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Ben Essen @benessen

Strategy | music | idea-peddling, CSO @irisworldwide | on a mission to turn consumers back into citizens.

Joined August 2008
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Campaign
@Campaignmag
27 Jun 2024
Cannes Lions winners show that creativity starts with sampling the past – a view from @BenEssen buff.ly/4bi3u8B
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Kendu
@KenduInu
8 Mar 2024
2024 is the year of $KENDU 💥 Resistance is futile. CA: 0xaa95f26e30001251fb905d264Aa7b00eE9dF6C18 Join the pack @ t.me/KenduInu

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Laura Weston@LauLauWeston
27 Jun 2023
“Bend It Like Beckham: the film that ignited a love for football in so many women and girls.” This was our family film choice this weekend and the kids loved it. I’d forgotten how in your face it was about women’s sport. Really worth a rewatch. theguardian.com/film/2023/ju…

Bend It Like Beckham: the film that ignited a love for football in so many women and girls

When this unassuming comedy came out in 2002, women’s football wasn’t a professional sport in the UK or Australia. It’s worth revisiting as the Women’s World Cup approaches

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Campaign
@Campaignmag
16 Jun 2023
Is the ASA’s greenwashing crackdown changing the ad industry? @ASA_UK @dontcrywolf @BrownBare @HKingaby @asadshaykh @benessen @NemorinCreative @adfreecities @StephenWoodford @JonathanMWise buff.ly/447LCu9
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Lionesses
@Lionesses
31 May 2023
📖 THE NEXT CHAPTER 📖 The #Lionesses' official @FIFAWWC squad announcement is here!
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Jonathan Wise@JonathanMWise
18 Apr 2023
Replying to @KLM
Given that you are being taken to court for greenwashing, do you think it might be a good idea to rest a while with the slightly overstretched environmental claims? clientearth.org/latest/press…
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Ben Essen@benessen
20 Mar 2023
How metaverse events are transforming retail collaboration retailtimes.co.uk/in-my-opin…

In my opinion: metaverse virtual events mark a new era for retail collaboration, says Flox

Significant advances in tech have enabled the creation of a more sophisticated virtual alternative - ‘metaverse virtual events’ – that can allow between

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Lionesses
@Lionesses
8 Mar 2023
An announcement that will change women's football in England forever, and the start of something truly special. 👏 Take it away, @leahcwilliamson and @lottewubbenmoy... #LetGirlsPlay | #IWD2023
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Simon Evans@DrSimEvans
28 Nov 2022
Since we're talking about the de facto English ban on onshore wind again, a few handy facts 💷bills cld've been £4.5bn lower with no ban 🚢each 5GW onshore wind cuts UK gas imports 6% ⚡️each 5GW raises "capacity margin" by 1.3pts carbonbrief.org/analysis-why… carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-…
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Ben Essen@benessen
22 Nov 2022
The truth behind this world cup's impact on the environment from @timberners_lee and @BBCMOTD
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Ben Essen@benessen
22 Nov 2022
Well done @BBCMOTD @timberners_lee for covering the criminal greenwash behind the #FIFAWorldCup today. We need to start getting honest about carbon numbers...
PurposeDisruptors@PurposeDisrupt
22 Nov 2022
1/7. Big news folks. 🚨 We've launched an update of our landmark Advertised Emissions report, it tracks the ad industry's progress on consumption based emissions. Here are some key takeouts. The first is, we've got work to do. Download it here: bit.ly/3hXJtON
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Campaign
@Campaignmag
22 Nov 2022
COP27: as governments fail to do enough, industries like ours must step up – a view from @BenEssen @irisworldwide buff.ly/3GBbea2
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PurposeDisruptors@PurposeDisrupt
22 Nov 2022
“This year was our wake-up call that business-as-usual isn’t an option. So which option will we take instead?” asks @benessen, a lead author of our latest Advertised Emissions report campaignlive.co.uk/article/c…

COP27: as governments fail to do enough, industries like ours must step up

campaignlive.co.uk
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PurposeDisruptors@PurposeDisrupt
14 Nov 2022
"Bold and innovative leadership is needed to help drive the ad industry's transition from high carbon brands and support low carbon, green brands" - @nanoisms Product Director of Advertised Emissions speaking on stage at COP27 today.
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PurposeDisruptors@PurposeDisrupt
11 Nov 2022
Tune into our talk at COP27 live. Our panel ‘Shining a light on Advertising’s role in influencing consumption’ is THIS MONDAY, 8am UK time, 10am local time. Link to watch here 👉👉👉 cop-27.org/cas-livestream
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FLOX@FLOXverse
25 Oct 2022
Many thanks @BLeaderNews for the article on us at FLOX. #nextgeneration #virtualevents in the #Metaverse businessleader.co.uk/flox-ra…
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Campaign
@Campaignmag
5 Oct 2022
Coca-Cola defends COP27 sponsorship despite 'greenwashing' criticism buff.ly/3C0oocI
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Jonathan Wise@JonathanMWise
25 Aug 2022
Good one for those sustainability decks....@Lauraevelync @AliJSheridan @benessen @JeremyMathieu @klundster @charlieomalley @chrisnicholsT2i
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