Corporate Responsibility Consulting
Corporate Responsibility Consulting is a public relations company that has worked for the tobacco industry.[1]
Tobacco Industry Activities
It has worked for British American Tobacco (BAT)[2] and since 1997 has run the Atmosphere Improves Results Initiative (AIR) which is funded by the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association.[3][4] In June 2000 CRC undertook a joint effort with BAT to install “smoking tables", originally designed and manufactured by Colt, in a bar at Birmingham International Airport. The airport subsequently revoked its smokefree policy. [5]
CRC has also carried out research for the Save Our Pubs & Clubs campaign, which is run by the tobacco industry funded group Forest. In June 2011, Save Our Pubs & Clubs published CRC research it had commissioned which claimed that "traditional inner city pubs have suffered the most since the introduction of smoking bans in Scotland, England and Wales".[6]
CRC's research was cited by Imperial Tobacco in its attack on Professor Linda Bauld, who wrote a report on the impact of smoke-free legislation, commissioned by the Department of Health.[7]
CRC unsuccessfully pitched for a contract from the TMA to represent the Tobacco Alliance (now known as the Tobacco Retailers Alliance) in 2000.[8]
People
CRC is run by Oliver Griffiths. He trained with Procter & Gamble and has worked for US and UK marketing agencies for clients that include the BBC, Guinness, Scottish & Newcastle and SmithKline.[9]
Notes
- ↑ CRC website, Introducing Corporate Responsibility Consulting, undated, accessed 24 January 2012
- ↑ American NonSmokers' Rights Foundation, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDHAND SMOKE VENTILATION STUDIES, March 28, 2012, cites CRC work with BAT in Leavell, N.R.; Muggli, M.E.; Hurt, R.D.; Repace, J., "Blowing smoke: British American Tobacco's air filtration scheme," BMJ 332: 227-229, January 2006., accessed 5 April 2012
- ↑ CRC website, Our work, undated, accessed 24 January 2012
- ↑ Air Initiative website, Air Initiative homepage, undated, accessed 24 January 2012
- ↑ Nadine Rae Leavell, subcontracted researcher, Monique E Muggli, subcontracted researcher, Richard D Hurt, director, and James Repace, visiting assistant clinical professor, Blowing smoke: British American Tobacco's air filtration scheme, BMJ. 2006 January 28; 332(7535): 227–229. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.227, accessed 5 April 2012
- ↑ Amendthesmokingban.com, Inner city pubs stubbed out by smoking ban, 23 June 2011, accessed 24 January 2012
- ↑ Imperial Tobacco 'The Bauld truth', June 2011, accessed 24 January 2012
- ↑ TMA, Tobacco Alliance Account Summary of Agency Pitches, undated, accessed 30 January 2012
- ↑ CRC website, Who we are, undated, accessed 24 January 2012