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Audit proposals not enough to clean-up scandal-ridden industry, campaigners say

Stuart Mitchell

The UK government’s audit reform proposals don’t go far enough to fix the scandal-ridden industry, not least because they fail to adequately cover fundamental issues like climate change and reform of underlying accounting principles, warned 9 campaign groups and experts including Greenpeace, ClientEarth, the Fair Tax Foundation and academics from Sheffield and City Universities. Professor Atul Shah, City University, said: “It’s been over 4 years since the Carillion scandal, but despite numerous reports and a parliamentary inquiry the government has set out watered down plans with no clear implementation date.…

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No more guilt trips: how to holiday this year with less plastic

Stuart Mitchell

This half-term, the first-ever B-Corp Holiday Park Group, Lovat, and the environmental charity, City to Sea, who campaign to stop plastic pollution, have teamed up to offer 5 simple tips on how families can holiday with less plastic. Every year tourist destinations around the UK see a surge of littering from tourists causing waves of plastic pollution that could easily be avoided. This summer as families holiday together for the first time without pandemic restrictions providers such as Lovat is working with customers to minimise their environmental impact. Top Tips:…

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Ethical Marketing Podcast – 7 – Dr Rebecca Swift Interview Pt 2 and Sian, Stuart and Dr Andrew Lumsden-Groom talk about crisis management

Stuart Mitchell

This podcast features part 2 of our interview with Dr Rebecca Swift from Getty Images. Sian Conway-Wood, and Stuart Mitchell also chat to Dr Lumsden-Groom Director of Crisis Management at 181st Street about his role as a crisis manager, why an ethical company needs to think about this, and why it’s something all businesses, no matter their size should be aware of.  About our guest: Dr Rebecca Swift; Global Head of Creative Insights; Getty Images & iStock Rebecca joined the photography industry over 20 years ago and was one of the founding…

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Stress Awareness Month prompts Media & Marketing businesses to review their existing polices, as the cost of living increase threatens to compound work-related stress

Stuart Mitchell

As Stress Awareness Month approaches, the latest statistics once again demonstrate how important it is for employers to familiarise themselves with the signs and symptoms of stress, especially as an increase in the cost of living threatens to compound the issues faced by many. With 79% of employed British adults commonly experiencing workplace stress (20% higher than last year), it is an issue that impacts workers across all sectors and occupations, as the latest data shows. According to a recent study, 85% of those working in Media & Marketing confirmed…

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How to Protect The Ocean Every Time You Search The Internet

Stuart Mitchell

OceanHero search engine users have helped recover 21 million ocean-bound plastic bottles from the comfort of their homes and offices. When web surfers add the ocean-protection search engine to their browser, they recover ocean-bound plastic with every search. “When you consider that 18 billion pounds of plastic waste enter our oceans every year, you realize that each of us has a responsibility to stem the tide,” said OceanHero founder Marvin Burman. “If humans don’t make major changes by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans.” How…

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