Results for Campaigns & Activism
Campaigns: June/July 2006
July 21, 2006 Reducing packaging, reigning in the aviation industry and putting a stop to censorship on the net are all on the agenda. Read more >
Campaigns round-up issue 86
March 17, 2006 The no Dirty Gold Campaign has cajoled some of the top jewellery retailers into pledging to move away form "dirty" gold sales whilst campaigners are calling for oil giant Total to pull out of Burma. Fairtrade Fortnight took place from 6-19 March to encourage businesses and consumers to sell or buy Fairtrade products. Read more >
Collective campaigns: the shape of things to come
March 01, 2005 Briefing finds campaigners are beginning to see the benefits of speaking with a collective voice in the fight for column inches Read more >
Campaigners unite against poverty
March 01, 2005 In a special feature, former Briefing managing editor Oliver Balch reports from Porto Allegre, Brazil, where he discovers activists are targeting their campaigns against the private sector's rising collective influence. Read more >
Europe: CSR campaign update
December 01, 2002 CSR has risen up the European agenda over the last two or three years. Jan Noterdaeme outlines progress so far with CSR Europe's latest pan-European campaign, which he hopes will frame the agenda over the next two or three years. Read more >
Education campaigns
December 01, 1993 A group of prominent business leaders gathered at the end of September to launch a national education trust, aimed at improving the quality school-leavers seeking employment. Meanwhile The National Literacy Trust, a new independent charity aiming to improve reading and writing standards in the UK, was launched on October 7, with support from WH Smith. Read more >
Aiming higher at school
June 01, 1993 Britain is falling behind its international competitors: are weaknesses in the education system partly to blame? Read more >
Pathways to higher standards
June 01, 1993 The state of the nation's schools continues to dominate the headlines. A new campaign to get businesses more involved, previewed in the last edition of Community Affairs Briefing, was fully launched in May. Read more >
Up to any good in the community?
June 01, 1993 June sees the start of the 1993 UK Volunteers Week, as a revamped Employee Involvement Award is launched. Read more >