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Vodafone Foundation and Save the Children call for joined up action to improve children’s digital wellbeing across Europe

Stuart Mitchell

A new report published recently, finds rising digital stress, gaps in support, and emerging risks are outpacing classroom practice and safeguards and calls for practical collaboration between governments, educators, and technology platforms. “Click, Scroll, Connect and Balance” highlights five interconnected issues that the report’s authors believe are collectively undermining children’s digital wellbeing: Digital stress and mental health impacts: In Romania, 50% of children reported being called offensive names online, and 26% had trouble sleeping after an online incident. Across OECD countries, 17% of 15-year-olds feel anxious without their devices, and…

Leeds University farm to halve carbon footprint for new research project

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Leeds farm is to become a pioneering research station to test and accelerate climate-smart agricultural methods. The site, which is located between Leeds and York, will be one of 10 farms across Europe aiming to reduce their carbon footprint by 55% over the next five years. They will do this by introducing new measures such as changing the feed given to livestock, managing emissions from manure and slurry, and monitoring the ways in which semi-natural features, such as hedgerows, can prevent harmful greenhouse gasses from entering the…

Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…

CAP – A picture says a thousand words. Avoiding misleading imagery in ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: A picture says a thousand words. Avoiding misleading imagery in ads. 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. Marketing communications must not materially mislead or be likely to do so. When assessing whether an ad is likely to mislead, the ASA will consider the entire ad, and the overall impression given in the ad. As well…

The Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Proudly Welcome New Champions to Their Boards of Directors

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) proudly announce the newest members of their Boards of Directors. These five champions join us from across the country and will leverage their extensive experience, their stalwart leadership and strategic insight in LGBTQ+ advocacy to guide the organization forward in the fight for equality.  “It is an honor to welcome our newest boards of directors members, Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III, Sue Dunlap, Brian O’Connor, Nico Ramsey and Shawn Skelly — each of whom brings a unique background…