Day: 18 November 2025

Driving change forward – Supervisory Board in place at Fairtrade International

Stuart Mitchell

Following a majority vote at the General Assembly in June 2025, Fairtrade International established a Supervisory Board which replaced the former scope of Fairtrade International Board.  It is composed between 9 to 13 members and is primarily responsible for the strategic guidance of Fairtrade International.  Rita de Sousa Coutinho (Independent representative) has been elected Chair, with Hend M.H. Kassab (Producer Network representative) and Rhea Beltrami (National Fairtrade Organisation representative) as Vice-Chairs. Three new members join the Supervisory Board In addition to the continuing members of the former Fairtrade International Board,…

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Ceres and California Department of Insurance Recognized as the Climate and Sustainability Team of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres and the California Department of Insurance today were honored with the Climate and Sustainability Collaboration of the Year award by InsuranceERM, recognizing their partnership with the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit.   The award honors teams that have pioneered innovative strategies, influenced critical policy debates, and demonstrated long-term commitment to addressing climate challenges in the insurance sector.  Under the leadership of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Ceres Chief Program Officer Steven Rothstein, the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit (GSIS) has become a leading and comprehensive dialogue platform for climate insurance and…

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CAP – From rough idea to radiant execution – how to make your laboratory-grown diamond advertising dazzle.

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: From rough idea to radiant execution – how to make your laboratory-grown diamond advertising dazzle.. 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. Often marketed to consumers as the more ethical choice, laboratory-grown diamonds share the same physical and chemical properties as natural diamonds – so much so that consumers and even industry experts struggle to tell…

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AMA, Ad Council and Coalition of Health Care Leaders Launch New Effort to Provide Health Care Professionals with Tools to Prevent Firearm Injuries

Stuart Mitchell

With firearm injuries the leading cause of death of children and teens in the U.S., the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Ad Council, in collaboration with a coalition of health care leaders, launched a new digital resource hub at AgreeToAgree.org/HealthCare to empower physicians and other health care professionals to confidently and compassionately engage patients in conversations about firearm injury prevention. The digital resource hub features new “Agree to Agree” campaign videos, fact sheets, toolkits, and conversation guides for clinicians to help patients and their families understand the risks associated…

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New IEA report lays out pathway to finance universal electricity access in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

First-of-its-kind tracking shows investment is rising but remains well below levels needed to close the access gap Insufficient capital is a key obstacle to expanding electricity access for the roughly 600 million people in Africa who currently live without it, according to a new IEA report that outlines essential tools to unlock greater investment and eliminate the access gap. Financing Electricity Access in Africa, published today, finds that with progress on expanding electricity access in Africa stalling, $150 billion in investment is needed to deliver universal access within the next…

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