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Civil Society Calls for Plastic Production Cuts on World Environment Day

Stuart Mitchell

On last months World Environment Day, civil society leaders around the world are holding participating countries accountable to their shared commitment to ratify a plastics treaty that targets the full lifecycle of plastics– including production.  The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is #BeatPlasticPollution, a campaign led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The choice of this theme is particularly timely given that what is hoped to be the final round of negotiations for an international plastics treaty will be held later this year, on August 5-14 in…

Page joins Global Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management Board of Directors is honored to inform that Page, the premier global professional association for senior strategic communication leaders, is our newest member. “We are delighted to welcome Page to Global Alliance as our newest member. This endorsement speaks highly of the many wide-sweeping changes implemented by the Board at the new Global Alliance over the past eight years, always putting our members first, continuing to increase their membership benefits, advocating on their behalf and leading the world’s profession. As the confederation…

World Environment Day 2025 mobilizes commitment, action to end plastic pollution globally

Stuart Mitchell

Communities, civil society, businesses, and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution, with official celebrations held in the Republic of Korea’s Jeju Province. Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet. By 2040, plastic leakage to the environment is predicted to grow by 50 per cent, and that pollution creeps into our bodies through the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the air that we breathe. World Environment Day 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. It comes exactly two months before…

The One Club Opens Call for Entries For Global Young Guns 23

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for Young Guns 23, the leading global competition to celebrate international creative professionals age 30 or younger. Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  The program is open to creatives ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work. The online entry system is open, with the reduced-fee…

The Pitch: CIM and IBM to Challenge Marketing Students in Global Competition to find the Marketers of the Future

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has launched the global student marketing competition, ‘The Pitch’, to students across the world. This year’s competition will be run in partnership with IBM, a global leader in technology and innovation. CIM will work with IBM to provide students with an experience that equips them for their first professional role in marketing. Not only will IBM be setting this year’s challenge, but they will also host webinars and provide top tips to students on their journey through The Pitch, helping them to bring their…