Month: November 2022

Entries from 17 Countries Shortlisted For Global 2022 One Screen Short Film Festival

Stuart Mitchell

Shortlisted entries from 17 countries and regions have been announced for the ninth One Screen Short Film Festival, the premiere short film festival that celebrates and awards global filmmakers from both commercial advertising and film industries. Part of The One Club for Creativity, One Screen focuses on all forms and aspects of short films — narrative fiction, comedy, commercials, branded content, music videos, spec work, passion projects, animation, sound, movie poster design, title sequences and more  — and has a mission to celebrate and award filmmakers from around the world…

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Big Issue Invest offers loan programme to charities and social enterprises to help beat rise in energy bills

Stuart Mitchell

Big Issue Invest is offering loans to charities and social enterprises which are struggling with rising energy costs. Business leaders around the country have warned of mass closures due to the energy bills crisis. Which is why Big Issue Invest stepped up to help. In a bid to help businesses for social good find long-term solutions rather than a short-term fix, Big Issue Invest, the investment arm of the Big Issue Group, is now offering loans of up to £150,000 for organisations to install measures such as more efficient lights,…

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IPA secures Snapchat tie-up to accelerate young people’s opportunity of ad career

Stuart Mitchell

IPA President Julian Douglas is launching a competition for all teens taking part in the industry’s nationwide careers open day Advertising Unlocked, to create a real-world ad campaign that will roll out on Snapchat early next year. The competition embodies and expands upon the aim of the Advertising Unlocked initiative, founded by Douglas in 2017, to ignite awareness and passion for a potential career within the world of advertising. Concurrently, the initiative provides agencies with an audience of fresh and diverse talent. This year, Advertising Unlocked will see c2,000 state…

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LanzaTech and Woodside Energy Announce Strategic Collaboration

Stuart Mitchell

Woodside Energy and LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech), a US-based carbon capture and transformation company, have announced a strategic collaboration with the signing of a Strategic Framework Agreement. Under the Strategic Framework Agreement Woodside will, in collaboration with LanzaTech and subject to a positive final investment decision, design, construct, own, maintain and operate pilot facilities relating to LanzaTech’s technologies. The Strategic Framework Agreement also allows Woodside and LanzaTech to explore opportunities for the potential commercial scale-up of LanzaTech’s technology, which seeks to convert greenhouse gas emissions into new products. In conjunction,…

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Bank of America Announces 2030 Financing Activity Targets as Part of Net Zero Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Bank of America announced 2030 targets for reducing emissions associated with financing activities related to three key sectors: auto manufacturing, energy and power generation. The targets are outlined in the company’s Approach to Zero™, which details Bank of America’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions approach and target setting process. “This work goes hand in hand with the way we are engaging our clients – those that have set their own net zero goals, those working toward future goals, and those that are in the supply chain of companies that have…

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