IAA announces winners of Olive Crown Awards 2019

AA has announced the winners of the IAA Olive Crown Awards 2019 across 14 different categories. Two agencies viz. Wunderman Thompson and The Social Street win four golds. Wunderman Thompson was recognised for their creations viz. the 'Rin Bucket' advertisement for Hindustan Unilever and the 'Blink and they are gone' campaign for Jimmy Nelson Foundation. In the Green Brand of the Year category, Rin’s entry won a them Silver for Jal Samrudha Maharashtra entry.

The Social Street on the other hand was acknowledged for 'The snake guard' for Prasadam Industries and a campaign christened 'Life before ashes' for Mohan Foundation.

Jimmy Nelson Foundation's 'Blink and they are gone' campaign was selected for the gold award in the 'Campaign of the year' category. Private sector banking firm Yes Bank won the 'Green Brand of the year' title for its Yes Bank Natural capital awards and conservation. Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing was adjudged 'The Corporate Social Crusader of the year' for its social initiatives.

In the Press Corporate category, The Hindu won a Silver for their plantable seed paper calendar entry. The Reliance Foundation also won a Silver in this category for their entry ‘Reliance Foundation Green Life.’

An awareness campaign that HUL had done won a Silver in the Digital category. Iris Fragrances’ entry titled ‘Endangered Air Freshner’ also won an award in the same category. In this category, the entry #TinyBugsTweet won Gold.

In the Press Unreleased category, FCB Interface won a Silver for their entry ‘Jackal.’ In the same category, the entry ‘Animal Vision’ won a Silver. The Gold winner of this category was the entry titled ‘STRAW ( Turtle, Blue whale, Flamingo)’

Mahindra’s CSR initiative about trees titled ‘The Hardest Worker’ won a Silver in the TVC/ Cinema Unreleased category.

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