Year: 2025

Jury Presidents Announced For The One Show 2026

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced the top global creatives from around the world who will serve as Jury Presidents for The One Show 2026. These esteemed creatives will lead judging for each discipline, and have a vote on the work.  Confirmed One Show 2026 Jury Presidents, by discipline, are as follows: Branded Entertainment: Rajdeepak Das, Chairman, Leo, South Asia & CCO, Publicis Groupe, South Asia, Mumbai Creative Use of AI: Dan Gardner, Co-founder, Executive Chairman, Code and Theory, New York Creative Use of Data + Creative Use of Technology: Beth Keamy, Chief Digital Officer, TBWA\Media…

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SOGREA Initiative Launches €22 Million Investment Facility to Accelerate Green Mini-Grid Deployment in Sierra Leone

Stuart Mitchell

The Salone Off-Grid Renewable Energy Acceleration (SOGREA) Initiative has officially launched its Investment Support Windows, a crucial mechanism set to catalyse private sector investment in Green Mini-Grids (GMGs). Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), with its hosted entity Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL), the initiative features an indicative total of €22 million in catalytic investment support incentivizing private developers/operators to develop, finance, build, own, and operate mini-grids across rural Sierra…

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Fetcha Chocolates Wins PETA Vegan Food Award for Best Vegan Chocolate

Stuart Mitchell

From creamy dairy-free camembert to sensational vegan doner cooked on a spit, the winners of PETA’s 2025 Vegan Food Awards illustrate that innovation and demand for vegan foods continues to soar, disproving the meat lobby’s false narrative about the state of the vegan food market. Picking up the award for Best Vegan Chocolate is Argyll-based business Fetcha Chocolates for its decadent boxed chocolates, nostalgic treats, and seasonal goodies. Impressively crafted for gifting, but priced so you can simply treat yourself, Fetcha chocolates – featured in VIP gift bags at Cannes International Film Festival –…

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Closer connections for better climate disclosure

Stuart Mitchell

In support of shared ambitions to enable more coherent and efficient environmental reporting by organizations worldwide, GRI and CDP have released a new resource that maps CDP’s 2025 corporate questionnaire and the recently released GRI Climate Change and Energy Standards. The new GRI-CDP mapping builds on an ongoing collaboration between the two organizations – formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2023 – and will help companies reduce duplication while strengthening the consistency and usefulness of the data they share with stakeholders. The mapping tracks how disclosures under the GRI 102: Climate Change 2025 and GRI…

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An ‘Ode to water’ – WaterAid launches new advert with actor Mark Bonnar, celebrating the everyday magic of clean water

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has launched a vibrant new Christmas campaign, celebrating how everything we love about the festive season – from turkey to trees – starts with clean water.  Breaking from the tradition of more sombre charity adverts, the international development charity has teamed up with creative agency, Special, and production company, Blinkink UK, to create Ode to water – a joyful reminder of the vital, though often overlooked, importance of clean water in our day-to-day lives and during the festive season.   Directed by former artist in residence at Alexander McQueen’s Sarabande Foundation, Isabel Garrett, and Gareth Bowen and starring the voiceover talents of Scottish actor, Mark Bonnar, the film combines striking visuals from artists, directors and…

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