Day: 12 May 2026

Cargill Wins Two 2026 Edison Awards for Advancing the Future of Food

Stuart Mitchell

Two Cargill innovations have been named 2026 Edison Award winners in the Consumer Food Innovations and Sustainable Industry Solutions categories, recognizing solutions that improve efficiency, reduce waste and expand consumer options across the food system. This marks the fourth consecutive year the company’s innovations have been named among the winners. “By combining deep food expertise with innovation and new technologies, we are reimagining how food is made at scale,” said Florian Schattenmann, chief technology officer at Cargill.  “This recognition reflects the talent of our teams and the meaningful progress we’re…

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Effie Worldwide Reveals Global Grand Contenders for its 2025 Global Best of the Best Effie Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Effie Worldwide, the global authority on marketing effectiveness, today unveiled the 47 Global Grand Contenders for the 2025 Global Best of the Best Effie Awards. The Global Best of the Best Effie Awards celebrate the most impactful work from around the world, spanning 60 countries and over 130 markets. Gold and Grand winners from 2024 Effie Awards programs were eligible to enter, bringing together the strongest work from across Effie’s global network, showcasing success across diverse markets, categories and objectives. The 47 Global Grand Effie contenders advanced through an initial…

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IFC, EIB Group and European Commission back Biovac to build Africa’s first end-to-end multi-vaccine manufacturing site, advancing vaccine self-reliance

Stuart Mitchell

Biovac, a leading African vaccine manufacturer, has secured a major financing package from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the EIB Group, and the European Commission to build Africa’s first end-to-end multi-vaccine manufacturing facility. The project will increase access to life-saving vaccines, strengthen the continent’s capacity to prepare for future pandemics, and advance Africa’s long-term health resilience. The project will expand Africa’s vaccine manufacturing capacity, support equitable access to essential immunisations, and strengthen preparedness for future pandemics.  The investment is enabled by a financing package led by IFC as the mandated…

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IPA paper asserts value of joint-industry standards when assessing effectiveness

Stuart Mitchell

The industry’s increasing dependence on proprietary data from ‘walled-garden platforms’ is undermining informed decision-making about media budgets, by leaving advertisers and agencies with a mosaic of incomparable and opaque datasets. This is one of the key assertions made in a new IPA whitepaper published today (Tuesday, 21 April) and co-authored by Work Research Partner, Tony Regan and Barb Chief Executive Justin Sampson. Building on the 2023 Signals in the Noise paper which made the case for the role of joint-industry audience measurement in era of data abundance, Signals in the…

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Amcor Accelerates All-in-One Fiber Packaging Innovation Through Strategic Collaboration with Metsä Group and G. Mondini

Stuart Mitchell

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced an advancement in its collaboration with Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group, and G. Mondini, a leading provider of food packaging equipment. The collaboration enables a fully integrated fiber‑based tray system that combines a lightweight barrier liner and top web, tailored for protein and chilled ready‑meal applications. The solution will be featured at Interpack, Europe’s largest packaging event, from 7–13 May in Düsseldorf, where it will run live on G. Mondini’s Trave® Streamline machine. The Amcor…

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