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PRCA Fellow Iain Anderson to be appointed new LGBT Business Champion

Stuart Mitchell

Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, has announced the appointment of PRCA Fellow Iain Anderson as the government’s new LGBT Business Champion. The role will see Anderson collaborating with business to support LGBT people at work, whilst developing and sharing solutions to workplace discrimination.  Alongside the recently appointed Special Envoy for LGBT rights, Lord Herbert, he will also ensure businesses are doing all they can to help showcase the UK as an inclusive place to live and work ahead of the UK’s first Global LGBT Conference, Safe To Be Me, which…

Wellbeing and suicide prevention organisations launch partnership to improve mental health

Stuart Mitchell

National employee wellbeing platform Champion Health has partnered with R;pple Suicide Prevention to improve mental health and reduce the incidence of suicide, both inside and outside of the workplace. Champion Health, which is headquartered in Sheffield, provides data-driven health and wellbeing solutions, tailored to each individual employee. Founded in 2018, the company draws on the expertise of over 55 health experts covering all areas of wellbeing. Founded by Alice Hendy, who lost her brother Josh to suicide in 2020, R;pple is a charity which has developed an online tool built…

New wind farm investment will ensure enough renewable energy to provide for all Mars hospital operations in U.S. following expansion of Mars Veterinary Health

Stuart Mitchell

Mars, Incorporated is announcing a new power-purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy to provide renewable energy that will cover more than 100 percent of the electricity needed for its 2,000 veterinary hospitals in the U.S. This allows Mars to continue to meet its sustainability goal to source 100 percent renewable electricity in the U.S., as it has since 2015. This agreement is designed to address the company’s significant business growth, including the expansion of Mars Veterinary Health.  Mars estimates nearly 11 million new pets were welcomed to U.S. homes in 2020,…

Industry bodies call to protect employee mental wellbeing and creativity

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA is one of a coalition of industry bodies including Crown Commercial Service, NABS, the Alliance of Independent Agencies, the Advertising Association, ISBA and Social & Local CIC who are calling on the industry to pledge commitment to mental wellbeing and creativity by signing up to the Brilliant Creative Minds Code of Conduct. The Brilliant Creative Minds Code of Conduct has been launched to stamp out behaviours that impact employee wellbeing and diminish creativity in the advertising and communications industry. The Code was developed by the industry coalition through…

Waitrose new app helps the retailer assess and understand the emotional wellbeing of its farm animals

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose is rolling out a new mobile application today that will help the retailer assess and begin to understand the emotional wellbeing of its farm animals.  The first of its kind, the app aims to manage and improve opportunities that animals have to experience a good and enriching life – a process that Waitrose hopes will help it lead further improvements to animal welfare standards across the UK. Developed by leading animal behavioural scientists at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and licensed by Waitrose for trial and development for two years,…