Day: 12 April 2021

IPA publishes 2020 IPA Agency Census

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published its 2020 IPA Agency Census that evidences the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the advertising agency community. The core findings indicate that staff numbers in IPA member agencies have been seriously impacted by COVID-19 with numbers within IPA agency member agencies falling 10.8% from 24,866 in 2019 to 22,188 in 2020. In creative and other media non-media agencies numbers fell by 9.0% from 13,509 in 2019 to 12,298 in 2020, while the number of employees in media agencies fell by 12.1% from 11,357 to 9,980.…

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Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

Stuart Mitchell

Men outnumber women three to one across COVID-19 government task forces around the world. Such disproportionate representation will hamper women’s recovery from the pandemic, according to new data released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women, and the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. As the world marks one year of the pandemic, women, on average, still make up only 24 per cent of members among 225 COVID-19 task forces examined across 137 countries, as shown by the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker tool…

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UNESCO launches the Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages was officially launched today by UNESCO with the participation of representatives of Member States, indigenous peoples’ organizations, three-party United Nations mechanisms, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Global Task Force sets up a solid pathway for ensuring indigenous peoples’ right to preserve, revitalize and promote their languages, and mainstreaming linguistic diversity and multilingualism aspects into the sustainable development efforts.…

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Nationwide Coronavirus Appeal raises nearly £100million for UK charities

Stuart Mitchell

An emergency Coronavirus Appeal backed by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge has raised nearly £100million for UK charities since it launched a year ago. The National Emergencies Trust’s Coronavirus Appeal, which launched on 18 March 2020, has raised more than £97million for people affected by the pandemic, and £94million of this has already funded 13,000+ charitable projects across the four nations. £76.5million in funding has been distributed through UKCF and its network of 47 community foundations across the UK to enable local charities and groups to respond to…

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Aviva Investors publishes net zero pathway for Real Assets

Stuart Mitchell

The pathway outlines how Aviva Investors aims to reach net zero emissions across the whole of its £47.3 billion Real Assets platform by 2040, as it seeks to improve the sustainability of new and existing building stock across the UK and support clients in addressing the climate transition within illiquid assets. The commitment covers multiple layers of the investment process; from asset origination to asset management and ongoing stakeholder engagement. As well as tackling real estate and infrastructure, it extends into private debt, an area where ESG integration and alignment…

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