Author: Stuart Mitchell

Pro Carton Young Designers Award winners announced

Stuart Mitchell

The winners of the Pro Carton Young Designers Award 2023 – sponsored by Turkey’s leading packaging specialists Duran Doğan and Kartonsan – were announced at a glamourous ceremony in Seville, at the end of September. Recognising the best young design talent in Europe, the winners were announced by Horst Bittermann, Pro Carton’s Director General, in front of an audience of packaging industry leaders. This year’s ceremony featured awards in four categories – Creative Cartonboard Packaging (Food & Drink); Creative Cartonboard Packaging (All Other); Sustainability and the Public Vote Award. More…

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BDO in Indonesia Partners with Carbon SaaS Provider MVGX Tech to Drive the Decarbonisation Efforts of Indonesian Companies

Stuart Mitchell

BDO in Indonesia, a member of BDO International Limited, one of the world’s largest accounting, tax, and advisory firms, announced a commercial partnership with MVGX Tech, a leading Carbon Software-as-a-Service (Saas) company that aims to empower corporations, governments, and institutions to take action at every stage of their decarbonisation journeys. Through its partnership with MVGX Tech, BDO in Indonesia’s client base will be able to kickstart their sustainability journeys and strengthen existing ESG initiatives through MVGX Tech’s Carbon Connect Suite.   The Carbon Connect Suite is a holistic, end-to-end suite of…

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New report from UNAIDS shows that AIDS can be ended by 2030 and outlines the path to get there

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released recently by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS. This path will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics and advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report, ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, contains data and case studies which highlight that ending AIDS is a political and financial choice, and that the countries and leaders who are already following the path are achieving extraordinary results. Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Zimbabwe have already achieved the…

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Better Cotton Calls for Eradication of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, and its partners in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coalition have issued a position paper demanding a global phase-out of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) across agricultural supply chains. Ahead of the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), set to take place in Bonn, Germany, from 25-29 September, Better Cotton and fellow Coalition founding members have urged authorities to enforce regulatory frameworks that would mandate the elimination of highly hazardous agrochemicals. The Coalition – which also includes Fairtrade, Rainforest…

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CAP – Deliver the goods: Ensure your delivery claims and charges are CAP Code compliant

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Deliver the goods: Ensure your delivery claims and charges are CAP Code compliant. 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. With Black Friday now just around the corner (see here for more of our Black Friday related content), ensuring you’re making compliant delivery claims in ads is more important than ever. Here are some key issues…

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