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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.

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): 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 • Direct Marketing Association - UK, 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 • Direct Marketing Association - UK, 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.

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.

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: 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.

Pan American Energy: PAE'S 20th Anniversary Campaign

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Gold, LATAM, Mining/Extractive Industries, 2018

Pan American Energy (PAE), a private hydrocarbon-producing company in Argentina, celebrated its 20th Anniversary by launching a 360° campaign, which included the creation of a book to highlight the importance of hydrocarbon.

Enel Energia: enelpremia 3.0

Case Study • Direct Marketing Association - US, Bronze, 2018

Enel Energia, a gas and electricity company, grew its awareness in Italy via its enelpremia 3.0 loyalty program, which gamified energy sharing to build better consumer habits, resulting in 1.3 million subscriptions.

Energia – Clever Humans Get Results

Case Study • Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland, Silver, ADFX Awards, 2018

Energia, an energy brand in Ireland, abandoned its successful price-led communications model to drive long-term growth.

Luminous: Luminaries

Case Study • MMA Smarties, Finalist, India, 2018

Luminous, a solar power company, raised awareness of uplifting education for girls in India by celebrating a hero through setting up a solar power plant to supply electricity to every classroom in his school.

Constellation tees up PGA program to build B2B awareness

Article • Geoffrey Precourt and Mary Connors, Event Reports, ANA Masters of B2B Marketing, June 2018

Constellation, the energy company, has built a powerful business-to-business sponsorship program with the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA).

Generadoras de Chile: Un Futuro Eficiente y Sustentable

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Gold, LATAM, Industrial/Manufacturing, 2018

Generadoras de Chile, an organization that brings together the main generators of electricity in Chile, was able to educate citizens on the importance, value and benefits of electricity in their daily lives.

Smart Energy GB: The Power of 10p

Case Study • YouTube Works for Brands, Winner, 2018

Smart Energy GB, a national campaign for the smart meter rollout in the UK, conquered 21- to 28-year olds' energy indifference through a YouTube content series – The Power of 10p.

Stopping our taps running dry! With a little inspiration from the behavioural sciences

Article • Crawford Hollingworth and Liz Barker, The Behavioural Architects, May 2018

Discusses how behavioural science helps us understand why we might often behave in a profligate manner with water - from our tendency to discount the future, our deeply embedded habits and also the fact that energy doesn't communicate our usage in the most cognitively easy ways.

Nigerdock: Free Trade Zone regulatory issue

Case Study • SABRE Awards, Gold, Public Sector/Government, Africa, 2018

Nigerdock, a Nigerian energy services company, developed a multimedia campaign to prevent a bill that sought to regulate Nigeria's free trade zone from passing.

Columbia Gas of Ohio: Energy efficiency saving matters

Case Study • SABRE Awards, North America, The SABRE Award for Superior Achievement in Measurement and Evaluation, 2018

Columbia Gas of Ohio (COH), a gas company, launched its campaign, Saving Matters, in the US to increase customer participation in its energy efficiency programs and motivate behavior change.

Florida: Remembering Hurricane Andrew: Miami-Dade's unbreakable spirit

Case Study • SABRE Awards, North America, Energy And Natural Resources, 2018

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a power utility company in Florida, used PR to launch a video campaign in the US to communicate storm preparedness messages and educate the public on the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew.

BT: Proving the power of emotion in business

Case Study • Michael McCourt and Ben Stewart, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Entrant, IPA Effectiveness Awards, 2018

BT, a telecommunications company, reconnected with business people in the UK by leveraging the power of emotion to make a modest advertising budget more effective (and more efficient); generating a net profit of over £14.5m and delivering a ROMI of £3.16.
How Vodafone Ireland used emotion over the long-term to build brand value and resist commodification

Case Study • Hayley Sivner, Fiona Keyte and Colleen Savage, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Entrant, IPA Effectiveness Awards, 2018

Vodafone Ireland, a telecommunications company, used emotion over the long term to build brand value and resist commodification.
Boost Mobile: Boost Your Voice

Case Study • Cannes Creative Lions, Bronze, Creative Effectiveness Lions, 2018

Boost, a telecommunications brand, turned its stores into voting stations to successfully increase brand loyalty and sales in the US.
What's working in telecoms and ISPs

Article • WARC Category Intelligence, March 2018

Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in the telecoms and ISPs category.
Five trends in telecoms markets

Article • Emma Pilling, Admap Magazine, January 2018, pp. 36-37

Describes five key trends in the telecoms category and offers guidance on how to meet the challenges in areas such as 5G and emerging markets.
Mobinil: It Belongs Online

Case Study • Naila Fattouh, WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, Shortlisted, 2017

This case study describes how Egyptian mobile operator, Mobinil, used a multimedia campaign to increase market share and become the top-considered mobile data provider among the youth audience.