Category: environment

International Day of Climate Action

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Claire Thompson, Waves PR

This weekend, there will be over four thousand events taking place simultaneously in over 175 nations – quite possibly the single most widespread day of political action about any issue that our planet has ever seen.

Highlighting these issues ahead of December’s Copenhagen climate change conference will offer a clear mandate to politicians for change.

Some of the events highlighted by 350.org include: Read more »

Eco Monday: Trafigura – time to come clean

Claire Thompson, Waves PR
Source: ethicsworld.org

Source: ethicsworld.org

This post was drafted for posting yesterday, but a lot of interest was being expressed in the #Likeminds story, so it was held back until today.

An open letter to PR consultancy Bell Pottinger

Dear Bell Pottinger,

We all use petrochemicals, and accept that, however unpleasant, the bi-products of these need disposing of.

However, quite aside of the ethics, all companies, including those like Trafigura, need to regard every part of their operations as having an effect on their PR (public relations).

Your client Trafigura is now a household name in some sectors. Their solicitors, Carter Ruck, have been put into the limelight. Harriet Harman has had her say.  The Twitter noise has died down. Has it gone as quickly as it came?  Possibly.

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Pave Paradise and put up a parking lot? #BAD09

Pave Paradise and put up a parking lot?

#BAD09: Blog Action Day for Climate Change

Others can sing it better than me:

1969: Joni Mitchell

2002: Counting Crows

2008: Paolo Santos

2009: Amy Grant

One song. Forty years. Still sadly relevant.

Tick, tick, tick….

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BAD09: Blog Action Day – Paolo Santos

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