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The One Club Opens Global Nominations For 2026 Creative Hall of Fame

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has opened the global call for nominations for the 2026 edition of its prestigious biannual Creative Hall of Fame induction. The Creative Hall of Fame has a rich heritage of honoring the lifetime achievements of creative luminaries in advertising, design, and education, starting with the induction of Leo Burnett in 1961.  In its current incarnation, it encompasses inductees into the Copywriters Club Hall of Fame (1961–1974), the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (1972–2012), and the Educators Hall of Fame (2012–present), all under the umbrella…

UK Power Networks launch greener, cleaner, hybrid generators

Stuart Mitchell

UK Power Networks is investing in a new fleet of nine hybrid battery-engine generators supplying cleaner and quieter power supplies to homes during electricity maintenance. The company’s unique design, developed in partnership with Aquafuel Research, is programmed to charge in the daytime, when background noise is higher, and run silently at night, lowering carbon emissions, noise pollution, particulates and the need to refuel. The innovative battery engine hybrid generators emit 71% less carbon dioxide compared to diesel generators and reduce fuel consumption by 71%. The company projects this initial investment…

Foot Anstey announces strategic partnership with Young Enterprise

Stuart Mitchell

Foot Anstey announces long-term charity partnership with Young Enterprise as part of its commitment to improving social mobility across the UK National law firm Foot Anstey has today announced an initial three-year strategic partnership with Young Enterprise to help tackle social mobility. The announcement follows a commitment to invest at least 1% of the firm’s net profit into responsible business and comes off the back of the recently launched responsible business framework. Providing essential entrepreneurship, financial education and applied learning opportunities to young people across the UK, Young Enterprise’s model…

Banks fossil fuel finance totals $869 billion in 2024, a dramatic increase in financing

Stuart Mitchell

The 16th annual Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC) covers the world’s top 65 banks’ lending and underwriting to over 2,700 fossil fuel companies. Backgrounder of the report’s key findings can be found here. While the world’s top scientists from the International Energy Agency (IEA) repeatedly state that there is no need for a single new oil field, tanker, pipeline, or any fossil fuel expansion whatsoever, banks ignore climate risk and increase finance for dirty energy companies expanding their sector. This is amidst a rapid retreat from climate commitments many of…

Design Army’s Pum Lefebure Elected Chair Of The One Club Board of Directors

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community, announced new leadership to its Board of Directors. Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder and CCO of Design Army in Washington DC, has been elected Board chairperson.  Previously Vice Chair, she replaced Glenn Cole, Founder and Chairman at 72andSunny, who completed his term this month and will remain involved with the club as Chair Emeritus. Board member Tiffany Rolfe, Chair and Global CCO at R/GA, moves up to the role of Board…