Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

Twitter’s AI tackles Terrorism

Stuart Mitchell

Twitter has launched its 11th biannual Twitter Transparency Report. In March of 2017, Twitter introduced a new section covering government TOS reports, but it was limited to government requests to remove content under their prohibition of the promotion of terrorism. Twitter have now expanded this section to cover a broader array of categories under the Twitter Rules, adding: abusive behavior, copyright, and trademark. Twitter have announced more on their transparency rules as shown below: Removing Terrorist Content A little more than 2% of global reports, fell within the promotion of…

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Leonardo DiCaprio backs university mangrove project

Stuart Mitchell

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio is supporting the expansion of an award-winning Edinburgh Napier University conservation project in Kenya. The university initiative was included in a round of grants from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation which were announced by the film star at a conference at Yale University.  Mikoko Pamoja – ‘Mangroves Together’ in Swahili – involves Edinburgh-based scientists working with local villagers and researchers to protect threatened mangrove forests and fund community development. The project in Kenya’s Gazi Bay, 50km south of Mombasa, was recently named as a winner of the…

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Unilever to acquire Mãe Terra

Stuart Mitchell

Just a few weeks after they announced their purchase of Pukka Herbs, Unilever announced have announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian natural and organic food business Mãe Terra. Mãe Terra is a fast-growing and well-loved brand in Brazil, providing health-conscious consumers with organic and nutritious food products since it was set up in 1979. The company’s vision is to democratise natural and organic food by taking care of people and planet. Mãe Terra operates in several categories with a portfolio that includes organic cereals, cookies, snacks…

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Women with disabilities may be missing out on cancer screening

Stuart Mitchell

Women with disabilities are a third less likely to participate in breast cancer screening and a quarter less likely to take part in bowel cancer screening compared to women reporting no disabilities, according to a new paper published in the British Journal of Cancer  by researchers from the University of Oxford. More than a fifth of the nearly 500,000 women who were offered breast or bowel cancer screening reported some disability; difficulties with mobility were the most commonly reported. Women with two or more disabilities were less likely to take…

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Walmart Strengthens Sustainable Chemistry Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart is strengthening its sustainable chemistry policy for consumable products, reaffirming the company’s work to increase transparency, advance improved product formulations, and offer a larger sustainable product selection for customers. As part of the policy expansion, Walmart aims to reduce its consumables chemical footprint for Walmart and Sam’s Clubs U.S. stores by 10 percent by 2022, becoming the first U.S. retailer to set a time bound reduction goal. Consumables products include items like household cleaners, cosmetics and skincare items, and infant products, among others. The goal applies to chemicals defined…

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