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Novo Nordisk and UNICEF announce new partnership to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity

Stuart Mitchell

Novo Nordisk and UNICEF announced a new partnership today to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity worldwide with an initial focus on interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Under this partnership, the United Nations children’s agency and the global healthcare company will combine efforts to enhance knowledge and awareness on how to prevent overweight and obesity and address their root causes. The partnership will initially cover a period of three years. “Childhood overweight and obesity can contribute to ill health, stigmatisation and even reduced educational attainment,” said UNICEF Executive…

IPA welcomes Google crackdown on political advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has welcomed Google’s crackdown on political ad targeting and misleading claims, but the professional body for ad agencies continues to call for a platform-neutral, machine-readable register of all political ads and ad data online. According to Google, as of next week in the UK, campaigns will no longer be able to match their own database of prospective voters against Google’s user base, to target individuals across platforms such as YouTube and Google search. Google has also said that it will take action on obviously misleading statements in ads.…

New research from Barclays Private Bank finds ‘lack of faith’ between wealthy individuals and charities is a major barrier to giving

Stuart Mitchell

Barriers to Giving, a new report released by Barclays Private Bank, finds a ‘lack of faith’ between high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and charities is one of the greatest obstacles to philanthropy outside the US. Recent figures revealed that almost half (47%) of multimillionaires outside the US donate less than 1% of their annual income to charitable causes compared with 2.1% within the US which is having a considerable impact on charitable funding. If every individual in this group was to increase donations to 1% of their income, there would…

Chartered Institute of Marketing Welcomes The Prince of Wales as Patron

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince of Wales has agreed to become the new Patron of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. His Royal Highness will take over from The Duke of Edinburgh, who has served as the Institute’s Patron since 1952. CIM’s first Royal Patron was King George VI, appointed in 1937. Chris Daly, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Marketing said: “We are absolutely delighted that The Prince of Wales has accepted our invitation to be our Patron. There could be no greater accolade for our profession. We look forward to working…

TheIMPACT Launched at London Digital Impact Week

Stuart Mitchell

Fintech Worldwide has announced a partnership with the New York based Molinari Media, PBC to launch TheIMPACT television and social media platform.  TheIMPACT will be global and focus on bringing stories on how digital technologies and digital assets are creating social impact and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals globally.  It is a new initiative that responds to the demands of millenial investors to ensure that their investments are having impact on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG).  Dr Jane Thomason (CEO Fintech Worldwide) says “For the first time in…