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ASA – Sobering Thoughts – have zero regrets for your alcohol ads in 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Sobering Thoughts – have zero regrets for your alcohol ads in 2024. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Right, well, that’s another year over with. The decorations have been packed away, we’ve all eaten as many festive treats as we could fit in, and we’ll hit the gym tomorrow, we promise. The New Year often…

Iprovision allocates full 75 Fund to support disadvantaged PR practitioners

Stuart Mitchell

Iprovision, the benevolent fund of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), has allocated the full £75,000 of its specially created 75 Fund. The fund was created to support people from financially or socially disadvantaged backgrounds to advance or begin a career in the public relations profession.  The 75 Fund aims to foster a more diverse and inclusive PR community. It was launched to help celebrate in the Institute’s 75th anniversary year. Over the course of six months and two application windows, the Fund allocated its full total of £75,000.  More than 150 people applied to…

National Trust uses ‘Isaac Newton’s lockdown legacy’ to launch Time + Space Award for young people

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust has opened applications for a Time + Space Award for young people, inspired by Sir Isaac Newton’s annus mirabilis or ‘year of wonders’, which happened when he was just 23. The new Award will support some of today’s 16-25s to bring their ideas to life at Newton’s home, Woolsthorpe Manor, a farmhouse in Lincolnshire. Newton said of his ‘year of wonders’, “In those days I was in the prime of my age for invention.” Working with a panel of experts and voices from the fields of science,…

ICAS releases 2022/2023 Global SRO Database and Factbook

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is proud to release the sixth edition of its Global SRO Database and Factbook. Since 2017, ICAS has been collecting  basic facts and figures on existing self-regulatory systems. By bringing more transparency on how SROs operate in the different markets represented in its network, ICAS hopes to contribute to a better understanding of advertising self-regulation by the industry, regulators, and the general public. What information is included? information about the governance of SROs and their funding model; links to the main advertising standards currently in force at…

WRAP consultation begins on GHG Measurement and Reporting Protocols for Food and Drink

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP recently announces a consultation on proposed changes and improvements to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Measurement and Reporting Protocols for Food and Drink. Why: Since the original protocols were launched in May 2022, new guidance from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Science Based Targets initiative and WRAP, has impacted how emissions should be measured. WRAP and partners have, therefore, completed an audit of all guidance, sought feedback from industry and representatives (such as the Food Data Transparency Partnership and member bodies) and now need to work with industry to update the Protocols.…