Year: 2024

CAP – Smoothing out the wrinkles of advertising Botox

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Smoothing out the wrinkles of advertising Botox. 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. Botulinum toxin, such as Botox and other brands (including Vistabel, Dysport, Bocouture and Azzalure, etc.) is a prescription only medicine and that means it can’t be advertised to the public in any media. The ASA has investigated several complaints about the direct…

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Kingfisher announces further progress with emissions reduction and wider responsible business commitments

Stuart Mitchell

Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company, has today announced further progress against its responsible business commitments.   Kingfisher’s responsible business strategy focuses on four priorities where the company can use its scale and influence to bring about positive change: becoming a more inclusive company, helping to tackle climate change and moving towards becoming Forest Positive; helping to make greener and healthier homes more affordable; and striving for better homes for everyone in our communities. In its latest Responsible Business report, ‘Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone’, published today, the Group updates…

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Corporates’ supply chain scope 3 emissions are 26 times higher than their operational emissions

Stuart Mitchell

In 2023, corporates reported that their Scope 3 supply chain emissions were, on average, 26 times greater than their emissions from direct operations (Scopes 1 and 2)[2]. According to the new ‘Scope 3 Upstream: Big Challenges, Simple Remedies’ report – published recently by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and CDP – upstream emissions from the manufacturing, retail and materials sectors had a footprint 1.4 times the total CO2 emitted in the EU in 2022. However, supply chain emissions continue to be overlooked, with corporates twice as likely to measure operational emissions[3]…

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New standard launched to ensure effective safeguarding

Stuart Mitchell

New safeguarding guidelines designed to help all organizations, including charities, keep people safe and protect the vulnerable from harm have been published by BSI.  The new standard, launching recently at an event hosted by Save the Children,comes in light of several high-profile cases exposing organizational failings in relation to safeguarding both adults and children. Changes to legislation outlined the importance of organizations prioritizing robust safeguarding practice at the centre of their operations. The freely available guidance, published by BSI in its role as UK National Standards Body, offers a step-by-step process…

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£150million funding to enhance and protect the UK’s world-class landscapes

Stuart Mitchell

National Lotteries Heritage Fund announces strategic initiative, Landscape Connections, which will support long-term projects to boost nature recovery and connect more people to our most treasured landscapes. We want to drive systemic and lasting change across the UK’s protected landscapes. Over the next 10 years we will invest in around 20 projects to work with local communities, organisations, landowners and farmers to put entire landscapes and habitats into recovery. The funding is open to those who care for or can partner with National Parks and National Landscapes in England and…

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