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  1.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Cristina Diezhandino, Diageo

    Cristina Diezhandino, CMO at Diageo, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  2.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Rupen Desai, Dole Sunshine Company
    Global Marketer of the Year

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Rupen Desai, Dole Sunshine Company

    Rupen Desai, Global CMO at Dole Sunshine Company, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  3.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Conny Braams, Unilever
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Conny Braams, Unilever

    Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Unilever, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  4.    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Andrea Álvares, Natura
    Global Marketer of the YearCMO Forum

    Meet the Global Marketer of the Year 2021 nominees: Andrea Álvares, Natura

    Andrea Álvares, Chief Brand, Innovation, International and Sustainability Officer at Natura, is one of the seven global marketers shortlisted for this year's WFA Global Marketer of the Year award in partnership with The Drum

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  5.    Sponsorship into 2022

    Sponsorship into 2022

    What will define brand sponsorship in 2022? Ian Malcolm, President and CEO of Lumency, a brand-side sponsorship, experiential and content marketing consultancy, shares his perspective.

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  6.    Galvanising marketing as a force for positive change: lessons learned from Planet Pledge

    Galvanising marketing as a force for positive change: lessons learned 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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  7.    A marketer in Glasgow
    Advertising & policySustainability

    A marketer in Glasgow

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reflects on his time at COP26 and identifies the five key areas that brands will have to address in combating climate change in the coming years.

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  8.    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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  9.    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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  10.    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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  11.    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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  12.    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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  13.    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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  14.    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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  15.    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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  16.    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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  17. 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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  18.    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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  19.    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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  20.    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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  21.    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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