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Amnesty’s open-source Raqqa investigation wins award

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International’s open-source investigation into the US-led Coalition’s bombing of the Syrian city of Raqqa has won a Times Higher Education award. The investigation helped reveal how the Coalition’s four-month military offensive against the Islamic State armed group in Raqqa in 2017 killed at least 1,600 civilians.  At an awards event in London last night, Amnesty and the University of Essex were given this year’s Times Higher Education award for International Collaboration. Sam Dubberley, Head of Amnesty International’s Digital Verification Corps, said: “Open-source investigations have really come into their own,…

Martin Freeman And Stars Stand-Up To Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Watch the cream of British acting talent team up to beat cancer at its own game in the latest film from Stand-Up To Cancer. A host of stars channel the relentless, unforgiving and unpredictable behaviours of cancer to complete unique fundraising challenges in the name of life-saving research. See what Martin Freeman, Celia Imrie, Tom Felton, Noel Clarke, Neil Morrissey, Nina Sosanya and Adrian Scarborough get up to in this epic short film.  Celia Imrie said: “I’ve experienced the devastation cancer inflicts first hand. Sadly, so many of us have…

Kraft Heinz Expands Animal Welfare Commitments in Europe and Signs Up to the European Chicken Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its commitment to establishing a sustainable supply chain and responsible farm-to-market ingredient and material sourcing policies, Kraft Heinz Europe today announced the expansion of its animal welfare practices by signing up to the European Chicken Commitment. Kraft Heinz is committed to improving the welfare of chickens and is working to transition its European supply chain to meet even higher welfare standards.  By 2026, we will require 100% of the fresh, frozen, and processed chicken in our European supply chain to meet the following standards of the European Chicken…

New fundraising code published

Stuart Mitchell

The newly improved Code of Fundraising Practice has just been published by the Fundraising Regulator, and will come into effect in October 2019. The changes are designed to make it easier for fundraisers, charities and third-party organisations to understand the standards expected of them when fundraising. The new code is also easier for the public to use, so they can know what to expect from ethical fundraising. The changes include: adding the rulebooks and legal appendices to the code, so that all standards can be found in one place a…

Anheuser-Busch switches to renewable electricity in the US

Stuart Mitchell

The American brewer Anheuser-Busch is set to buy entirely renewable electricity by 2021 after signing the largest solar power purchase agreement (PPA) of any US beverage company. Coupled with its Budweiser Wind Farm in Billings, Oklahoma, the move will allow Anheuser-Busch to reach 100% renewable electricity in the US four years ahead of its 2025 goal. It will also enable parent company AB InBev to achieve 50% renewable electricity globally – a step toward its 100% goal in the RE100 initiative, led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP.…