Category: News

Yanmar Releases Documentary: Innovation Powering A Sustainable Future

Stuart Mitchell

As global industry faces intensifying pressure—from climate change to declining labor availability—Yanmar is accelerating innovation across its businesses to build a more sustainable and resilient future. Rooted in more than a century of engineering excellence and driven by a bold environmental vision, the company is developing technologies and systems that address societal challenges while supporting farmers, communities, and industries worldwide. View Yanmar’s movie about Innovation for A Sustainable Future on YouTube Technology Responding to Global Needs Agriculture is at a turning point. The FAO reports that the share of the…

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‘Systems Planning’: A new model for media planning as traditional approaches collapse

Stuart Mitchell

WARC’s latest forecasts show that global advertising spend is forecast to grow 9.1% in 2026 to $1.30trn, doubling in size since the pandemic and equivalent to $150 spent on every person.  The incremental growth is mostly being captured by digital platforms, not traditional channels. Almost 80% of ad spend now flows into retail media, paid search, and social platforms. The remaining 20% is shared across the whole of the rest of the media industry. These changes in the media landscape are forcing a rethink of traditional planning approaches.   Paul Stringer, Managing Editor, Research & Insights, WARC, says: “The established model for media planning and buying…

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World Food Prize Foundation Launches First United Kingdom Youth Institute at The University of Cumbria, Expanding Programming in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

The World Food Prize Foundation announced the establishment of the United Kingdom Youth Institute at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus. The Youth Institute, convening on April 22, will provide secondary school students with a unique opportunity to critically engage with global food security challenges and develop practical solutions for real-world problems. “We are deeply honored to extend our Youth Institute Programming to the United Kingdom,” said Mashal Husain, President, World Food Prize Foundation. “This institute provides a platform for young people to develop their ideas, engage with experts and…

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New Issue Brief Warns of Mounting Risk to Global Wood-Dependent Supply Chains

Stuart Mitchell

Solutions-driven environmental non-profit Canopy has released a new issue brief, Paper Thin Comfort – Wood Fibre Risk in a Finite Forest World. The brief highlights the growing risks facing global wood-dependent supply chains, particularly in paper, packaging, and textiles, and the urgent strategic shifts businesses must make to strengthen resilience, reduce exposure, and align with emerging climate and nature regulations. Insights include the projected near and mid-term impacts of increased competition for an increasingly constrained supply of wood fibre due to regulations and climate change. The brief was jointly developed…

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Winners from Eight Countries Announced for ADC Young Guns 23

Stuart Mitchell

The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, announced the diverse group of 28 talented young individuals and four creative teams based in eight countries who are the winners in the prestigious ADC Young Guns 23 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger. ADC Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals.   This year’s winners are: Nic Antaya, documentary photographer, Detroit Omer Ben-Shachar, writer, director, Los Angeles Emma Branderhorst, director, the…

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