Day: 15 July 2026

Nestlé Income Accelerator boosts household incomes and resilience, reaching 45,000 cocoa-farming families

Stuart Mitchell

A new independent report by the KIT Institute shows that the Nestlé Income Accelerator continues to deliver measurable gains in productivity, women’s empowerment, cocoa income and household resilience. The evaluation covers nearly 2,000 participating households in Côte d’Ivoire assessed during the program’s test-at-scale phase since its launch in 2022. The KIT Institute report found that participating cocoa-farming households increased cocoa yields by 4% in kilograms per hectare, while yields declined by 16% among comparable households. That represents a 20 percentage point advantage for participating households. During the particularly challenging 2024/2025…

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OAAA Unveils 2026 OBIE Awards Jury Led by Pereira O’Dell, Featuring Creative Leaders from Microsoft AI, Wieden+Kennedy, 72andSunny, Giant Spoon, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, VML, and The Kitchen North America

Stuart Mitchell

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has announced the first members of the jury for the 2026 OBIE Awards, the industry’s most prestigious creative honor in out of home advertising. As the OBIE Awards prepare for a landmark celebration on October 15, 2026, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, this year’s jury will evaluate the campaigns, activations, and ideas that are redefining the possibilities of OOH and creating lasting cultural impact. The 2026 OBIE Awards jury includes: PJ Pereira, Founder & Creative…

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Bauer Media Outdoor colleagues to join Bauer Media campus in London

Stuart Mitchell

Bauer Media UK is creating a single London Campus, bringing our Audio, Outdoor, and Publishing teams closer together across two nearby buildings. Based in Bauer Media’s existing building The Lantern on Hampstead Road and expanding to the nearby Maple House (opposite Warren Street station), this move is reflective of the Group’s expanded commercial presence and desire to work even more closely together across all lines of business. This does mean that Bauer Media Outdoor is saying farewell to Golden Square after an impressive 37 years of residency – a stone’s…

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PRSA Announces 2027 Board of Directors Nominations

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the public relations and communications community, announced today the nominees for the 2027 Board of Directors. The nominees will be presented for election at the Leadership Assembly on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Delegates representing the membership will elect Officer and Director candidates to serve a term beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Officers serve a one-year term, and Directors serve a two-year term. “This year’s nominees embody the leadership, vision and commitment that continue to move PRSA forward,” said Joseph Abreu, APR, CPRC, chair of…

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$915M in new funding to drive carbon removal’s next phase of growth

Stuart Mitchell

Frontier are committing an additional $915 million to accelerate the world’s best carbon removal companies. Participating buyers include Stripe, Google, Shopify, Salesforce, H&M Group, and Anthropic. This new funding takes Frontier’s total commitment to $1.8 billion. Four years in, carbon removal has made a lot of progress. Hundreds of companies are being built, and tens of thousands of tons have been delivered. We have real-world data across most major pathways and growing confidence in which technologies could be a meaningful part of a gigaton-scale future. The major question now is…

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