Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

Ethics Panel in London to consider use of facial recognition technologies

Stuart Mitchell

An independent panel that advises City Hall on the ethics of policing in the capital is to examine the use by the Metropolitan Police of facial recognition technology, and how they prioritise in the face of Government cuts to their budgets. Today the Mayor of London announced that a new Chair of the London Policing Ethics Panel, the ethical policy expert Dr Suzanne Shale, will review the Metropolitan Police’s use of facial-recognition technology as part of a wider look at digital policing. Facial recognition technology has been previously used at…

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IRC release film showing 8 steps we can take to support women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

To mark International Women’s Day 2018 the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have released a new film.   The IRC gave cameras to IRC women working on the front line of humanitarian aid so they can tell the world what needs to be done to end violence and discrimination against women and girls. They also released a blog post to accompany the film here, highlighting 8 things we can do to support women and girls reproduced below. 1. Listen to survivors Listening to survivors reveals the shocking levels of violence women and girls…

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HelpMeSee and Moog Motion Controls Join Efforts to Support Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust

Stuart Mitchell

HelpMeSee is launching a campaign to perform 300 sight-restoring cataract surgeries in Bangalore, thanks to a $35,000 corporate social responsibility grant from Moog Motion Controls Pvt Ltd, J P Nagar, Bangalore, India. Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust (NECT) will perform these surgeries using HelpMeSee’s Reach app, Pre-Sterilized Single-Use Surgical Kit, and Surgical Reporting System.    Cataract is a significant cause of blindness worldwide and especially in India, it assumes voluminous proportions.  In 2016, HelpMeSee and their partners, Sadguru Sewa Sangh Trust, helped the local administration to declare five districts – Chitrakoot,…

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UK MPs seek answers from pension funds on climate risk

Stuart Mitchell

The Chair of the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has written to the top 25 pension funds in the UK to ask how they manage the risks that climate change poses to pension savings. The letters form part of the Committee’s enquiry into Green Finance. It follows an admission from the Department for Work and Pensions – in a letter also published – that there is widespread misunderstanding amongst trustees on the scope of their fiduciary duty in relation to environmental risks. Mary Creagh MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee…

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UK Government launches call for evidence for Civil Society Strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, has today launched a public call for evidence on a new strategy that will harnesses the power of communities, charities, and businesses to help build a fairer society. The engagement exercise for the Civil Society Strategy will look at four themes that will strengthen civil society further, exploring the best way sectors can work together, empowering people to take action on the issues that matter to them and improving the places they live and work in. It is open for anyone to…

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