Day: 2 June 2025

Introducing the UK Textiles Pact from WRAP

Stuart Mitchell

Textiles 2030 is evolving into the UK Textiles Pact, a move which will bring the agreement in line with WRAP’s other flagship voluntary agreements, the UK Food & Drink Pact and the UK Plastics Pact. Launched in April 2021, Textiles 2030 builds on the success of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) which came before it.  Its transformation into the UK Textiles Pact comes just nine months after WRAP’s fresh rebrand put the climate action NGO on its newly focused global mission to drive forward Circular Living in…

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Last Call for Amnesty Media Awards: Public vote for new ‘People’s Choice Award’ launches today

Stuart Mitchell

New category celebrates an individual journalist’s contribution to human rights reporting over the past year  Finalists, including Lyse Doucet, Owen Jones and Nesrine Malek, were nominated by Amnesty UK supporters   Vote now goes to public who can submit their choice here  Amnesty International UK has launched the public vote for a new category in the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards.  As the awards enter their 33rd year, the ‘People’s Choice Award’ has been established to give the public the opportunity to vote for the UK journalist they believe has made an…

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2025 IEA Methane Tracker shows methane emissions still too high as public support for action grows

Stuart Mitchell

The International Energy Agency released its 2025 Methane Tracker report analyzing global methane emissions from the energy sector in 2024. The findings make it clear that methane emissions remain stubbornly high – despite readily available means to act and growing public support to do so.  “The IEA’s latest data underscores how far we still have to go to rein in methane pollution from the energy sector,” said Jonathan Banks, Global Director, Methane Pollution Prevention at Clean Air Task Force. “The good news is that we know how to solve this problem. The…

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Brigham Young University Wins Top Place in PRSSA’s 2025 Bateman Case Study Competition

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), the foremost organization for students interested in the public relations and communications fields, announced today that Brigham Young University’s (BYU) True Blue Team has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Bateman Case Study Competition. The University of Alabama won second place and Syracuse University finished third. This year’s Bateman Case Study challenged students to develop a campaign on behalf of EveryLibrary and the EveryLibrary Institute. EveryLibrary is the only national 504(c)4 political action committee for libraries. Their mission is to support public libraries on…

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ICCO Announces Winners of the ICCO NextGen PR World Cup 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is proud to announce the winners of the NextGen PR World Cup 2025, a global competition that celebrates the brightest rising stars in public relations and communications. The Gold, Silver and Bronze winning teams were revealed today during a special virtual ceremony attended by leading industry figures and global partners. The competition attracted exceptional entries from young professionals across continents, each delivering creative, strategic and purpose-driven communications campaigns in response to a real-world brief. 🥇 Gold – Sweden (GK Sweden) Walter Westerlund Dan Vesterberg…

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