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The Clipper Race And UNICEF Mark A Decade Of Partnership, To Champion A Better World For Children.

Stuart Mitchell

The leading child rights organisation, UNICEF, was announced as a Team and Charity Partner of the Clipper Race once again. The announcement came ahead of the 2025-26 race season, and marks a decade of commitment from the global yacht race to advancing child rights globally. Whilst setting non-professional sailors on one of the biggest challenges across the world, the Clipper Race renewed its commitment to contribute towards UNICEF’s work around the world to overcome the most urgent challenges they face.  Funding driven by Clipper Race crew will continue to help…

AMEC Steps Up to Tackle Mis/Disinformation with ICCO’s Media Information and Education Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

The International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) is the latest organisation to sign the Media Information and Education Pledge, launched by the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO). AMEC joins the founding supporters of the pledge, including the Council of Europe, the European Association of Communication Directors (EACD), Global Women in PR (GWPR), the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) and The Trust Project, an international consortium of news organisations promoting standards of transparency in journalism. Launched in June 2023 in Strasbourg, the Media Information…

National Wealth Fund backs ScottishPower to boost UK grid upgrades

Stuart Mitchell

The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has announced a £600m commitment to help Iberdrola and ScottishPower upgrade the British electricity grid – supporting hundreds of jobs and helping to pave the way for a new era of clean electricity. The investment forms part of a £1.35bn financing package, led by Bank of America as Sole Debt Arranger and including Bank of America, BankInter, BNP Paribas, Caixabank, Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Banco Sabadell as lenders. NWF’s financing will support the delivery of seven of ScottishPower’s priority transmission grid upgrade projects. These will…

VCMI Launches Scope 3 Action Code of Practice

Stuart Mitchell

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has launched its Scope 3 Action Code of Practice1. The new best-practice framework has been developed to ensure companies continue to take climate action every year, even when their efforts to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions hit barriers2. Corporate scope 3 emissions are not being reduced at the pace or scale needed, with many companies falling behind in meeting climate targets3. Increased action on scope 3 emissions is critical to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, yet the global ‘scope…

CIPR unveils 2025 Excellence Awards shortlist

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has announced the shortlist for its 41st Excellence Awards which recognises outstanding achievement in PR and communications practice. 125 organisations and public relations professionals will showcase the impact of their work on business and society across 30 hotly contested categories in the UK’s premier public relations awards ceremony. Read the full shortlist below. Tickets are now available to purchase for the live award ceremony on Wednesday 2 July at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London where the winners will be announced.   The Excellence…