Author: Stuart Mitchell

IUCN launches the Second Edition of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™

Stuart Mitchell

IUCN has officially launched the Second Edition of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, marking a crucial step forward in the Union’s efforts to advance Nature-based Solutions that are effective and robustly rooted in science. “Nature-based Solutions are central to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and sustainable development. They remind us that when we work with nature — not against it — we create pathways for resilience, equity, and hope. The updated IUCN Global Standard strengthens this vision, providing clearer guidance, stronger…

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The One Club Launches The One Show Indies To Celebrate Independent Agencies

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity recently announced the most significant change to its global One Show awards in decades: the launch of The One Show Indies, dedicated to celebrating the work of independent agencies, design firms, production houses, and creators. Debuting this year within The One Show 2026, The One Show Indies is open exclusively to agencies with truly independent ownership: a minimum 51% owned by founders or staff, and no more than four physical offices.   The goal is to make the global spotlight of a prestigious One Show…

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New CIM-Meirc Partnership to Empower Marketers Across the GCC with Global Best Practice

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Meirc Training and Consulting have formed a first-of-its-kind training partnership in a joint mission to elevate marketing capability in the UAE and throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The agreement will see Meirc deliver a selection of CIM’s flagship training programmes across the GCC, leveraging its regional expertise and expert trainers to provide a first-class learning experience to marketers. As a starting point in the relationship, Meirc will offer the CIM Impact Development Programme, a two-year training pathway designed for ambitious marketers who…

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New Social Media Campaign Urges DEFRA to Legislate Against Cages

Stuart Mitchell

On last months World Egg Day, Compassion in World Farming has launched a new social media advertising campaign, aimed at mobilising consumer pressure on DEFRA to legislate against caged systems for laying hens. Timed to start on this global awareness day celebrating eggs, the six-week campaign features a compelling animation that starkly contrasts the life of a caged hen with one that has more freedom to engage in natural behaviours like flapping, perching and dustbathing, once released from confinement. The initiative forms part of Compassion’s wider programme to end caged…

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The Creative Shootout takes a one year creative break (to brainstorm, what else?)

Stuart Mitchell

Founded in 2015 to shine a spotlight on creative talent and give back to charity through a radical new format, The Creative Shootout’s ‘done-in-a-day’ programme has helped define new era of creativity for good.  A decade later, the Shootout has gone on to change the fortunes of charities, both big and small, as well as given a high-profile stage to the UK’s best creative talent.  Coinciding with its ten-year anniversary, and as this year’s campaign for Epilepsy Action, from 2025 winning agency Boldspace takes centre stage across the UK, backed…

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