Month: January 2025

Fairtrade International and International Cooperative Alliance join forces to enable more cooperatives and their members to realise sustainable livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

As UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launches 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, Fairtrade International and the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) have signed a joint partnership declaration to drive greater inclusion and sustainability of cooperatives. The declaration, signed by Melissa Duncan, Executive Director of Fairtrade International, and Jeroen Douglas, the Director General of ICA, has solidified the organisations’ commitment to work together to advance the principles of democracy, empowerment, economic prosperity and distribution, and the convergence of economic, social, and environmental components of development.    The announcement was made…

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Our thoughts on the changes at Meta

Stuart Mitchell

I don’t often write pieces like this, but I’ve had a few DMs and messages asking for my thoughts on what Meta has recently announced with regards to fact checking, and the changes it’s made to its moderation policy. These are very much my thoughts on this, and everyone is of course free to disagree. I have to admit I find it a strange decision – from an ethical standpoint it feels like a step backwards, but what surprises me is that a smart businessman would make such a decision…

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New report reveals stark challenges facing disabled musicians in the music industry

Stuart Mitchell

Disabled Musicians face high levels of discrimination in the workplace, and mental health impacts career progression The significant barriers and discrimination faced by disabled musicians, alongside financial challenges and concerns around physical and mental wellbeing are highlighted in a new insights report published today. Laurie Oliva, Director of Services & Research, Help Musicians, comments: ​“The scale of the challenges disabled musicians face in navigating a career in music is stark and we thank everyone who contributed to the Census in trusting us with their honesty and insights. At Help Musicians we continue to…

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CAP – Influencer Marketing – Key Advice Resources

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Influencer Marketing – Key Advice Resources. 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. From infographics and webinars to Insight articles and our AdviceOnline library – we have a whole host of resources on influencer marketing to help marketers and influencers get it right and avoid a run-in with the ASA.  Don’t forget that there are other…

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100% of purchased electricity in Tate & Lyle’s North American operations to come from renewable sources

Stuart Mitchell

Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a world leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, announces a major acceleration in its climate action with the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)1 in North America for renewable electricity and renewable energy credits (RECs) with clean energy leader Enel North America. The 12-year PPA, which will commence in October, will deliver approximately 256,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity and associated RECs annually in North America from the Ranchland wind farm in Texas.  This is expected to…

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