The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced a student team from the University of Strathclyde as winners of its student competition, The Pitch. This is the third consecutive year that students from the University have triumphed at the competition. Thomas Cooper and Adam Dickson formed their team Cooper & Dickson, to beat 28 teams from across the UK to be crowned ‘Marketers of the Future’. Due to Covid-19, the team were told of their award win by video call. Thomas Cooper and Adam Dickson who study BA Hons in…
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The 2.6 Challenge sets new record for charities
A record total of 3,961 charities got behind The 2.6 Challenge, making the campaign to help save the UK’s charities the biggest collective fundraising effort ever in the UK – and it is believed in the world – and the total raised has now passed the £10 million mark. On Sunday 26 April, thousands of runners and spectators should have been turning the capital’s streets into a colourful carnival at the 40th edition of the London Marathon. Instead, across the UK, people of all ages were running, cycling, hopping, skipping,…
Environmental Standards For Diving And Snorkelling In Egypt Now Available Nationwide
The Reef-World Foundation and Chamber of Diving & Watersports (CDWS) are pleased to announce Green Fins – a UN Environment Programme initiative which provides the world’s only internationally recognised standards for diving and snorkelling – has now been expanded to be available to all dive and snorkel operators nationwide across Egypt. Green Fins was piloted in South Sinai Governorate in September 2019 and has now been expanded nationwide, following a week-long training for six new Green Fins Assessors in Red Sea Governorate (23 to 29 February 2020). Through the implementation…
Firmenich achieves 100% renewable electricity worldwide
Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and taste company, today announced that all its operations worldwide1 are now powered by 100% renewable electricity. An industry first, this significant milestone builds on Firmenich’s second consecutive CDP Triple A ranking for Climate Change, Water and Forests, which it received at the CDP Awards Ceremony today in Paris. The Group’s transition to green power is supported by RE100, a global initiative of the most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP. “I am proud…
IPA names iList shortlist
Sixty-three outstanding ad practitioners have made the shortlist of the inaugural iList, the IPA’s initiative to celebrate the industry’s inclusivity game-changers. The iList, which is open to those working at agencies, media owners and freelancers, features candidates from a wide range of disciplines and levels – from junior execs all the way up to CEO; and from creative, planning and strategy as well as HR and inclusion. Each of the remarkable applicants has demonstrated how they are shifting the culture within the industry and demanding better representation in creative work.…