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CIPR launches ESG Panel with online event series

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) launches its new ESG Panel with a series of events to support PR professionals in identifying and promoting their roles and responsibilities on environmental, social, and governance issues. The ESG Panel brings together specialists to support the profession with its understanding of ESG, to articulate and reinforce the role of public relations in shaping and delivering their organisation and client ESG agendas, and to build a network for information sharing and engagement. The Panel has been set up by Suzy Giles MCIPR (Chair),…

CMA to scrutinise ‘green’ claims in sales of household essentials

Stuart Mitchell

The CMA will examine the accuracy of ‘green’ claims made about household essentials – such as food, drink, and toiletries – to make sure shoppers are not being misled. The move is an expansion of ongoing work by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into ‘greenwashing’, which seeks to get to the bottom of whether products and services that claim to be green or eco-friendly are being marketed to shoppers accurately. The CMA’s review will examine a wide range of products known as ‘fast-moving consumer goods’ (FMCG). These are essential…

CMA to scrutinise ‘green’ claims in sales of household essentials

Stuart Mitchell

The CMA will examine the accuracy of ‘green’ claims made about household essentials – such as food, drink, and toiletries – to make sure shoppers are not being misled. The move is an expansion of ongoing work by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into ‘greenwashing’, which seeks to get to the bottom of whether products and services that claim to be green or eco-friendly are being marketed to shoppers accurately. The CMA’s review will examine a wide range of products known as ‘fast-moving consumer goods’ (FMCG). These are essential…

Mighty Earth files complaint with US Securities and Exchange Commission against JBS ‘green bonds’

Stuart Mitchell

Senior executives at Mighty Earth have filed a whistleblower complaint to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), calling for a full investigation into alleged misleading and fraudulent “green bonds” issued by the Brazilian meat giant JBS.  Evidence presented to the SEC details how JBS, the world’s largest meat processor with operations in over 20 countries, issued $3.2 billion in four separate debt issuances or “green bonds” in 2021, referring to them as Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) tied to its stated goal to cut its emissions and achieve “Net Zero by…

New research: consumer demand for ‘clean’ beauty is an opportunity to galvanise sector action on Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

A report assessing the credibility of the Net Zero commitments of the ten highest revenue global beauty and personal care companies shows the sector has a window of opportunity to go further and faster on Net Zero. Despite growing demand for ‘clean’ beauty products, new research has found none of the world’s ten leading beauty brands have independently validated Net Zero targets.  It also found three of these companies have failed to publicly commit to reaching Net Zero at all, and at least two reporting a rise in their greenhouse…