ESG investing was until recently one of the hottest buzzwords in global finance. The party was in full swing, the marketing material was everywhere and the money was rolling in. But asset managers have become quieter about their environmental, social and governance credentials after poor performance, greenwashing scandals and a political backlash in the US. [...]
There was a time when truth was something we could hold onto—a newspaper headline, an eyewitness account, a trusted voice on the evening news. It wasn’t perfect, but it was something we shared. A foundation for discourse, for trust, for democracy itself. But today, in a world where artificial intelligence quietly shapes what we see, [...]
The cofounder of the digital publisher Ozy Media, Carlos Watson, was sentenced on Monday to nearly a decade in prison because of a bombshell revelation that he and his business partner, Samir Rao, had sought to defraud investors by lying about key financial information. Watson, who pleaded not guilty, disputed the charges, claiming that he...
Genuinely funny ads are thin on the ground these days so credit Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand for its ode to Toyota’s RAV4, “the original recreation activity vehicle.” Featuring NZ’s (fictional) Department of Recreations, Activities, Visits and Stuff (D-RAVS). Toyota NZ’s Susanne Hardy (from the southern hemisphere) says: “We know that Kiwis love the RAV4 [...]
Christmas stands alone as a holiday built on pure childhood magic. We all remember waiting up for Santa, the excitement of Christmas morning, and just believing that anything was possible. That’s why Christmas ads hit different – brands tap into the nostalgia of when we still believed in the magic. This emotional foundation gives brands [...]
Mark Read, Arthur Sadoun and Sir Martin Sorrell have all been offering their two penn’orth about the Omnicom/IPG deal, assembled here by Australia’s B&T. With this creation from Adobe Firefly, described as generative AI for creatives. But which is which in what looks like adland’s version of Super Heroes? The post Who are these guys [...]
