Day: 21 April 2023

Major employers and energy consumers urge North Carolina elected officials to expand access to clean energy and electric vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly two dozen major companies and large energy consumers with operations in North Carolina are urging state policymakers to expand access to clean energy technologies and electric vehicles in order to drive economic growth and reduce carbon emissions.   In a letter delivered to members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, 22 companies, universities, and trade associations urged elected officials to consider policies and programs that will increase access to cost-effective, clean energy technologies. Additional policy action is needed to meet North Carolina’s power plant emissions reduction…

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ILO and IFC scale up collaboration on social issues in private investments

Stuart Mitchell

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) plan to strengthen their collaboration to enhance the focus on social issues in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts related to private investments. The enhanced partnership aims to promote decent private sector jobs and social inclusion in places that need it most. Relying on social standards, the priority themes include promoting gender equality in the workplace and addressing gender-based violence at work; supporting the creation of quality green jobs of the future and scaling up joint efforts to improve…

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Nominations Open For The 12th Abilitynet Tech4good Awards 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Nominations for the Tech4Good Awards 2023 are now open. Created by UK disability tech charity AbilityNet in 2011, these inspiring awards celebrate people and organisations using tech to make the digital world a better place. Having recognised over a hundred amazing winners, the Tech4Good Awards return with exciting new categories and a brand-new panel of judges to be revealed soon. The awards are organised by AbilityNet and Attendable and are open to businesses, charities, government bodies and individuals from around the world. Previous winners include what3words, the app that gives…

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Cannes Lions honours AB InBev with 2023 Creative Marketer of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has announced that it will honour Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) as Creative Marketer of the Year for a second year in a row. The honorary accolade is presented to a marketer that has amassed a body of Lion-winning work over a sustained period of time, and has established a reputation for producing brave creative and innovative marketing solutions. AB InBev is the first brand in the Festival’s history to be honoured with the award for two consecutive years after embedding creativity at the heart of their business. Simon…

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TikTok’s global advertising revenue to reach $15.2bn in 2023 defying a digital ad market slowdown

Stuart Mitchell

TikTok, the Chinese ByteDance-owned video sharing app, has become an integral digital and popular platform for brands, especially in the pursuit of reaching younger audiences. According to the Future of Media report, part of WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit survey, 75% of marketers plan to increase their ad spend on TikTok this year.  In this first of a new series of reports published today, Platform Insights by WARC Media takes a closer look at TikTok to provide an overview of the key data points that advertisers need to know about, spanning investment,…

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