Month: November 2020

“Censored” Ads Expose Gender-Based Violence in MullenLowe New York’s The UNseen Story Campaign for UN Women

Stuart Mitchell

MullenLowe New York and Mediahub have launched an exposé on legal gaps, one of the key prevention measures needed to end violence against women and girls around the world in a public service campaign for UN Women. As violence has increased against women during the COVID-19 pandemic, and an additional 15 million women are expected to be affected by violence for every three months the lockdown continues, The UNseen Story aims to create visceral reactions to the different forms of violence that women face in the form of censored images…

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United Utilities donates 600,000 meals and a new refrigerated vehicle to FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Water company United Utilities is helping FareShare tackle soaring demand for its services in the face of a new national coronavirus lockdown and beyond. As well as providing funding which will enable FareShare to distribute an additional 600,000 meals, the firm is providing a new refrigerated vehicle to help deliver an estimated 6.4 million meals around Greater Manchester over the next eight years. FareShare is the nation’s largest food redistributor, with more than 30 warehouses across the UK. The charity diverts surplus food within the food industry – which would…

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Clear Channel partners with One Minute Briefs to engage the creative community

Stuart Mitchell

This October, Clear Channel have announced a new, yearlong partnership with One Minute Briefs (OMB), a creative organisation that challenges their 26k strong community on Twitter to respond with instinctive ideas to daily advertising briefs and rewards the best entries. Literally one brief, one idea and one minute to bring it to life, all on Twitter. As part of their partnership, they will be setting six challenges throughout 2021 to engage the OMBLES (members of the One Minute Briefs community), further positioning Clear Channel as a company that values creativity,…

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Daimler issues first green bond with a volume of €1 billion

Stuart Mitchell

With its first green bond Daimler AG is steadily advancing towards CO2-neutral technologies and services. The benchmark Eurobond issued by Daimler AG with a volume of €1 billion, a term of 10 years and an annual coupon of 0.75% was more than 4-times oversubscribed and driven by a high-quality orderbook. The issuance was arranged by BBVA, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, SEB and Unicredit. Harald Wilhelm, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Finance & Controlling/Daimler Mobility, and of Mercedes-Benz AG, responsible for Finance & Controlling:…

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Black Minds Matter UK and FRAME partner to offer free exercise classes to those awaiting therapy

Stuart Mitchell

Black Minds Matter UK (BMMUK), has teamed up with feel-good fitness brand FRAME, to offer Free online exercise classes to their entire waiting list. With the number of people reaching out to Black Minds Matter UK on the rise, the partnership is aimed at harnessing the power of movement as a way to boost mental and physical health. Free online classes will be offered to the entire BMMUK waiting list. The range of classes have been thoughtfully selected to ensure there is something on offer for people of all levels,…

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