Day: 20 April 2022

Digital screens help monitor London’s air quality

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Out of Home media and infrastructure Company Clear Channel has partnered with the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at Imperial, to pilot a new initiative where Breathe London air quality sensors are integrated into digital advertising displays in Barking and Dagenham. The Breathe London network is a new initiative developed by the ERG, funded by the Mayor of London and Bloomberg Philanthropies, to provide real-time, hyperlocal air quality data to Londoners, via the Breathe London website. Clear Channel’s Product Development team, working closely with the team from Imperial, sensor manufacturer…

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International Paper Joins the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Climate Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recognised International Paper for committing to reduce GHG emissions by 35% by 2030, aligned with the best available climate science, and to work with DOE to share successful solutions and decarbonization strategies. As a partner in DOE’s Better Climate Challenge, International Paper is one of more than 80 organizations across the U.S. economy that are stepping up to the Challenge and driving real-world action toward a low-carbon future. “We are committed to advancing a clean energy transition and leading the growth of the…

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505 : The 1st unique and free number that uses the universal language of emojis that serves the migrants in the street

Stuart Mitchell

In recent years, the number of people living in exile, running away from war, poverty and catastrophes, has significantly increased. Despite the development of infrastructures to help them carry on with their lives, the language barrier or the lack of information can prevent them from accessing these services. To find trustful information and stay in contact with their relatives, most of them possess a smartphone. How do you facilitate the access to information, whilst overcoming the language barrier? To innovate and increase awareness around these services, the association France terre…

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The One Club for Creativity Announces New International Board Members

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community, has announced 21 creative leaders from around the world who will begin three-year terms on its International Board of Directors. Board members are drawn from countries with the largest advertising communities, and selected based on three criteria: they must be prominent international creatives, be respected leaders in their given fields, and exert influence in their respective regions. The new International Board members are as follows. APAC: Swati Bhattacharya, Creative Chairperson, FCB…

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Healthcare Workers’ Foundation Donates More Than 65,000 Units Of PPE To Hospitals In Africa And The Maldives

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF), the charity started by and for healthcare workers in the midst of the pandemic, has partnered with global environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans (Parley), for the second time to support healthcare workers in the Maldives. The two have joined forces again to donate PPE – including recycled visors, hospital gowns, masks and goggles – to hospitals based in the Maldives, providing enough equipment to support all of the hospitals and covid facilities across the entire country. To coincide with this initiative, the charity has…

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