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HP Reports Full Year Agency Diversity Results

Stuart Mitchell

Timed with Advertising Week New York 2017, HP Inc. today reports the results of its diversity challenge issued to its global agencies – BBDO Worldwide, Fred & Farid, gyro, PHD and Edelman – last September. HP also announces a comprehensive platform to drive systemic industry change and outlines a new challenge for 2018 centered on increasing agency minority and underrepresented group representation around the world. HP’s 2016/2017 assignment to its agencies was to set targets and diversify their ranks to improve the ratio of women and US minorities working on…

21% rise in Childline counselling sessions about exam results

Stuart Mitchell

Childline, have started a new campaign via their website to highlight the a 21% rise in Childline counselling sessions with young people who are worried about exam results in the last 2 years. Overall there were 1,133 counselling sessions for young people concerned about exam results in 2016/17. The rise was particularly dramatic among 16-18 year olds  – with Childline counselling sessions up 68% over the last 2 years. More than a quarter of all counselling sessions took place in August, when GCSE and A-Level results are released.  Peter Wanless,…

Harnessing AI for good: world-leading trial monitoring alcohol ads

Stuart Mitchell

ASA are publishing the results of a cutting-edge trial that used artificial intelligence (AI) at scale to check whether alcohol ads are sticking to the rules. The findings show that the overwhelming majority of alcohol advertisers are compliant, and the trial itself marks a major step forward in how innovative technologies like AI can strengthen regulation and support responsible advertising. Our goal was to see whether AI could help us spot potential problems that traditional monitoring or public complaints might miss, while giving a clearer picture of overall compliance. We’ve…

Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub unveil the impact of its £1m Time After Time fund

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity, Hubbub, have revealed that more than a quarter of a million people have been reached by the pair’s Time After Time fund which helps to tackle electronic waste and give unused tech a second life. The results show how local communities across the UK are addressing this significant environmental challenge in innovative and impactful ways. Following the success so far, the organisations are now planning to share the impact and learnings of the fund which has provided grants totalling £1 million to 18 innovative…

Railpen delivers strong progress on its Net Zero Plan

Stuart Mitchell

Railpen, which manages £34 billion on behalf of 350,000 members of the railways pension schemes, today announces that it has updated its Net Zero Plan (“the Plan”), with all portfolio targets currently being met, and re-affirming its commitment to net zero by 2050. Since first publishing the Plan in 2021 , Railpen has advanced across all core objectives including climate solutions, engagement, alignment and financed emissions. The fast progress and updated Plan reaffirm Railpen’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions across its investment portfolio, and corporate footprint, by 2050 or…