We are saying farewell to 2022 – a year of big turmoil and contrasts. We are living through economic and geopolitical uncertainty where little to no progress is being made to narrow inequality gaps. But this year also brought some clear greenshoots in areas such...
Today is the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women. Here are some global figures about women and violence. One in three women experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner across their lifetime Based on 2020 global estimates, on...
By Hind Dihan When graduating from university and looking for job opportunities in the communications industry, I was bombarded by the various types of agencies I could work for. The choices included luxury lifestyle, crisis communications, travel, and hospitality, or FMCG. What drew me to Skating...
Andrea, our founder and CEO, recently shared her views with PR Week on why she thinks the industry should incorporate impact as a measurement of company success, not just financial metrics. Read the full article here. Turnover. Revenue. Bottom line. Headcount. Client retention. New business wins. The...
Today is World Menopause Day. Thankfully, menopause is much higher on the agenda and less of a taboo than it once was. But, at Skating Panda, we still believe there’s some way to go to normalising menopause, especially in the workplace. In Parliament, Carolyn Harris, Head...
From cancer fighting fungi to a supermarket sustainability measures In our series ‘Skating Around the World’, we are inviting you to enjoy some of our favourite significant news stories from around the globe, the stories which show who and what is driving positive impact on issues...
Today we have a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) flag proudly displayed in our office in Fitzrovia in central London. And we want to tell you why...
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) identified eradicating global poverty as the number one goal in the Sustainable Development Goals. They recognised how, when one is in poverty, it’s difficult to establish a foundation to build for the future. Life becomes about survival, instead of living. Now,...
From forced wildlife relocation to a global first in free period products The world is complicated and messy. Every day, we doomscroll through news feeds that provide us with myriad heart-breaking, headline-making stories about the issues we face, which can leave us feeling powerless in the...
Demand for our earth’s resources has skyrocketed in recent years, posing a significant issue considering our resources are finite. 28th July marks Earth Overshoot Day for the year 2022, i.e., the date on which researchers have determined that humanity has used all the planet’s biological...