Triodos Bank named Global Good Finance Player of the Year

Triodos Bank has been awarded the Global Good Finance Player of the Year award at this year’s Global Good Awards for its work in making positive impact through financing progressive companies and organisations. Founded in 2015, the Global Good Awards reward businesses, NGOs, charities and social enterprises of all shapes and sizes who are paving the way for purpose-driven sustainability and ethical leadership. The Finance Player of the Year award recognises companies that have leveraged their financial power, in the form of loans, investments or other financial mechanisms, to affect…

The Ad Council Appoints 21 New Members to Its Board of Directors

The Ad Council, America’s leader in using the power of communications to inspire action and accelerate change around the nation’s most pressing issues, elected 21 new members to its Board of Directors chaired by Tara Walpert Levy, VP, Americas at YouTube. The Ad Council’s Board of Directors is comprised of an accomplished group of leaders and senior marketing, media, and business executives who provide insights, expertise, and financial support to ensure the Ad Council’s social impact campaigns are effective and drive measurable change. Collaborating closely with Ad Council leadership, the…

Powerful New PSAs Showcase the Mutual Rewards and Unconditional Love of Adoption from Foster Care

The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, is proud to announce the launch of heartfelt new public service advertisements (PSAs). The new work, created pro-bono by Edelman, aims to inspire prospective adoptive parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care. The longstanding campaign is celebrating 20 years of impact this year and has contributed to the more than one million children and youth adopted from the U.S. foster care system since the program began…

O2 takes on scammers with Daisy – the AI granny scambaiter

With one in five Brits (22%) experiencing a fraud attempt every single week, O2 and VCCP’s AI creative agency faith have recently  launched a first of its kind campaign to fight back against scammers.   At the heart of the campaign is Daisy, a lifelike, state-of-the-art, Conversational AI designed to speak with scammers and keep them on the phone for as long as possible so they have less time to try and scam real people. The newest member of O2’s fraud prevention team, Daisy was created using a range of cutting-edge…

ITPN launches at COP29 to drive global collaboration on transition plans

At Novembers COP29, the International Transition Plan Network (ITPN) was launched to advance global norms for private sector transition plans.  The ITPN is a collaborative platform supported by E3G which aims to foster dialogue and support the emergence of national and international approaches to transition planning by bringing together official sector representatives, private sector representative networks, civil society, and academic experts. In addition, the ITPN will provide a platform for partnerships which develop new work related to private sector transition plans.  Founding Director of ITPN and Associate Director at E3G,…