Month: January 2020

PRCA launches Public Affairs Code Consultation

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has launched a consultation on its Public Affairs Code to ensure it remains the benchmark for ethical and transparent lobbying. Members are invited to read the consultation document and share their views on how the code is applied. Recent questions about the employment of Peers and other legislators, as well as former parliamentarians, have raised issues about the current restrictions on these groups and about the definition of ‘public affairs’. Members are encouraged to share their views on these and other issues.  A recent Code of Conduct consultation conducted…

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Customers go ethical as Oxfam high street shops’ Christmas sales ring up an eight-year high

Stuart Mitchell

Oxfam shops bucked the high street slump with in-store Christmas sales climbing by seven per cent, as shoppers sought ethical and second-hand products that protect the planet and raise money for the world’s poorest people. High street sales in the week before Christmas (15-21 December) were the highest since 2011, and sales of donated items on the Oxfam Online Shop during the nine-week festive trading period rose by 11 per cent. Overall, this Christmas marked Oxfam’s best performance in eight years. In a challenging year for retailers, Oxfam’s total sales…

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The Gerety Awards announces its UK executive jury and is open for early bird entries!

Stuart Mitchell

The Gerety 2020 jury includes more than 170 agency and brand leaders from 30 different countries. The Gerety jury chooses the best in advertising through the female lens. Knowing that 80% of all purchasing decisions are made by women and that award shows have been judged overtly by men over the years. The Gerety Awards sets an important distinction when defining the standard to which advertising should be held. The Grand Jury from the UK includes, Nadja Bellan-White, CCO; Europe, Middle East, and Africa Executive Partner at Ogilvy. Abi Comber,…

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Compassion In World Farming Announces 2020 Sustainable Food And Farming Award

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is inviting entries to its 2020 Sustainable Food and Farming Award established to recognise producers and businesses that are taking steps to produce meat, dairy and eggs in ways that protect, improve and restore wildlife and the environment. Compassion is seeking projects that involve livestock production and that demonstrate a positive impact on one or more of the following: wildlife, wildlife habitats, soil, conservation, forests, climate change, water quality, reducing use of chemicals and pesticides, reducing reliance on imported animal feeds. Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of Compassion in…

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HelloFCB+ and the City of Cape Town tell South African men to lead by example in a provocative campaign against gender-based violence.

Stuart Mitchell

A new campaign for the City of Cape Town by advertising agency HelloFCB+ is  addressing damaging gender-based attitudes that generally go un-challenged. The campaign, titled “Boys Do What Men Teach Them”, takes a hard look at the realities around the normalisation of gender-based violence through men’s perceived “innocent” and “victimless” actions (such as locker room talk, rape jokes, and the objectification of women) and by not speaking out against it when they see these things happen. Three content pieces were created, each showing how the actions of men creep into…

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