Day: 10 March 2024

WPP launches Welcome Talent initiative to diversify talent pipeline in Belgian communications industry

Stuart Mitchell

WPP, the world’s largest network of communications, advertising and marketing agencies, today launches Welcome Talent in Belgium, an ambitious campaign aimed at making the country’s communications sector more diverse and inclusive. The company and its agencies are joining forces with local organisations including Please Add Color (PAC), Capital, United Brands Association (UBA), Creative Belgium, ACC Belgium and other educational and media partners. The pioneering initiative seeks to drive sustainable change within the Belgian communications industry by inspiring entry-level talent from diverse ethnic backgrounds to explore careers in media and communications…

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Triodos Bank UK introduces fund focused on children’s wellbeing and development

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has introduced the Triodos Future Generations Fund, a thematic fund aimed at improving the wellbeing and development of children worldwide, to UK retail investors. The fund provides an opportunity for everyday investors to support listed small and midcap companies around the world that fit into this unique socially-focused investment theme. The fund is managed by Triodos Investment Management (Triodos IM), the investment arm of Triodos Bank, and has been open to European investors and UK institutional investors since March 2022. The fund currently has assets under management…

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Cushman & Wakefield Releases 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Stuart Mitchell

Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global commercial real estate services firm, recently released its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The ESG Report covers the firm’s global impact and progress across key ESG areas during 2022, and progress on targets for the years to come as the firm helps shape a more sustainable, inclusive future for commercial real estate. Cushman & Wakefield views ESG as a key priority for the business and works to take bold action to advance ESG within its operations and for its clients around the…

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CAP – In at the Deep(fake) End

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: In at the Deep(fake) End. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Deepfakes have been called “The 21st century’s answer to Photoshopping”, and while that’s a neat summary, photoshopped images from days gone by – while subject to their own pitfalls and dangers – didn’t have quite the same capacity to bamboozle and mislead that today’s…

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Lidl launches first-of-its-kind recycling pilot offering ‘uncapped’ savings on shopping

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl has become the first supermarket to roll out its own bottle return scheme trial. Launching today, shoppers in Glasgow can enjoy unlimited cash rewards in return for empty PET plastic and aluminium drinks containers via in-store reverse vending machines. Rolling out across all 21 of its Glasgow stores, with potential to roll out further, shoppers will receive a 5p reward for each eligible item that they return. This can either be redeemed against their shopping or donated to Lidl’s long-standing charity partner, The STV Children’s appeal, which it has…

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