Day: 1 December 2023

Advita Patel named CIPR’s 2024 President-elect

Stuart Mitchell

Advita Patel Chart.PR, FCIPR will be the 2025 President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). She will become President-elect in 2024, having stood unopposed in the 2023 Election.  An internal communications and inclusion expert, Advita is the founder of CommsRebel, a communications and employee experience consultancy based in Manchester, co-founder of A Leader Like Me, a global consultancy supporting organisations to be more inclusive, and is a co-host for the award-winning podcast CalmEdgedRebels and A Leader Like Me, Amplifying Diverse Voices. She is a former CIPR Board member and previously chaired the CIPR’s…

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Radical investment strategy to support smart tech and AI startups in the circular economy of plastics

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the incoming Global Plastics Treaty in 2024, a radical new investment strategy is launched today to bring to market the next generation of burgeoning AI and new tech companies recycling problematic plastics, and support the global drive for a Circular Economy in plastics. The Circular Plastics Accelerator is launched via the Accelerating Growth Fund, a subsidiary of international climate action NGO WRAP, in partnership with Archipelago Ventures. The Circular Plastics Accelerator is an LLP with a five-to-ten-year investment horizon, and unique in not only providing financial support to…

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Nissan counts down to electric-only sales in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Nissan, the company which lit the spark that electrified the automotive industry, is counting down to an all-electric line-up in Europe. With many countries debating when to ban sales of internal combustion engines, Nissan is pressing ahead with plans to achieve 100% EV in Europe by 2030, with all new Nissan models from now to be all-electric in Europe. With capability to design, engineer and build vehicles in the UK, and building on the brand’s core strengths of electrification and crossovers, the switch will also support Nissan’s drive towards carbon…

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E45 and The&Partnership win Channel 4’s £1 million Diversity In Advertising Award

Stuart Mitchell

The brand E45 and its agency The&Partnership have been selected as the winning campaign of Channel 4’s £1 million 2023 Diversity in Advertising Award. The campaign was chosen from six finalists who rose to the challenge to address the lack of authentic representation of LGBTQIA+ communities in TV advertising across the UK. A panel of 13, which included leaders from the advertising industry as well as people from the LGBTQI+ community, selected E45 and The&Partnership’s campaign pitch from the shortlisted finalists. The campaign will now be produced and broadcast in…

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Water crisis threatens $58 trillion in economic value, food security and sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

Water, the world’s most precious yet undervalued resource, lies at the heart of a mounting global crisis that threatens both human and planetary health, warns a new report, published today by WWF. Released on World Food Day, The High Cost of Cheap Water uncovers a stark reality: the annual economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is estimated to be $58 trillion – equivalent to 60% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP)*. But the world’s freshwater ecosystems are in a downward spiral, posing an ever growing risk to these values.…

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