Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

Facebook adds charity donate button in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook is launching its charity fundraising tools in 16 European countries. This will allow people to donate directly on their social media pages. The initiative has been available in the US for the over two years. It has proved to be very popular and more than $10 million was raised for those hit by Hurricane Harvey. Facebook are asking Charities to sign up to be among the first in Europe to use the new functions. The new functions will allow charities to collect donations  through donate buttons which can be…

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M&S Launch Sustainable Selvedge Denim Jeans

Stuart Mitchell

Launching this Summer 2017, M&S introduces the sustainable selvedge denim men’s jeans. The jeans have been manufactured using processes that use less water, energy and chemicals than conventional methods resulting in an incredibly low Environmental Impact Measurement Score of only 21 (where under 33 is low-impact) using JeanologiaTM technology. JeanologiaTM specialises in sustainable and efficient technologies for the garment finishing industry. Technologies including laser, and its EIM software have revolutionised the textile industry, offering design and finishing possibilities on garments, whilst saving water, energy and chemicals and eliminating waste and…

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UNWTO Code of Ethics for Tourism becomes an International Convention

Stuart Mitchell

The member States of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) approved today a historical document – the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics. The Convention, approved at the 22nd UNWTO General Assembly transforms the Code of Ethics for Tourism into an international convention, the first in the life of the Organization. The Convention covers the responsibilities of all stakeholders in the development sustainable tourism, providing a framework that recommends an ethical and sustainable modus operandi, including the right to tourism, the freedom of movement for tourists and the rights of employees…

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600,000 Rohingya children could be in Bangladesh by the end of the year

Stuart Mitchell

Save the Children warn that more than 600,000 Rohingya children could be in Bangladesh by the end of the year as demand for humanitarian assistance outstrips supply Host communities and relief agencies are struggling to cope with the enormous demand for food, shelter and other assistance in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas have fled to in the past three weeks. The mass displacement follows an alarming escalation of violence in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, where there have been disturbing reports of homes being…

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Diversity of UK television industry Criticised in new Ofcom Report

Stuart Mitchell

Broadcasters need to improve the diversity of their employees, Ofcom said today, as a major study of diversity in television finds that women, ethnic-minority groups and disabled people are all under-represented in the industry. Ofcom’s report, Diversity and equal opportunities in television, uncovers the scale and nature of the diversity challenge facing the TV industry, with a focus on the main five broadcasters – the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky and Viacom (owner of Channel 5). Broadcasters need to widen the range of talent working on and off screen. Too…

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