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  1.    Marketing as a force for positive change: lessons from Planet Pledge

    Marketing as a force for positive change: lessons from Planet Pledge

    WFA President and CMCO at Mastercard, Raja Rajamannar and Ana Maria Henao, Global Vice President of Marketing at PepsiCo, discuss the ways in which marketing can be a force of positive change in the race to net zero emissions.

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  2.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Sonia Thimmiah, Head of Sustainable Brands & Customer Partnerships at Reckitt.

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  3.    Can marketing save the planet?

    Can marketing save the planet?

    Marketers have a unique toolset to help change the world for the better—it’s time they used it, says Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi

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  4.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with “The Ad Contrarian”, Bob Hoffman.

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  5.    The butterfly effect of global marketing transformation
    CreativitySustainabilityRetail media & ecommerceCMO Forum

    The butterfly effect of global marketing transformation

    The WFA’s CMO Forum boasts marketing leaders from diverse categories and geographies, yet their priorities are often strikingly consistent. One of the clearest threads remains the ever-present need for transformation, says Rob Dreblow, WFA Global Head of Marketing Services.

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  6.    What’s worth keeping post pandemic
    Brand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer of the YearDigital media transformation

    What’s worth keeping post pandemic

    The pandemic has changed everything but what new priorities, behaviours or ways of working from the last two years would jury members for the Global Marketer of the Year retain for the future?

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  7.    Five key take outs from The Economist's predictions for 2022

    Five key take outs from The Economist's predictions for 2022

    Jon Baldwin Quintanilla, WFA’s Junior Policy and Communications Manager, shares key take-outs from the recent WFA webinar with The Economist’s Deputy Editor, Tom Standage.

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  8.    It's time to regulate the digital ad market
    Advertising & policyDigital policyData governancePrivacy & tech

    It's time to regulate the digital ad market

    The ad industry should embrace the societal benefits that new tech rules from Brussels could deliver

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  9.    Is it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Is it an advantage to be a woman in marketing?

    Absolutely—but not in the way some people seem to think, says Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi

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  10.    How collaboration between marketing and sustainability can be a force for good
    Sustainability

    How collaboration between marketing and sustainability can be a force for good

    Collaboration across various functions is critical for success and sustainability is no different, says Preeti Srivastav, Group Sustainability Director at Asahi Europe & International.

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  11.    Five CMOs with five post lockdown tips
    Brand purposeBrand reputationMarketing structureDigital media transformationMarketing capabilities

    Five CMOs with five post lockdown tips

    Leading global marketers share five back-to-school tips with WFA’s Better Marketing Pod with David Wheldon

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  12.    This can be marketing’s time. You just need to earn it.
    Marketing capabilitiesMarketing operations

    This can be marketing’s time. You just need to earn it.

    As brands and economies recover, there’s an opportunity for marketers to shine but they must get some basics right first, says Russell Parsons, Marketing Week Editor-in-Chief.

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  13.    Walking the talk on climate change
    Sustainability

    Walking the talk on climate change

     Laura Baeyens, WFA's communications manager, shares on the WFA team’s sustainability journey and making the organisation’s operations carbon-neutral

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  14.    In conversation with four marketing stars for the future
    Brand purposeBrand reputation

    In conversation with four marketing stars for the future

    WFA worked with industry publication The Drum to identify this year’s Future 50, the best new marketing talent from around the world who are taking our industry forward.

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  15.    A look back at Cannes 2021
    CreativityCannes Lions

    A look back at Cannes 2021

    Cannes is the annual celebration of all that is good about marketing and advertising. This year’s awards were virtual but that didn’t mean there weren’t great insights or learnings to share.

    Four Lions judges share their experience of what they learned in some of the newer categories that were celebrated this year. From Creative Strategy to Creative eCommerce and Creative Data to Creative Business Transformation, they celebrate where the bar for great work lies in 2021.

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  16.    Learning from the Sourcing Board
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Learning from the Sourcing Board

    Three WFA Sourcing Board members share on how they are going about positioning marketing procurement as a vector of growth and a valued business partner rather than as a simple driver of savings.

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  17.    Innovation at Cannes
    CreativityCannes Lions

    Innovation at Cannes

    Judging this year’s Innovation Lions highlighted both the power of innovation to drive real change and the importance of senior management support, says Natasha Chetiyawardana, Creative Partner and Co-Founder at venturing consultancy Bow & Arrow, part of Accenture Interactive.

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  18.    Accelerated sponsorship
    CreativityInfluencer marketingGamingContent marketing

    Accelerated sponsorship

    Key trends have come to the fore due to COVID. Ian Malcolm, President and CEO at Lumency, a brand side sponsorship, experiential and content marketing consultancy, explains why they matter.

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  19.    Inclusive equals results
    Inclusive marketing

    Inclusive equals results

    New research shows how embracing diversity in content delivers better results. Will Gilroy from the WFA and Daren Poole from Kantar outline the latest data.

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  20.    Industry’s unprecedented show of unity to tackle DEI
    Inclusive marketing

    Industry’s unprecedented show of unity to tackle DEI

    More than 100 organisations have come together behind the first-ever global diversity, equality and inclusion census of the marketing industry. WFA’s Camelia Cristache and Will Gilroy explain the size and importance of the initiative.

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  21.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 9: On purpose, Orlando Bloom and teaching from Tasmania with Professor Mark Ritson
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationInclusive marketingDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 9: On purpose, Orlando Bloom and teaching from Tasmania with Professor Mark Ritson

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with the inimitable marketing professor and industry commentator, Mark Ritson.

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