Day: 4 January 2019

Animals are not Christmas gifts: An Emotional PETA Campaign from Serviceplan

Stuart Mitchell

The new “Animals are not Christmas gifts” spot is based on the PETA campaign “Abandoned after Christmas”. To illustrate the problem of pets being discarded after Christmas, PETA and Serviceplan Campaign International created a dog silhouette including a leash fashioned from numerous holiday lights, which is “abandoned” in various places in Hamburg. In order to clarify the message behind the silhouette, places were selected where animals are commonly abandoned, such as motorway service areas. “Animals are living beings with very individual needs and feelings. They deserve a permanent, loving home,”…

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Choose Love to provide for displaced children and families

Stuart Mitchell

Volunteers from AKQA have designed and provided e-commerce hosting for the online store Choose Love. For children and families that are forcibly displaced from their homes, Choose Love provides access to emergency relief, food, clothing, warmth and support services needed for dignity and survival this winter. Products available from Choose Love include: children’s shoes, children’s coats, emergency blankets and warm socks. Each item consists of a description of how and why it was chosen, and gift collection it is included within. These necessities are categorised into a refugee’s journey of…

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Joint statement between institutional investors on behalf of Climate Action 100+ and Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell)

Stuart Mitchell

This joint statement has been developed between Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) and a leadership group of institutional investors on behalf of the global investor initiative: Climate Action 100+ (CA 100+). The investor engagement with Shell has been led by Robeco and the Church of England Pensions Board and included representatives of Eumedion (the Dutch platform for institutional investors) and the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)2. APG on behalf of ABP, the Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) and the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) have also been active…

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New Global Database of Advertising Self-Regulatory Organizations

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is launching a Global Database of Advertising Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and a Factbook with basic facts and figures on key markets across Europe, America, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. The online database and the 2017 printable Factbook are available for download on the ICAS website. ICAS is a global platform which promotes effective advertising self-regulation. ICAS members include Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and other national, regional and international bodies working to ensure that ads and marketing communications are legal, honest, truthful and decent.…

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Cannes Lions 2019 Jury Presidents Announced

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced the 27 Jury Presidents that will lead and guide specialist juries at the 66th edition of the Festival. The Jury Presidents span the Cannes Lions Awards architecture, introduced last year, which includes nine Awards Tracks. These Tracks provide an organising structure to enable entrants navigate the Lions and also reflect the diversity and specialism of the work from the creative communications industry. The juries will have the responsibility of curating a body of work that will represent 2018 and set…

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