Day: 18 January 2022

Marketers’ Digital Skills Stagnate And Decline During The Pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

New research published by the training body Target Internet, in association with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), reveals that digital marketing skills have stagnated or declined during the pandemic.  The report finds that unlike many other sectors – which saw digital skills accelerated by the pandemic – the majority of digital marketing skills stagnated or declined between 2020 and 2021. This decline has occurred across almost all sectors, and at all job levels, with skills in Analytics & Data falling the most (-6%), followed by Content Marketing (-4%) and…

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LGT and Climeworks close one of the largest-ever direct air capture agreements – the financial services industry at the forefront of carbon removal

Stuart Mitchell

Recent developments, such as new initiatives launched during COP26 or the release of the new SBTi Net Zero Standard, prove that high-quality carbon removal must be an essential component of net zero roadmaps in addition to emissions reduction efforts. LGT, the world’s largest family-owned private banking and asset management group, has just signed a ten-year carbon removal agreement with Climeworks to remove 9’000 tons of CO₂ from the air – the largest-ever direct air capture agreement signed by a bank. LGT’s purchase is the third ten-year agreement for Climeworks within…

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Nest and UBS Asset Management call time on unresponsive energy companies

Stuart Mitchell

The pensions scheme Nest and UBS Asset Management (UBS AM) have sent a clear signal they expect companies to engage with shareholders around climate change, particularly energy companies which have an important role in the transition to the low carbon economy. Due to lack of progress in managing climate change risk, UBS AM removed (divested) its holdings in five energy companies: Exxon Mobil, Imperial Oil, Kepco, Marathon Oil and Power Assets. UBS AM has applied these exclusions across its suite of Climate Aware funds, including the one it manages for…

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IFRS Foundation announces ISSB Chair

Stuart Mitchell

The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Faber to serve as Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), this was effective 1 January 2022. The appointment follows the announcement at COP26 in November about the creation of the ISSB; the consolidation of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and the Value Reporting Foundation (which houses the Integrated Reporting Framework and the SASB Standards) into the IFRS Foundation; and the publication of prototype general disclosures and climate disclosure requirements developed by the Technical Readiness Working Group.…

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CAP – Squash those Code breaches – it’s Veganuary!

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: CAP – Squash those Code breaches – it’s Veganuary!. 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. Just as you’re still processing March 2020, here comes January 2022! For many, the new year brings health-conscious resolutions – gyms, diets, life overhauls, and in recent years, Veganuary. Whilst the popularity of a vegan January might be increasing, there…

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