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Colombia launches second Plastics Pact in Latin America

Stuart Mitchell

Colombia has become the second Latin American country to launch a Plastics Pact to tackle the environmental impacts of plastics and support international work developing a circular economy for plastics. The Colombia Plastics Pact was developed and launched through a partnership between The Business Commitment to Recycling (CEMPRE) and international climate action NGO WRAP with the support of UKRI. Colombia currently places upwards of 700,500 tonnes of plastic containers and packaging into the domestic market each year, but as little as 3% is reincorporated back into packaging. The Colombia Plastics Pact…

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A quarter of comms leaders refuse to embrace AI despite wave of interest – PRCA ICCO Confidence Tracker

Stuart Mitchell

One in four (25%) of PR leaders say they will never use AI tools, such as ChatGPT, according to the latest PRCA and ICCO Confidence Tracker published recently. CEOs, Directors, and Department Heads across five continents took part in the latest PRCA and ICCO quarterly Confidence Tracker, which assesses market confidence in public relations around the world. The study follows a recent surge in interest in AI within PR practice. Despite this interest, the majority of communications leaders appear slow to grasp its potential with more than half of respondents…

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Parliament must ‘get its act together’ and hold Liam Fox to account – PRCA

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association’s (PRCA) Public Affairs Board (PAB) has urged Parliament to hold MPs to account following another high-profile breach of ethical standards. According to the Observer, former Trade Secretary Liam Fox MP, wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pressing for an export tax break that would benefit Global Britain Commission – a business group of which Fox is Chairman and receives remuneration. PRCA Public Affairs Chair, Liam Herbert FPRCA commented: “If these claims are right, Liam Fox’s actions were inexcusable. It is wholly unacceptable for parliamentarians…

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2022 IPA Agency Census reveals accelerated pace of change

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published its 2022 Agency Census revealing that overall staff numbers within IPA agency membership have increased by almost a fifth year-on-year, passing 26,000 employees for the first time. In addition, the share of women in C-suite positions has increased by 12% and the share of individuals from a non-white background in the C-suite has increased by 58%, representing a considerable improvement in the pace of change year-on-year. According to the 2022 IPA Agency Census, now in its 63rd year, total employee numbers within IPA member agencies have…

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New partnership launched to create national schools’ mental health programme

Stuart Mitchell

Ambitious about Autism has launched a new partnership with Zurich UK and the Z Zurich Foundation to help develop a programme to change thousands of young lives.   A grant from the Z Zurich Foundation will help Ambitious about Autism develop a national programme to support the mental wellbeing of autistic pupils in mainstream secondary schools. The programme aims to reach thousands of autistic young people in the UK and will also provide support and guidance to thousands of parents and caregivers to help them proactively care for their mental…

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