HONG KONG: Today: Online entry submissions for the 26th Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards close this Thursday (3 October).

PARIS, Sunday: JCDecaux has joined RE100, a global initiative for companies committed to 100% renewable electricity. Company chief Steve O’Connor says the move underlines their objective of sourcing 100% of its electricity consumption from renewable electricity by 2022.

SINGAPORE, Today: Chimney APAC creative strategist Mark Pickering has taken M+AD to task for publishing a lightweight personality piece – instead of something more substantive about his new role.

SINGAPORE, Saturday: Colenso BBDO did nicely at the Spikes Asia (which concluded Friday), taking out the Music Grand Prix for DB I’m Drinking It For You, a Creative Effectiveness Spike for Pedigree Dentastix and the Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year title.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Kea Kids News – a partnership of Stuff.co.nz and NZ On Air – has been commissioned for a 48-week series, and is calling on teachers, parents and whānau to nominate potential on-screen interviewers by email (scroll down for the link).

SINGAPORE, Thursday: BC&F Dentsu took out a Bronze at the Tangrams Effectiveness Awards, held today in conjunction with the Spikes Asia.

PARIS, Today: Two entries from NZ made the shortlists at the Gerety Creative Awards (named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter responsible for De Beers’ 1938 slogan A Diamond is Forever, still in use today).

AUCKLAND, Today: Fonterra is understood to be holding a pitch for a global agency partner, according to a Damien Venutto report in yesterday’s NZ Herald.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Parnell-based The Business Marketing Group has welcomed two new arrivals – Oliver Garside and Chloe Lim.