FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has announced it will donate USD$50 000 each to sustainability-focused projects in India and Africa. As part of the FedEx Priority Earth Global Grant Programme, thousands of FedEx team members selected 12 nonprofits from across the six international regions in which FedEx operates. 

Atmosphere Communications has scooped an EMEA Award for being a PR Employer of Choice. The agency also walked off with silverware at the annual PRISM Industry Awards. Atmosphere scored an eight out of 10 in an independent survey among its clients, which measured its clients' propensity to recommend the consultancy.

The Shoprite Group has announced that it has spent more than R700-million over the past five years on extensive retail skills and training programmes. These have been put in place to enhance the career options of South Africa's unskilled and unemployed youth. 

PR pros need to include infographics in their digital marketing strategy. Why? Because this is a great way to stay relevant online. Readers are much keener to share visually appealing content, meaning there is a lot of room for you to play with the potential that these types of content hold.

Society can do more; we are calling on partners, corporates and civil society to work together to help the youth in becoming independent and thriving members of society, says the team at SOS Children's Villages. The team adds that, as we commemorate Youth Month, it aims to reinforce the importance of investing in youth education, training and skills development. 

MediaCom South Africa has announced that Shaneel Singh, formally the managing partner at MediaCom South Africa, has been promoted to chief product and growth officer. Singh will lead the business and global restructure with regards to the agency's suite of services in line with MediaCom's global vision of becoming a consumer-centric agency. 

Razor Public Relations, the reputation and strategic communications agency part of M&C Saatchi Group South Africa, has been recognised as the new Consultancy of the Year at the 2021 EMEA SABRE Awards, the premier awards show in the PR sector. Razor was the only non-European agency nominated this year.

Clockwork has announced that it has taken home the African Consultancy of the Year Award. The agency says that the award confirms its footing in Africa as one of the most prolific full-service agencies on the continent. The winners of the 2021 awards were announced on Wednesday, 9 June. 

FCM, one of the world's largest travel management companies, has partnered with South Pole, a leading expert in global climate action and project development. The duo has launched a new global carbon offsetting programme, while FCM has also committed to offsetting all its staff travel worldwide and will backdate its contributions to 2019. 

Clockwork has announced the appointment of Penny Motsamai as its public relations director. Motsamai has been with the agency running the Standard Bank public relations accounts since 2019 and is a professional with experience in both client and agency side of corporate and consumer divisions.