Month: January 2020

Nominet Establishes Countering Online Harm Fund To Help Tackle Child Exploitation

Stuart Mitchell

Nominet has announced its Countering Online Harm Fund for tech-innovation. The fund will offer child protection networks additional resources to respond to the ever-changing threats that can devastate children’s lives. As part of Nominet’s public benefit programme, the fund will grant £200,000 this year to support the best-placed organisations – the National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation Online Protection group (NCA-CEOP) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). It is designed to ensure simple and rapid access to the funds – £100,000 each – giving them the freedom and flexibility to plan…

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Cannes Lions announces 2020 Jury Presidents

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has announced the Jury Presidents selected to lead the juries at the 2020 Festival of Creativity (taking place from 22-26 June 2020). The Presidents are chosen from among the world’s very best industry leaders. Together, they combine a diverse wealth of creative expertise, skill and talent, from both clients and agencies, to benchmark and award global creative excellence and effectiveness to set the bar for the year ahead. Among the global spread of elite industry experts, 53% of Presidents are also women for the first time (up from…

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Beneath the Breast Campaign from Eisai and METAvivor Supports Relationship Challenges Commonly Faced by People Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer and their Loved Ones

Stuart Mitchell

Eisai Inc. and METAvivor have announced the launch of Beneath the Breast, a new initiative of the #ThisIsMBC campaign. Beneath the Breast spotlights imagery of eight people living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and their significant others to highlight the impact that MBC has had on themselves as well as their personal relationships. The campaign features stunning images and video content to spark and evoke emotion, promote open dialogue and public awareness, understanding and acceptance of MBC. The exhibit will be unveiled during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)…

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Tesco announces support for funding to protect Cerrado region in Brazil

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has become one of the first companies to lend its support to a new initiative designed to help end soy-associated deforestation in one of Brazil’s most important areas of biodiversity. Tesco’s £10 million contribution over five years to the Funding for Soy Farmers in the Cerrado initiative will support soy farmers in the Cerrado region of Brazil to protect native vegetation and transition to producing soy only on existing agricultural land. The retailer has been joined by the animal nutrition business, Nutreco, and Grieg Seafood in pledging funds to…

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Repsol will be a net zero emissions company by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

In line with its commitment to sustainability, Repsol aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, making it the first oil and gas company in the world to assume this ambitious goal. At the same time, it is setting a decarbonization path with intermediate targets for 2020 to 2040. Repsol’s Board of Directors has analyzed the role of the company in the fight against climate change and took a new step in its commitment to leading the energy transition in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the…

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