with purpose

A Public Statement to Brands

Transforming your company into an environmentally-friendly, socially-responsible, ethical and sustainable business is complex.

Figuring out what impact you want to have in the world and how you can communicate it authentically is equally difficult.

Do it right, and you create a significant business advantage.

Do it wrong, and you become a meme at best or boycotted at worse.

The first step is to realize that it’s not a matter of what you believe. It’s about what you do and what you say. We’ve been helping companies thrive in a complicated, purpose-driven world since 2008.

 

Let’s make impact, together.

Everything we create is designed for impact.

Platforms

An evolved approach to corporate and social responsibility corporate philanthropy that is designed to elevate social impact while driving benefits back to the business through close organization/brand alignment.

Campaigns

A campaign designed to create business and social impact by driving customer acquisition, product sales, employee acquisition and retention, donation, or issue engagement (pledge, volunteerism, education, etc.).

Branding

A new or evolved brand strategy that puts social purpose at the core. This strategy influences brand, marketing, internal communications, CSR, social impact and community investment.

Find out how we can help your brand differentiate with purpose.

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Girl’s Opportunity Alliance

GET HER THERE   The Challenge  Today, more than 100 million adolescent girls around the world are not in school. That’s a lot of empty desks—and a lot of...

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    Campaign

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    Obama Foundation - Girl's Opportunity Alliance

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Hudson’s Bay Foundation

CHARTER FOR CHANGE     The Challenge  In May 2020, Hudson’s Bay Foundation engaged Public to help develop its new Social Impact Platform. The task was to develop a platform...

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    Campaigns

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    Hudson's Bay Foundation

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Meals On Wheels America

GIVE A LITTLE BIT The Challenge  In the wake of the pandemic, nearly 9 out of 10 local Meals on Wheels programs believe there is unmet need for...

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    Campaign

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    Meals On Wheels America

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Johnson & Johnson

OUR RACE TO HEALTH EQUITY The Challenge Due to systemic racism, in the United States and around the world, the color of your skin is a determinant of...

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    Campaigns

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    Johnson & Johnson

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The Body Shop

The Challenge Cosmetic testing on animals was legal in many countries around the world, including Canada. The Body Shop tasked us with inspiring a new generation of...

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    Campaigns

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    The Body Shop

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NBCUniversal

#ERASETHEHATE   The Challenge Hate happens when people are targeted because of who they are. It thrives when we stay silent. Our task was to help spark a cultural...

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    Campaigns

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    NBCUniversal

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UNIQLO

WARM WELCOME The Challenge To help UNIQLO USA reshape its 2019 holiday cause-marketing campaign and bring it to life in-store and online.   The Approach We identified a compelling and relevant...

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    Campaigns

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    UNIQLO

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September 1, 2021

City of Toronto

#TORONTOFORALL    The Challenge To create more visibility, authenticity and action orientation in the space of diversity and inclusion in Toronto with the hopes that meaningful progress can be...

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    Campaigns

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    City of Toronto

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LCBO

DRIVE SOBER   The Challenge  Drunk driving increases around long weekends and holidays. The LCBO tasked Public to develop a campaign to bring awareness to the importance of responsible...

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    Campaign

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    LCBO

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Nestlé

A WASTE-FREE FUTURE    The Challenge To reinforce Nestlé Canada’s reputation as a company committed to its sustainability goals.   The Approach With an important story about how Nestlé’s packaging is changing...

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    Campaigns

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    Nestlé

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OTPP

INVESTING TO MAKE A MARK    The Challenge With pension fund peers already playing in the thought leadership space, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) needed to establish themselves as...

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    Campaign, Platform

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    OTPP

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#EFF2020

  The Challenge The year 2020 will likely go down in history as one of the most fucked up, painful, traumatic, chaotic years of the 21st century. Wildfires...

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It’s F*cking Water

The Challenge  Clean drinking water is something we take for granted in Canada. However, for individuals belonging to Indigenous communities, easy access to clean drinking water can...

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    Campaign

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    Public Inc.

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