Day: 8 June 2023

Record number of emergency food parcels provided to people facing hardship by Trussell Trust food banks in past 12 months

Stuart Mitchell

New figures released by the Trussell Trust reveal that almost 3 million (2,986,203) emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship between April 2022 and March 2023, with more than a million of these parcels provided for children. This is the most parcels food banks in the charity’s UK-wide network have ever distributed in a single year and represents a 37% increase compared to last year.   The annual statistics also show that as an increasing number of people struggle to afford the essentials, more than 760,000 people used a…

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Guy Parker re-elected President of ICAS

Stuart Mitchell

At the annual meeting of the International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS), Guy Parker, Chief Executive of the UK ASA, has been re-elected President for a second term, with the new term running until April 2025. Guy Parker will be supported by an expanded Executive Committee whose priority will be to strengthen and grow ICAS as well as increase the promotion of effective advertising self-regulatory programs as a way to ensure responsible marketing practices worldwide. Launched as an independent organization in October 2016, ICAS is a global platform that promotes…

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New Research by the Ad Council Research Institute and The Joyce Foundation regarding gun violence announced

Stuart Mitchell

In the midst of a growing national focus on Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), the Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) and The Joyce Foundation have announced key findings of a mixed-methods study to understand perceptions toward these laws. Results provide guidance for local and national organizations to drive more awareness and understanding of these laws where they are in place. The study also will serve as a cornerstone of the Ad Council’s expanded focus to further reduce gun violence in the United States, building upon existing efforts including the award-winning…

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Serviceplan Innovation Launches AIZOME’s Healthy Industrial Waste As A Skincare Product — WASTECARE™

Stuart Mitchell

Japanese-German textile startup AIZOME have partnered with creative agency Serviceplan Innovation to launch of WASTECARE™, a premium skincare product made from wastewater sourced from AIZOME’s textile dyeing factory. Because AIZOME only uses plants, water, and ultrasound instead of synthetic chemicals in their dyeing process, the wastewater, like the textiles, has natural health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory, pain-relief, and skin rejuvenation. WASTECARE™ is being sent out to key opinion leaders in the fashion and textile industries to spotlight the damage caused on the environment and health, while also providing an innovative…

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UK’s best-loved actors unite to urge government to end hypocrisy on ocean protection and halt destructive deep sea mining

Stuart Mitchell

Some of the UK’s best-loved film and TV stars have united on World Oceans Day to urge the UK government to stand by its promise to protect the oceans by calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining.  Household names and longtime oceans ambassadors Olivia Colman, Jim Carter, Stephen Fry, Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley – all of whom called on the government to back a strong Global Ocean Treaty – are using their platform to raise awareness of the dangers of deep sea mining. They are urging the UK…

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