Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

First Transgender Day of Remembrance Cenotaph Statue to be Unveiled in Palm Springs

Stuart Mitchell

On November 20, the Transgender Community Coalition will host their annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) honoring the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence in the past year. The event will take place at Palm Springs City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the vigil commencing at 5 p.m. “One out of eight transgender people of color face murder in their lifetime, and one out of 12 Caucasian trans people face murder in their lifetime,” says Thomi…

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Ecover launches first Ocean Bottle with 50% Ocean Plastic

Stuart Mitchell

Ecover has announced a breakthrough in its work with plastic, launching a new limited edition Ecover Ocean Washing-Up Liquid Bottle –the first to be made with 50% plastic waste, washed up and collected from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As part of their ambition to rethink the way we use plastic, Ecover is also announcing a series of bold commitments, including using only 100% recycled plastic in all bottles by 2020. New Breakthrough Ecover Ocean Bottle with 50% Ocean Plastic Plastic in our oceans is one of the biggest…

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A Grand Challenge for Development Unveils New Competition to Ensure All Deaf Children Achieve Literacy

Stuart Mitchell

All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) have announced the launch of Sign On For Literacy, a new global competition to invest in innovations that increase access to local sign languages and advance language and literacy outcomes for deaf children. The competition was announced at the third International Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf during a session streamed live on Facebook.   “The civil rights struggle of our time is delivering an education to all – and not just some – children,” said Gordon Brown,…

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HRC Releases Corporate Equality Index with Record 609 Companies Earning Perfect Scores

Stuart Mitchell

A record number of the nation’s major companies and law firms are advancing vital policies and practices to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers around the world, according to the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) released today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. This year, a record-breaking 609 businesses earned the CEI’s top score of 100, up from 517 last year — a single-year increase of 18 percent. This record sets a new high water…

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Kingston Smith announces 2017 Creative Vision Award charity film winners

Stuart Mitchell

Kingston Smith and Bournemouth University are pleased to announce the winning charity films of this year’s Creative Vision Award: Team Humble Bumbles’ film for DEBRA, the national charity supporting people directly affected by, and working with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a potentially fatal skin condition that causes pain due to unstoppable internal and external blistering. Team TourDeFrames’s film for Re~Cycle, the charity which collects bicycles from across the UK and ships them to partner organisations in Africa to provide rural people with an affordable and sustainable means of transport. Innovative…

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