Day: 7 August 2026

ACLU Launches Historic “Firewall for Freedom” Campaign to Protect Crucial Rights Up and Down the Ballot

Stuart Mitchell

In 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union will make its largest-ever investment in down ballot races, marking a historic escalation in its “Firewall for Freedom” strategy to protect civil liberties across the country. As part of this new campaign, the ACLU will spend $25.5 million across underfunded but critical state-level campaigns with an outsized impact on American’s rights and freedoms, from key ballot initiatives to state Supreme Court races, secretaries of state races, and state legislative races. “The ACLU and our millions of supporters across the country have been at…

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ASA – Wishful drinking – hangover cures and the Code

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: ASA – Wishful drinking – hangover cures and the Code, I have copied this post 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. In popular culture, hangover cures can feel like a mixture of folk remedies, conventional wisdom and urban myths. While suggesting a fry up to a friend after a night out is one thing, publicly advertising a product to specifically address the symptoms is…

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EcoVadis: 80% of Tier 1 Suppliers Have No Process for Managing Sustainability Risks in Their Own Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

Companies in tier 1 supply chains are making progress on climate goals and human rights inside their own operations. Move one tier deeper into the supply chain and that progress stalls.  Four out of five (80%) companies rated by EcoVadis have no documented process for identifying or managing sustainability risks within their own supply chains. Seventy-three percent have no Scope 3 upstream emissions reporting and 77% have no downstream tracking. Only 2% have an external grievance mechanism that workers deeper in the supply chain can actually use to flag human rights…

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From New Parks to Restored Urban Wildlife Habitats – Bezos Earth Fund Announces New $100 Million Investment to Turn Underused Urban Land into Green Spaces Across Eight U.S. Cities

Stuart Mitchell

In neighborhoods across eight American cities, underutilized and overlooked land is trading gray for green, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing a $100 million investment as part of its Greening America’s Cities initiative to fund community-designed parks, beautiful large scale green space, and immersive outdoor areas in Allentown, Pa.; Atlanta; Cleveland; Indianapolis; Little Rock, Ark.; Los Angeles; Salt Lake City; and Sioux Falls, S.D. Funding will spread across each of the eight cities and will incorporate native plants and trees, new parks, and urban wildlife habitat alongside recreational amenities, blending…

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ASA – Keep your ads a cut above the rest: Advertising products and services for hair loss

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Keep your ads a cut above the rest: Advertising products and services for hair loss, I have copied this post 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. Hair loss remains a sensitive area within health and beauty advertising. Balancing persuasive copy with compliant and sympathetic messaging is key to pulling off an ad that complies with the Codes. Not all hair loss is the same The…

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