Month: February 2025

New project boosts Fairtrade farmers’ climate resilience and readiness for EU Deforestation Regulation

Stuart Mitchell

Fairtrade International, together with Proforest and Fairtrade Africa, has launched a three-year project to promote deforestation-free cocoa in Ghana. Titled Partnership for Deforestation-Free Cocoa Supply Chains, the project is funded by a grant from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and co-funding from Fairtrade Germany. Fairtrade International, together with Proforest and Fairtrade Africa, has launched a three-year project to promote deforestation-free cocoa in Ghana. Titled Partnership for Deforestation-Free Cocoa Supply Chains, the project is funded by a grant from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and co-funding from Fairtrade Germany. The project…

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Aberdeen researchers drive £5.7million cross-UK ‘whole system’ approach to Just Transition

Stuart Mitchell

An Aberdeen-led research programme that puts people and communities at the centre of the move to Net Zero is one of two national projects benefitting from a share of nearly £10m investment by UKRI. The JUST-Systems project aims to develop practical pathways and accelerate action that builds on community aspirations for sustainable, liveable and resilient places. Using a systems approach and looking at the need for a just transition as a whole, the project will identify opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation while addressing societal challenges on fuel poverty, sustainable local economies,…

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IPA publishes Agency Census 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published its 2024 Agency Census revealing that overall staff numbers within IPA agency membership have increased marginally year-on-year. According to the 2024 IPA Agency Census, now in its 65th year, total employee numbers, within IPA member agencies, as at 1 September 2024, totalled. 26,787, up from 26,630 recorded in 2023. Breaking this overall figure down by agency type, the number of employees in creative and other non-media agencies has increased from an estimated 14,698 in 2023 to 14,775 in 2024, and the number of employees in media…

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Asda partners with Podback to enable coffee lovers to recycle their used pods in stores

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has partnered with coffee pod recycling service Podback, to provide coffee lovers with a simple and convenient way to recycle their used coffee pods in over 600 of its stores. Coffee pods are not suited for recycling through traditional routes, due to their small size, and because they contain organic material. Podback users can now recycle their used aluminium and plastic coffee pods by filling a Podback bag and returning it to the toYou parcel returns service in their nearest participating Asda store. Bags are available to order from…

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ICCO supports use of fact-checking to counter mis-disinformation and invites stakeholders of the information society to further collaboration on media literacy programs

Stuart Mitchell

At a time of unprecedented number of armed conflicts taking place globally and conversations becoming increasingly polarized, the public relations industry reiterates the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration to create a better, more responsible information society. While “X” and, more recently Meta, for the U.S. market, have changed their moderation policies and mechanism to counter mis-disinformation also by terminating agreements with fact-checking networks, on January 15, the World Economic Forum (via its “Global Risk Report 2025”) ranked again Mis-disinformation as the top risk to humanity over the next two years. This…

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