Day: 3 April 2023

Future Lions 2023 Roars for a Safer Planet

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, AKQA and Cannes Lion’s annual global competition which celebrates young people’s bold and progressive ideas, is now open for entries. This year’s Future Lions theme is a call for young people to protect what is most important about our home planet – life itself. Celebrating its 17th year, AKQA is proud to announce Volvo Cars as the official client partner and Forbes CMO Network as the media partner for Future Lions 2023. Feeling safe is about much more than physical safety. The rise in awareness of mental health…

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Carrying Life: Malawi photo series reveals the burden of pregnancy and childbirth without clean water 

Stuart Mitchell

Carrying Life: Motherhood and Water in Malawi, a striking outdoor multimedia exhibition by award-winning British-Egyptian photographer, Laura El-Tantawy, open to the public until 14 April at More London near Tower Bridge.  The 22-piece collection of photography and moving imagery shines a light on the stories of mothers and babies in Malawi’s Ntchisi district, who were previously impacted by dirty water, poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene in health centres.  Captured in El-Tantawy’s distinctive and emotive style, these powerful photos highlight the hopes and fears of women waiting at their…

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Vast profits of 20 biggest food corporations could meet basic needs of 230m most vulnerable people

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s 20 biggest food corporations delivered $53.5 billion (£44.8bn) to shareholders in the last two financial years – enough to provide for the basic needs of 230 million of the most vulnerable people on Earth, according to a new analysis from Greenpeace. The 20 corporations – the largest companies in the grain, fertiliser, meat and dairy sectors – made huge windfall profits in 2020-21 and 2021-22 as a result of soaring food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.  At the same time, rates of food…

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Number of children counselled for loneliness remains high following pandemic and amidst cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

New data published recently by Childline reveals that the service is contacted 15 times a day on average by children struggling with loneliness – often a catalyst for mental health problems. Between April 2021 and March 2022, the counselling service run by the NSPCC delivered 5,564 counselling sessions with children on this issue.  With the support of retailer Lidl GB – which has fundraised for Childline since 2020 – the charity has launched a campaign called ‘Day in the Lonely’ to let children struggling with loneliness know that these feelings…

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Huge Opportunity For Industry To Drastically Reduce Carbon Emissions From Ad Production

Stuart Mitchell

New data, published in AdGreen’s first Annual Review, has highlighted the huge opportunity for carbon reduction in the process of ad production around the world. Significant changes to ad operations are crucial for the industry to meet its net zero target. Immediate measures to be actioned include fresh approaches to travel and transport, renewable energy choices in production facilities and locations and, data collection and analysis from a higher volume of campaigns. Key findings from the first full year of data recorded in the Annual Review include: 2,446.1 tCO2e (metric…

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