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Ensuring that a brand’s marketing communications is representative and inclusive of diverse audiences is an essential prerequisite for sustainable growth.
Non-profit hijacks online auction platform to educate about the effects of Motor Neurone Disease.
This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 17 June 2022
Global tech companies Dell and Intel collaborate to help MND patients preserve their voice.
This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 3 March 2022
Fashion label Lacoste teams up with disabled athlete to create adaptable clothing collection
This article was originally published in Contagious on 8 April 2022
Charter defines set of universal requirements for global organisations to improve their employees’ lived experiences
Resource provides “ideas to steal” from successful initiatives that companies can adopt
Barclay’s This is Me initiative challenges the stigma around disability and mental health in the workplace.
Over 15% of the global population live with a disability, but they are still the largest under-represented group in the world. To address this, Unilever has committed to building an organisation that is a beacon of diversity and inclusion by setting a global goal to have 5% of their workforce represented by people with a disability by 2025, as well as becoming the no.1 employer of choice for people with a disability.
Games console manufacturer promotes hospital gaming initiative through a documentary that connects two people with the same rare hereditary disorder.
This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 11 April 2022
Peruvian beer brand develops gaming tool to convert voice calls into sign language to ensure deaf and hard of hearing players don’t get left out of the conversation
This article was originally published in Contagious on 9 April 2022
The report shows how audiences demand more of the media and entertainment industry in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and will reward progress with trust and loyalty.
New framework details potential issues and opportunities in key areas
The guide has been developed by the European Association of Communication Agencies (EACA)
The second Beyond Gender report offers valuable insight on intersectionality in advertising, supporting the Unstereotype Alliance's goal of eradicating harmful stereotypes from advertising and media.
Advertising can be a force for good that promotes change towards a more diverse and inclusive world. To help marketeers in this effort, UNICEF presented their "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising" playbook.
Most common forms of discrimination globally were reported on the basis of age and family status
Women and ethnic minorities in the marketing industry report poorer lived experiences than men and ethnic majorities
But marketing still outperforms many other industries globally on DEI
New guide provides local examples of unstereotyped work combined with global insight into areas where bias can occur in the creative process
More than 100 organisations have come together behind the first-ever global diversity, equality and inclusion census of the marketing industry. WFA’s Camelia Cristache and Will Gilroy explain the size and importance of the initiative.
Record label teams up with Apple Music to offer speech therapy for kids through its songs
This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 3 June 2021
Census represents biggest ever global cross-industry collaboration between WFA, agencies associations Voxcomm and EACA, Campaign, Kantar, Cannes Lions, Advertising Week, The Effies and GWI
Supported by major global companies including Diageo, GSK and Reckitt and agency holding groups WPP and Havas.
National advertiser and agency associations in 27 markets are promoting the research and encouraging local marketers to participate.
Industry-wide survey finds Black, Disabled and Working-Class talent are significantly underrepresented in UK advertising
National advertiser and agency associations in 27 markets will promote research and encourage local marketers to participate.
Census is supported by major global companies including Diageo, GSK, Havas, Mars, Mondelez and Reckitt.