Advertising best practice, evidence and insights

Case Study • Touché!, WARC Media Awards, Entrant, Effective Channel Integration, 2019

Utility company Hydro-Québec used a content strategy in Canada to build a sense of pride among millennials and increase engagement among its employees.

Miami International Airport / Florida Power & Light Services: FlyGreen MIA Energy Efficiency Initiative

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Bronze, X (Global), 2019

Ahead of its efforts to create a more energy-efficient airport, Miami International Airport (MIA) developed a campaign that increased awareness for its eco-friendly project while informing and driving US users to become more energy efficient themselves.

Enel: Energy Connects Us

Case Study • SABRE Awards, LATAM, Diamond, 2019

Enel Green Power, an energy-generating company, increased favourability in Mexico by constructing solar and wind farms to educate and engage key opinion leaders.

AMDEE: OAXACA AMDEE FUND

Case Study • SABRE Awards, LATAM, Industry Sector, Gold, 2019

The Mexican Association of Wind Energy (AMDEE), a company that promotes the generation and development of wind energy in Mexico, improved its perception among Mexicans by launching a series of initiatives that helped people prepare for and deal with natural disasters.

Permanent Health Education Program for Nursing Services

Case Study • SABRE Awards, LATAM, Industry Sector, Gold, 2019

Pan American Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, encouraged the training of nurses in Argentina by launching an education program for nursing services.

The Campaign for a Smarter Britain: The toughest job in advertising just got tougher

Case Study • Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019

Smart Energy GB, a UK government-backed campaign to roll out smart meters across the UK, launched a campaign featuring human stories and saw an increase in the number of people who would seek or accept a smart meter.

Geneco: Power The Change

Case Study • Elissa Wong, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Entrant, 2019

Singaporean energy company Geneco ran a digital and OOH campaign to attract customers in Singapore's emerging energy market.

Kingo Energy: Turning lives on

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Silver, Creative Strategy Lion, 2019

Kingo Energy, a clean energy company, launched a prepaid electricity system in Guatemala to provide people off the grid with accessible clean energy.

Bihar State Power Holding Company: Har Ghar Bijli

Case Study • SABRE Awards, South Asia, Public Affairs/Government Relations, 2019

Bihar State Power, a state-owned electricity regulation board, encouraged the Indian press to highlight its success in providing the whole state of Bihar with electricity through a PR campaign.

Kingo Energy: Kingo

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Entrant, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2019

Kingo Energy, a solar energy company, created a video for social media that drove brand awareness among investors around the world and potential users in Guatemala.

Anglian Water’s First Water Funfair

Case Study • Design Business Association, Gold, 2019

Anglian Water, a water company, increased engagement in the UK by designing a funfair-themed consultation event that inspired families to engage with Anglian Water.

Shell: Engineering Real-Life Heroes

Case Study • SABRE Awards, EMEA, Energy & Natural Resources, Gold, 2019

Shell, the oil company, created a social and earned media campaign encouraging female millennials in the UK to take part in the Shell Eco-marathon, its energy efficiency competition.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): Energy for Life: A Year in Communications

Case Study • SABRE Awards, EMEA, Company of the Year, Diamond, 2019

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company undertook an all-encompassing communications programme to reposition itself after the global oil crisis of 2016-2017 and win back brand love in the United Arab Emirates.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): THE ADNOC WAY: Building Culture at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Case Study • SABRE Awards, EMEA, Employee Communications, Gold, 2019

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company took a three-pronged approach to employee engagement when it merged subsidiaries and relaunched its brand in the United Arab Emirates.

Kosmos Energy Ltd: Kosmos Innovation Center (Global and Ghana)

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Africa, Mining & Extractive Industries, Gold, 2019

Kosmos Energy, an oil company, sought to advance its long-term social licence to operate in Ghana by investing in a social impact programme there.

YouGov Ad of the Month – UAE: ADNOC Distribution

Opinion • BrandIndex, May 2019

The brand which achieved the largest rise in Ad Awareness in the UAE during April was ADNOC Distribution.

Bernzomatic Emergency Preparedness

Case Study • SABRE Awards, North America, Superior Achievement in Research and Planning, Diamond, 2019

BernzOmatic, an American manufacturing company, developed a geo-targeting campaign that targeted US consumers about to experience bad weather and encouraged them to buy a propane tank.

Kingo Energy: Affordable Solar Energy on Demand

Rankings • WARC Creative 100, 2019

Kingo, an innovation energy company, created a prepaid energy service that enabled rural communities in Guatemala and Colombia to access clean and affordable power.

Just for you, E.ON

Case Study • Data and Marketing Association, Bronze, 2018

E.ON, the energy supplier, turned confusing sales points into personalised benefits, and broke new ground with a totally un-utility approach to selling energy in the UK.

Centrica Business Solutions: Bringing Energy Resilience to life

Case Study • Data and Marketing Association, Bronze, 2018

Centrica Business Solutions (CBS), an energy solutions company, launched a global campaign to build awareness and deliver revenue.

OVO takes on Trump and wins on its own terms

News • 31 October 2018

OVO Energy ads are unlike any others in the UK energy category, and its decision to confront the climate change-denying position of the US president has paid off according to the agency behind them.

Inside OVO’s ‘swing’ at the big six UK energy giants

Article • Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, What’s Possible ’19, October 2018

OVO energy is a new challenger brand that caused a stir from its Renewable is Unstoppable campaign; their agency, Uncommon, shares insights from an irreverent campaign.

E.ON taps brand purpose in a low interest category

News • 23 October 2018

Energy supplier E.ON has tapped brand purpose as a way to grab UK consumer attention in a low-interest category.

E.ON: creating engaging advertising in a low-interest category

Article • Emily Barley, Event Reports, Festival of Marketing, October 2018

Consumers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about their energy supplier, making it especially hard for energy brands to cut through.

GoCompare poses new marketing challenge to utilities

News • 16 October 2018

Technology is once again disrupting the energy sector, and creating a marketing headache for utility companies into the bargain.

Telecoms & utilities