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  1.    Spotlight: Consumer insights through a diversity and inclusion lens
    Inclusive marketing

    Spotlight: Consumer insights through a diversity and inclusion lens

    Ensuring that a brand’s marketing communications is representative and inclusive of diverse audiences is an essential prerequisite for sustainable growth.

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  2.    Case study | Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand: David’s Unusables

    Case study | Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand: David’s Unusables

    Non-profit hijacks online auction platform to educate about the effects of Motor Neurone Disease.

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 17 June 2022

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  3.    Case study | Dell & Intel: I Will Always Be Me
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Case study | Dell & Intel: I Will Always Be Me

    Global tech companies Dell and Intel collaborate to help MND patients preserve their voice.

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 3 March 2022

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  4.    Case study | Lacoste: The Théo Curin Collection
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Case study | Lacoste: The Théo Curin Collection

    Fashion label Lacoste teams up with disabled athlete to create adaptable clothing collection

    This article was originally published in Contagious on 8 April 2022

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  5.    WFA launches Charter for Change at Cannes to drive global action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    WFA launches Charter for Change at Cannes to drive global action on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    Charter defines set of universal requirements for global organisations to improve their employees’ lived experiences

    Resource provides “ideas to steal” from successful initiatives that companies can adopt

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  6.    Challenging the stigma around disability

    Challenging the stigma around disability

    Barclay’s This is Me initiative challenges the stigma around disability and mental health in the workplace.

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  7.    Setting goals and targets on Disability Inclusion

    Setting goals and targets on Disability Inclusion

    Over 15% of the global population live with a disability, but they are still the largest under-represented group in the world. To address this, Unilever has committed to building an organisation that is a beacon of diversity and inclusion by setting a global goal to have 5% of their workforce represented by people with a disability by 2025, as well as becoming the no.1 employer of choice for people with a disability.

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  8.    Case study | Xbox: Therapeutic Play
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Case study | Xbox: Therapeutic Play

    Games console manufacturer promotes hospital gaming initiative through a documentary that connects two people with the same rare hereditary disorder.

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 11 April 2022

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  9.    Case study | Pilsen Callao: E-nterpreters
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Case study | Pilsen Callao: E-nterpreters

    Peruvian beer brand develops gaming tool to convert voice calls into sign language to ensure deaf and hard of hearing players don’t get left out of the conversation

    This article was originally published in Contagious on 9 April 2022

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  10.    World Economic Forum new benchmark on diversity and inclusion in media and entertainment
    Inclusive marketing

    World Economic Forum new benchmark on diversity and inclusion in media and entertainment

    The report shows how audiences demand more of the media and entertainment industry in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and will reward progress with trust and loyalty.

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  11.    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation in media planning and buying
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    WFA launches guide to diversity and representation in media planning and buying

    New framework details potential issues and opportunities in key areas

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  12.    New guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    New guide addressing Diversity & Inclusion in brand safety

    The guide has been developed by the European Association of Communication Agencies (EACA)

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  13.    Beyond Gender 2: The impact of intersectionality in advertising
    Inclusive marketing

    Beyond Gender 2: The impact of intersectionality in advertising

    The second Beyond Gender report offers valuable insight on intersectionality in advertising, supporting the Unstereotype Alliance's goal of eradicating harmful stereotypes from advertising and media.

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  14.    Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook
    Inclusive marketing

    Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising: a UNICEF playbook

    Advertising can be a force for good that promotes change towards a more diverse and inclusive world. To help marketeers in this effort, UNICEF presented their "Promoting diversity and inclusion in advertising" playbook.

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  15. Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    First-ever DEI Census reveals major challenges around family status, age, gender, ethnicity and disability

    Most common forms of discrimination globally were reported on the basis of age and family status

    Women and ethnic minorities in the marketing industry report poorer lived experiences than men and ethnic majorities

    But marketing still outperforms many other industries globally on DEI

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  16.    WFA launches Latin American guide to diversity and representation through the creative process
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    WFA launches Latin American guide to diversity and representation through the creative process

    New guide provides local examples of unstereotyped work combined with global insight into areas where bias can occur in the creative process

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  17.    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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  18.    Case study | Warner Music Group: Saylists
    Inclusive marketing

    Case study | Warner Music Group: Saylists

    Record label teams up with Apple Music to offer speech therapy for kids through its songs

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 3 June 2021

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  19.    Marketing industry launches first-ever global diversity and inclusion census
    Inclusive marketing

    Marketing industry launches first-ever global diversity and inclusion census

    Census represents biggest ever global cross-industry collaboration between WFA, agencies associations Voxcomm and EACA, Campaign, Kantar, Cannes Lions, Advertising Week, The Effies and GWI

    Supported by major global companies including Diageo, GSK and Reckitt and agency holding groups WPP and Havas.

    National advertiser and agency associations in 27 markets are promoting the research and encouraging local marketers to participate.

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  20.    UK ad industry unveils All In Census results and action plan to improve inclusion in the workplace
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    UK ad industry unveils All In Census results and action plan to improve inclusion in the workplace

    Industry-wide survey finds Black, Disabled and Working-Class talent are significantly underrepresented in UK advertising

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  21.    WFA launches global industry census in partnership with Campaign, Kantar and agencies associations EACA and VoxComm
    Inclusive marketing

    WFA launches global industry census in partnership with Campaign, Kantar and agencies associations EACA and VoxComm

    National advertiser and agency associations in 27 markets will promote research and encourage local marketers to participate.

    Census is supported by major global companies including Diageo, GSK, Havas, Mars, Mondelez and Reckitt.

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