Month: July 2025

Mars delivers another 1.9% absolute reduction of greenhouse gases

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated recently released the 2024 Mars Sustainable in a Generation Report, announcing continued progress towards its goal of reducing its carbon footprint. By the end of 2024, Mars achieved another 1.9% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to its 2015 baseline, while growing the business over 69% to approximately $55 billion in annual sales during the same period.   Poul Weihrauch, Mars CEO said: “I’m pleased to see our continued ability to decouple our business growth from our carbon footprint while simultaneously investing in innovation and getting…

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Children In Latin America Challenged To Turn Off Their Screens For One Day For Digital Well-Being

Stuart Mitchell

Children across Latin American and the Caribbean are being encouraged to turn off their mobile phones, game consoles and laptops for a day and think about their digital wellbeing in a challenge led by Save the Children and Chicos.net Association. At a time when more children are online than ever before, the ‘Zoom Into Your Rights’ contest, supported by civil society organizations throughout the region, is open to children up to 18 years of age from now until 31 July. It challenges children to take a break from their devices…

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ActionAid UK Cuts Ties With HSBC After £128bn Climate Damage Link

Stuart Mitchell

ActionAid UK Moves Away from HSBC After Report Finds Over £128bn Climate Damage Link.  “My children are always coughing. They struggle to breathe. A strange new allergy has appeared on their skin, and we don’t even know what it is. The doctors can’t give us a proper answer.”  A damning new report from ActionAid UK and research group Profundo reveals that HSBC’s financing of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture between 2021 and 2023 is linked to an estimated £128 billion in climate-related damage — nearly three times the bank’s net…

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Saskia Konynenburg appointed Interim Chief Executive of NCVO

Stuart Mitchell

NCVO has confirmed the appointment of Saskia Konynenburg as Interim Chief Executive from 1 August 2025. New leadership team in place to guide NCVO through transition NCVO has announced that Saskia Konynenburg will take on the role of Interim Chief Executive from 1 August. She steps up from her current position as Executive Director of Voice and Impact, where she has led NCVO’s communications, influencing and insight work. Her appointment follows the announcement that current CEO Sarah Elliott will leave NCVO this summer to become CEO of Shelter. The formal,…

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ASA’s commitment to protecting vulnerable consumers

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: ASA’s commitment to protecting vulnerable consumers. 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. “We will put people first and prioritise protecting vulnerable people.” The first strand of our latest strategy,  AI-Assisted Collective Ad Regulation, sets a clear and powerful ambition. We’re committed to increasing our efforts to protect vulnerable people and to support those who need our…

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