Day: 30 March 2025

CIPR publishes updated ESG guides

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has published updated versions of its E,S, and G guides, reflecting the significant changes in environmental, social, and governance practices since the original guides’ publication last year.  The three-part series, developed by the CIPR’s ESG Panel, has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest understanding of new regulatory frameworks, emerging trends, and evolving best practice in the field. The new versions examine AI’s role in ESG reporting, the concept of a ‘just transition’, and more recent developments such as the UK’s new Procurement…

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PRCA Public Affairs Awards 2025 winners announced

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA Public Affairs Awards 2025 ceremony took place last month at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane to recognise and celebrate the very highest standards in public affairs. This year’s headline sponsors are CARMA, Luther Pendragon, Melbury Wood, Reuben Sinclair, and Women in Public Affairs (WiPA). Best In-House Consultancy Collaboration – Sponsored by CARMA Highly commended: Connect and Specsavers Seen but not Heard: Improving access to NHS care for patients with sight and hearing loss Winner: Higginson Strategy Fair and Fast Compensation for WASPI Women Best Use of Social…

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IPA publishes Advertising Works 27 for unrivalled insights into effective advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published Advertising Works 27, which provides an in-depth exploration and leading industry analysis of the winning papers and themes from the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards. The book, edited by Convenor of Judges Jo Arden, contains full versions of the Gold-winning Guinness, Laithwaites, McCain, Specsavers and Yorkshire Tea case studies, as well as summaries of a further 22 Silver and Bronze-winning papers. It also includes five chapters exploring the key themes from the winning work to provide new learning, evidence and inspiration about advertising effectiveness. These chapters include:…

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UNESCO and ICANN join forces to improve linguistic diversity online

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are announcing a new agreement to enhance linguistic diversity in the digital world. This will make the Internet more accessible to hundreds of millions of users. Under this new agreement, UNESCO and ICANN will cooperate to support the secure use of additional scripts and languages in the Internet’s domain name system (DNS), encompassing the domain names and email addresses that are key for access and online communication. The two organizations also will work together to drive the Universal Acceptance…

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The King’s Trust Launches TK Maxx Youth Index 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The King’s Trust TK Maxx Youth Index 2025 is released today and finds that over a quarter (29 per cent) of young people in the UK who are not in work, education or training (NEET) have applied for jobs they do not want because they are desperate to work. One in five (19 per cent) report they are applying for jobs every day and 22 per cent say having a stable job is one of their biggest goals in life. Half (50 per cent) of NEET 16-25-year-olds feel hopeless about…

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