Day: 2 December 2024

ICCO Reveals the Winners of the 2024 Global Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The International Communications Consultancy Organisation announced the 2024 ICCO Global Awards winners during a dazzling gala at The Waldorf Hotel in London. The event brought together global PR and communications professionals to honour the year’s most outstanding campaigns, teams, and individuals. Among 64 shortlisted entries, the jury awarded 29 statuettes, recognising excellence across campaigns, agencies, and individual achievements. The night’s biggest winners were DTEK from Ukraine, securing three awards for Best B2B Campaign, Best Media Relations Campaign, and Best Event, Launch, or Stunt in a Campaign and Kurio from Finland,…

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ESRC announces its 2024 Celebrating Impact Prize winners

Stuart Mitchell

The work of researchers who have made an outstanding societal and economic contribution was celebrated at the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize awards last night. The event took place at the Royal Society in London on 20 November. The competition recognises and rewards the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded researchers who have achieved impact through exceptional research, knowledge exchange activities, collaborative partnerships and community engagement. Making an impact Each category winner received a £10,000 prize to be spent on furthering knowledge exchange, public engagement, or other communications activities to promote…

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Investors guided by IIGCC to measure and cut Scope 3 emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Ella Sexton, Senior Investor Strategies Programme Manager at Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has launched new guidance on how financiers can measure and reduce the indirect emissions of the companies and projects they invest in. I hace copied their post below: Our new resource outlines the latest thinking and good practices for investors on addressing the scope 3 emissions of assets, proposing a materiality-based approach with sector- and category-level granularity where possible.   It reiterates the importance of including scope 3 emissions in asset-level climate analysis and provides a…

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Patrick Graham announced as Non-Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives CIC

Stuart Mitchell

Patrick Graham has been appointed as a Non- Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives. Graham has been in recruitment for over 25 years, working with large national recruitment firms, as well as helping to build value driven start-up recruitment businesses. Now Co-Founder and Director of DiSRUPT Agency, a mix of 2 B-Corp certified businesses, which are focused on helping organisations to attract and retain the best talent, as well as being able to create truly inclusive company cultures. Graham will offer his expertise gained in the field of recruitment…

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Nationwide ‘Educate Yourself’ campaign launches to raise menopause awareness with Clear Channel UK and Improper Agency

Stuart Mitchell

On the 14 October 2024 Improper Agency and Clear Channel, one of the UK’s leading Out of home media and infrastructure companies, launches ‘Educate Yourself’, a nationwide campaign raising awareness of menopause and its diverse signs and symptoms. Menopause is a serious and life changing transition that is estimated to effect 30% of women in the UK at any one time. Research found 93% of women felt they would benefit if friends and family were more informed about menopause, 3 in 4 people believing that menopause remains a taboo subject…

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