Month: July 2023

BBC Children in Need and Asda launch Fuelling Potential campaign to ensure children don’t go hungry over the school holidays

Stuart Mitchell

BBC Children in Need and Asda have launched Fuelling Potential – a new campaign to ensure no child is held back by food insecurity. Over the next three years Asda & BBC Children in Need aim to change the lives of 100,000 children by helping to make sure they have access to nutritious meals while having fun at BBC Children in Need funded holiday sessions that help to boost their mental health and physical wellbeing. The campaign is part of Asda’s broader Better Starts campaign, which aims to improve outcomes…

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Door drop volume and spend remain stable despite volatile market

Stuart Mitchell

The Data & Marketing Association (DMA UK) and JICMAIL can reveal the latest insights into the Door Drop industry in the ‘Door Drop Report 2023’. Despite a largely unpredictable year for businesses across the UK, annual expenditure on Door Drops has remained virtually flat year-on-year, reaching a level of £181.2m (vs £182.3m in 2021). Door Drop volumes also held up relatively well at a level of 3.53 billion (vs 3.54 billion in 2021). The DMA’s partnership with JICMAIL has merged the trade body’s industry data with the industry-standard audience measurement,…

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City-wide reusable coffee cup launches in Bristol in effort to tackle growing plastic pollution from single-use cups

Stuart Mitchell

Bristol-based environmental group, City to Sea,  launched their new returnable and reusable Refill Return Cup on last months World Refill Day. The highly anticipated Refill Return Cup is an innovative and eco-friendly initiative aimed to revolutionize the way Bristolians enjoy coffee while reducing single-use cup waste. The Refill Return Cup is a reusable cup that can be picked up and dropped off at participating coffee shops across the whole city eliminating the need for single-use coffee cups. Currently, more than 2.5 billion takeaway coffee cups are used and thrown away…

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UN General Secretary backs cement and concrete leaders in united rallying call for action on net zero

Stuart Mitchell

The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued a call to action, alongside the CEOs of major cement and concrete manufacturers, for the industry to redouble its efforts, and to work in partnership with governments, to reach net zero. The united rallying call has been made by the Chief Executive of the Global Cement and Concrete Association, Thomas Guillot, together with the leaders of GCCA member companies, as they begin a major conference in Zurich.  Concrete is the second most-used material on earth after water and the…

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Humble raised $33mn for charities in 2022

Stuart Mitchell

Humble, home of the Humble Bundle have posted their social impact report with the following post below: Every day, the Humble community comes together to contribute to today’s most important causes in so many ways—by picking up charity bundles, through your Humble Choice memberships, with your everyday store purchases, and by helping us spread the word to your own friends and communities. Each of these contributions may seem small sometimes, especially in the wake of all that’s happening in the world, but they add up in an incredibly big way. …

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