

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JustGiving offers Digital Learning Grant to 200 fundraisers and charity professionals

Stuart Mitchell

For a second year running, the UK’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving, is joining forces with online learning community, Fundraising Everywhere, to help fundraising professionals upskill digitally. This year, JustGiving’s Digital Learning Grant will now provide funding for 200 charity professionals which will give them access Fundraising Everywhere’s online training programme which aims to help participants develop their digital skills and achieve their fundraising goals sooner.  According to the Charity Digital Skills Report 2024, seven out of 10 charities are struggling to progress digitally*. However, previous participants of the online training programme reported a…

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Sodexo and UCC raise £85k for Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation through Aspretto coffee sales

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo, in partnership with coffee supplier UCC, has raised £85,000 for the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation. This substantial contribution has been generated through the sale of Sodexo’s Aspretto coffee brand across its sites. Since 2014, Sodexo and UCC have worked together to support the Foundation’s mission to tackle food security. For every kilogram of Aspretto coffee purchased by Sodexo from UCC, a donation of 0.13p is made to the Foundation.  These donations support national and local charities fighting food insecurity and its root causes, as well as empowering women, who…

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Open call for new members of GRI governance bodies

Stuart Mitchell

A global recruitment call is underway to appoint new members to three GRI governance bodies that underpin the continued success of GRI – the provider of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards.  With a total of eight vacancies, GRI is looking for experienced professionals from diverse backgrounds to apply to join the following governance bodies, from 1 January 2025:  Supervisory Board: the body responsible for overseeing GRI’s long-term priorities and strategy. Candidates to fill one vacancy are being sought, with applicants particularly encouraged from the ASEAN and Latin…

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