Tag: Denmark

Denmark becomes textiles industry frontrunner, amplifying growing international Textiles Action Network

Stuart Mitchell

International climate action NGO, WRAP, welcomes the trailblazing new Danish industry collaboration which will bring clothing and textile brands together around common circular goals. Launched ahead of Copenhagen Fashion Week, the collaboration marks a pivotal moment in the development of a global network of countries working to make textiles more sustainable. David Rogers, Head of International Programmes WRAP said: “We welcome this ambitious move by the Danish government to tackle the environmental impacts of textiles with a national programme of work under this new industry collaboration. WRAP has played an…

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Children stage global intervention to protect Danish kids from getting sunburned

Stuart Mitchell

The school summer holidays are around the corner for most families. Good news, except for the fact that in Denmark a terrifying four out of ten children get sunburned while they’re on holiday abroad. To raise awareness, and to change behaviour in the sun, The Danish Cancer Society, the Danish philanthropic foundation TrygFonden and creative agency &Co have launched a new campaign to ‘Help a Small Dane.’ Denmark has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the world, and almost one Dane dies from melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer…

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ETHICMARK® Winners: “Ørsted” and “Trash Isles” Best Advertising Campaigns For 2018

Stuart Mitchell

Ørsted from Denmark and a Plastic Oceans International campaign are the 2018 winners of the EthicMark® Awards for advertising and media campaigns that “uplift the human spirit and society.” Founded in 2004 by sustainability pioneer and renowned futurist Hazel Henderson, chair, the EthicMark® Awards  demonstrate the power of advertising and marketing campaigns to inspire, focus on human potentials and further both public and private legitimate interests.  Winning campaigns uphold high standards of truth, integrity, responsibility, transparency and fairness, respecting diversity and refraining from greenwashing, instilling fear or misusing brain science. The…

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