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THE PLUG'N'PLAY BILL

ROBERT/BOISEN & LIKE-MINDED, Copenhagen / COOP / 2018

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The campaign idea was two-folded:

Together with leading scientists and political experts we created the Plug’N’Play bill against hormone disrupting chemicals. A complete proposal for a bill that could be submitted straight to the Parliament by any of its 179 members.

The other part of the campaign was to direct the message to each parliament member in the most effective way. By targeting them directly with personalized and highly relevant content and mobilizing worried Danes to put pressure on each of them through micro-lobbying.

Execution

On social media we started a debate among worried Danes around the problem of hormone disrupting chemicals. We encouraged people to put pressure on the politicians through micro-lobbying. Through a campaign site they could sign a petition and personalized e-mails were sent directly to the 179 members of parliament with a clear message – based on their particular political view on chemicals - that the law needed to be changed.

To help amplify the peoples pressure on the politicians, we also created 179 unique videos – one for each member - that were tagged on every parliament members own Twitter account.

And to ensure that no parliament member did not miss the important campaign message, we booked all outdoor posters in a one mile radius around the Parliament in two weeks.

Outcome

The campaign got hundred of thousands of Danes involved in the problem with hormone disrupting chemicals with an engagement rate 451% above the benchmark. Many of them shared their worries with the politicians through the campaign site. And the combination of people’s micro-lobbying, the 179 personalized e-mails, the 179 unique videos on Twitter and geo-targeted outdoor posters quickly and effectively gained the politicians' attention. So effectively that after only a few months of people-driven lobbying, a new bill against hormone disrupting chemicals were passed in Denmark.

Coop earned the title as Denmarks “Most Sustainable brand of the Year” according to Sustainable Brand Index.

And with a letter from the Danish Minister for Environment and Food, thanking Coop for bringing the Plug’nPlay bill forward, we proved that sometimes it pays off to target the few, through many, to make a difference for every one of us.

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