Banana Republic Debuts Spring 2020 Campaign Featuring Boundary-Breakers In Celebration Of Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, Banana Republic celebrates people, style and community through the lens of black artists and visionaries like Koto Bolofo, Melodie McDaniel and Campbell Addy. At the heart of the campaign, BR PRESENTS two films showcasing artist profiles on Jon Boogz – dancer, movement artist and director – and Chinaka Hodge – poet, screenwriter, spoken word artist and TED Talk speaker. Both Boogz and Hodge use their creative mediums to break boundaries and share poignant messages of persistence and hope. BR PRESENTS films, which were concepted…

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Scripps, News Literacy Project kick off public awareness campaign in lead-up to National News Literacy Week

At a time when Americans’ trust in mass media edges downward, the News Literacy Project is partnering with The E.W. Scripps Company to launch a national public awareness campaign on the importance of news literacy and the role of the free press in American democracy. The campaign, which is now running across Scripps’ local broadcast stations and national media businesses and with other journalism media partners, promotes news literacy as a fundamental life skill for America to have an educated and empowered populace. With “double-check your facts” as its tagline,…

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IFC and Santander Sign a $300 million Facility to Boost Climate Loans and Support Small and Medium Enterprises in Chile

Santander and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a $300 million unfunded risk-sharing facility to support the increase of access to climate finance and the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Chile. The facility will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of the Chilean economy by helping develop a climate financing market and create employment. This facility will enable Santander to promote the origination of mainly climate-related loans, helping Chile meet its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris climate agreement. In addition, this…

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CAP: Enforcing the rules for ads on prenatal testing

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Enforcing the rules for ads on prenatal testing. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Today, we’ve published a new Enforcement Notice on Advertising Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (hereafter NIPT), which is a type of prenatal screening for genetic conditions which uses a maternal blood test to examine foetal DNA. It is offered on the NHS in…

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Greenpeace, Aardman and Oscar winning actors collaborate on groundbreaking new animation highlighting global ocean crisis

Turtle Journey tells the heartbreaking story of a turtle family heading home through an ocean that is under increasing pressure from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling and overfishing. Characters in the film are voiced by Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Dame Helen Mirren, along with Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey, Stranger Things’ David Harbour, Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter, and comedian Ahir Shah. Louisa Casson, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: “Our oceans are in crisis, with six out of seven sea turtle species threatened with extinction. Aardman’s global popularity…

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