Month: April 2025

Standard Chartered publishes Transition Plan

Stuart Mitchell

Standard Chartered has published its Transition Plan, setting out in detail how the bank will continue to integrate climate considerations into decision-making across its business and operations, to deliver against its net zero agenda, while supporting sustainable growth. The Transition Plan articulates how Standard Chartered aims to reach net zero across the bank’s financing activity by 2050 (Scope 3), and across the bank’s own operations by 2025 (Scope 1 and Scope 2). Considering New-to-Bank (NTB) and Existing-to-Bank (ETB) clients, it outlines a transparent, actionable framework to deliver on these commitments…

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Global ad market growth downgraded by $20bn due to growing market volatility: WARC releases Global ad spend outlook 2025/26 Q1 update

Stuart Mitchell

A new study from WARC, the experts in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from WARC’s November forecast due to growing market volatility. A further cut of 0.7pp has been applied to 2026, downrating growth to 6.3%. The underlying factors for these downward revisions are wide ranging, but core among them is the rising risk of stagflation – or outright recession – across major economies, compounded by heightened costs…

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Cannes Lions honours Brazil as the inaugural recipient of the Creative Country of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is proud to announce that Brazil will be recognised as the inaugural recipient of the Creative Country of the Year. An annual accolade that recognises a country’s exceptional and enduring commitment to creativity that drives progress and growth. As part of this recognition, the 2025 Festival will feature Brazilian creative showcases, celebratory events, dedicated stage talks and Brazilian-led activations across the City of Cannes, including the return of FilmBrazil, which will host a networking event and bring together the Brazilian and global community…

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Food Industry Benchmark Reveals Animal Welfare Leaders Among 150 Global Food Companies

Stuart Mitchell

The latest Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), released today, reveals steady progress on farm animal welfare across the global food industry. A leading group of companies demonstrate that humane standards of farm animal welfare, such as providing animals with more space or using best practice methods of slaughter, is integral to their business strategy. There are concerns however that a significant block of large food companies (79%), including household names like Nestlé and McDonalds remain in ‘Tiers 5 and 6’ – the bottom two tiers – for a…

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World-leading companies on track to run 100% EV fleets by 2030, despite challenges

Stuart Mitchell

A challenging economy, geopolitical events and political shifts are not stopping companies from forging ahead with ambitious plans to operate zero emission fleets by 2030. Members of EV100, Climate Group’s global network of companies committed to full fleet electrification, advanced their plans with steady momentum over the last 12 months, according to the network’s latest Progress and Insights Report.  Nearly 70% of companies said they were able to sustain progress towards a 100% EV goal by 2030, the EV100 deadline – despite challenging conditions. Collectively, members added more than 127,000 EVs…

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