Month: April 2020

Cannes Lions 2020 Cancelled

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has announced that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in October as previously planned. The next edition of the Festival will run June 21-25, 2021. As the impact from COVID-19 continues to be felt across the world on consumers and our customers across the marketing, creative and media industries, it has become clear to us our customers’ priorities have shifted to the need to protect people, to serve consumers with essential items and to focus on preserving companies, society and economies. Our difficult decision follows…

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IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation

Stuart Mitchell

Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. It kicked off on the 2 April, on International Children’s Book Day, at 15.00 with Italian author Elisabetta Dami, creator of the popular character Geronimo Stilton. “These are uncharted waters for us all, and the psycho-social effects of prolonged isolation and social distancing…

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Save the Children works with drama group to spread life-saving messages to halt spread of COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

A fleet of vehicles equipped with loudspeakers and signboards have been on the move through North Darfur and Kordofan in Sudan, sharing messages about handwashing, social distancing and other ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Save the Children has recruited a local drama group to bring life and animation to the messages, which are also being played on local radios as well as fixed loudspeakers. In front of a hospital in Kordofan, the group demonstrated social distancing and distributed leaflets on COVID-19 prevention, while also broadcasting messages on loudspeakers.…

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Sony provides the first major corporate contribution to UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal

Stuart Mitchell

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Sony Corporation’s announcement of establishing “Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19”, through which a US$3 million contribution will be made to help protect refugees from the threat of this pandemic. This is the first major private sector contribution to UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal. Timely and unearmarked funds are critical for helping UNHCR field operations to prepare and respond to COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the spread among refugees and their host communities. “We are calling for strong involvement of the private sector in this humanitarian response,…

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ASA – Report a Coronavirus related ad

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: ASA – Report a Coronavirus related ad. 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. Although the majority act in good faith, there are a number of businesses and advertisers seeking to use the coronavirus pandemic to profit off people’s fears. That’s why we’re introducing a new quick and easy reporting form for consumers to help us…

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