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2022 IPA Effectiveness Awards winners announced

Stuart Mitchell

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 IPA Effectiveness Awards, who were announced during a black-tie gala ceremony at London’s Hilton Park Lane, hosted by actress and comedian Sally Phillips. Acknowledged as the world’s most rigorous and prestigious Awards scheme, the IPA Effectiveness Awards require winners to demonstrate the value created by their marketing and communications activity. In total, eight Gold, seven Silver and 13 Bronze prizes, along with 10 Special Prizes, were awarded to companies from the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Chile across Not-for-profit and Global, Regional and…

Winner of Phoenix Group’s first Innovation Forum for customer engagement and financial well-being announced

Stuart Mitchell

Phoenix Group announces that Behavioural Finance is the inaugural winner of its first Innovation Forum. In collaboration with FinTech Scotland and TCS’s Co-Creation and Innovation Network (COIN), the Phoenix Innovation Forum invited FinTech enterprises to develop innovative new tools that improve financial wellbeing, engagement and make a genuine positive impact on customers’ lives. The Innovation Forum launched in May 2022 and seven companies were shortlisted to provide an initial pitch of their idea to an expert judging panel. In June, three companies were selected as finalists and assigned mentors from…

Beam Suntory Unveils Renewable Energy-Powered Jim Beam Expansion

Stuart Mitchell

Beam Suntory, will invest more than $400 million to expand production at its Booker Noe distillery in Boston, KY, which produces Jim Beam®. This expansion will increase capacity by 50%, while reducing the distillery’s greenhouse gas emissions by the same percentage, through the use of anaerobic digestors that will produce renewable natural gas to power the facility. Beam Suntory has entered into an agreement with 3 Rivers Energy Partners to build a facility across the street to convert spent stillage into biogas which will be treated to renewable natural gas standards…

IFC Launches $2 Billion Global Bond to Support Private Investment in Developing Countries

Stuart Mitchell

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, issued a new US dollar global benchmark bond, raising $2 billion to unlock private investment in emerging markets and developing economies. Support for the transaction was strong and the final order book closed at over $4.9 billion with over 100 investors. “The extremely enthusiastic interest from investors is a testament to IFC’s financial strength and our position as the premier development finance institution focused on the private sector in developing countries,” said John Gandolfo, IFC Vice President and Treasurer, Treasury & Mobilization.…

Channel 4 shortlists seven finalists for its £1 million Diversity in Advertising Award

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 has announced the short-listed finalists of its £1m Diversity in Advertising Award, which is challenging the advertising industry to tackle the ongoing lack of authentic representation and portrayal of visible and/ or non-visible disabled people in TV advertising. For the first time in the award’s history, seven brands made the list instead of the usual six due to the strength of the entries.   The brands stand to win £1 million worth of commercial advertising airtime across the whole 4Sales portfolio, including Channel 4, All 4 and, for…