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  1.    Media Forum Overview - Global Marketer Week Istanbul 2023
    Advertising & policyDigital policyCross-media measurementMarketing structureValue of advertisingInclusive marketingSustainabilityRetail media & ecommerce

    Media Forum Overview - Global Marketer Week Istanbul 2023

    Meeting overview and agenda from WFA’s Global Marketer Week Media Forum on the 26th of April 2023.

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  2.    My five takeaways from Cannes 2023
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeCreativityMarketing technologyCannes LionsInclusive marketingSustainabilityMarketing technologyMedia transformation

    My five takeaways from Cannes 2023

    This year’s Cannes Lions had a real buzz about it. Clients seemed re-energised by the reprioritisation of creative effectiveness and real purpose, and the challenges of addressing sustainability and inclusion. Stephan Loerke, WFA CEO, provides his take-aways from five days in the south of France.

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    GARM and Ad Net Zero launch world's first guide to sustainable media for advertisers

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8. See more here.

    Together with Ad Net Zero, GARM launches at the Cannes Lions International festival of Creativity the world’s first guide to sustainable media for advertisers. The guide identifies 10 areas accross planning, buying and activation where advertisers can take action right now to reduce the direct carbon emissions of their advertising activity.

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  4.    Quaker – Growing the Future of Oats for People & Planet
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    Quaker – Growing the Future of Oats for People & Planet

    As part of the PepsiCo Positive (pep+) transformation, Quaker developed science-based crop intelligence to support sustainable production across the Quaker oat sourcing footprint.

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  5.    Swedish ad industry launches CommToAct Planet initiative to drive credible sustainability communication
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    Swedish ad industry launches CommToAct Planet initiative to drive credible sustainability communication

    New cross-industry initiative will develop guidance and resources to help marketers communicate on climate action and accelerate the green transition

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  6.    WFA launches Sustainable Marketing 2030 to close the gap between intent and action
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer WeekSustainabilityMarketing operations

    WFA launches Sustainable Marketing 2030 to close the gap between intent and action

    Fewer than half of marketing departments have taken the lead in their sustainability journeys but the will to transform has grown

    Forty-one percent say they now have a sustainability story they are proud to communicate, up from 25% in 2021

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  7.    Beware advertisers, the EU has a new plan to limit hot air around environmental claims
    Advertising & policySustainability

    Beware advertisers, the EU has a new plan to limit hot air around environmental claims

    Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi, reflects on the newly proposed EU Directive on Green Claims and its consequences for advertisers and consumers

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  8.    How do you create sustainable growth? 3 more experts share their views
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer WeekSustainability

    How do you create sustainable growth? 3 more experts share their views

    Ahead of WFA Global Marketer Week in Istanbul, we asked three thought-leaders for their views on how to achieve the holy grail of sustainable growth

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  9.    How do you create sustainable growth? 3 experts share their views
    Global Marketer WeekSustainability

    How do you create sustainable growth? 3 experts share their views

    Ahead of WFA Global Marketer Week in Istanbul, we asked three thought leaders for their views on how to achieve the holy grail of sustainable growth.

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  10.    Reducing WFA’s carbon footprint
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    Reducing WFA’s carbon footprint

    WFA is committed to doing its part in the fight against climate change. WFA Senior Connections Manager, Hanne van de Ven, shares on the organisation's journey to reduce its event-related carbon footprint.

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  11.    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?
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    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?

    WFA asked leading trade press editors to rank the industry on how they're responding to the sustainability challenge.

    The first part of this series featured editors from Marketing Week, Warc, Adweek and MediaPost. See here.

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  12.    Ad Net Zero goes global to help the ad industry achieve net zero
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    Ad Net Zero goes global to help the ad industry achieve net zero

    Initial focus of the global expansion will be in major advertising markets including the US and several EU countries

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  13.    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?
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    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?

    Ahead of Cannes, WFA asked leading trade press editors to rank the industry on how they're responding to the sustainability challenge

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  14.    CMO Forum meeting overview (April 2022)
    Advertising & policyMarketing strategyMarketing structureInclusive marketingSustainabilityCMO ForumMarketing operationsMarketing strategy

    CMO Forum meeting overview (April 2022)

    Overview of the CMO Forum held remotely on April 6, 2022.

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  15.    National industry associations from 29 countries gather in Athens
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    National industry associations from 29 countries gather in Athens

    WFA National Associations Council members discuss the leadership role of national associations in fostering a more sustainable advertising industry, including on climate action, online safety and media measurement.

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  16.    WFA issues guidance for brands on making credible environmental claims
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    WFA issues guidance for brands on making credible environmental claims

    New research indicates that 64% of Planet Pledge signatories now have ethical standards in place to guard against potential greenwashing

    Dairy company, Arla, and Australian Advertiser Association sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge taking total to 27 major multi-nationals

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  17.    Global Guidance on Environmental Claims 2022
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    Global Guidance on Environmental Claims 2022

    First-of-its-kind guidance on how brands can make sure environmental claims featured in their marketing communications are credible for both consumers and regulators

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  18.    Using media to drive positive impact
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    Using media to drive positive impact

    Claire McAlpine and Helen Brain, Joint Heads of MediaCom UK’s Social Change Hub, reveal how they are working with clients to make a difference on DEI and sustainability.

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  19.    Credit Suisse, Essity and Heineken sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge
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    Credit Suisse, Essity and Heineken sign up to WFA’s Planet Pledge

    Twenty-five global brand owners have now signed up to WFA Planet Pledge, representing $43bn in ad global spend.

    National advertiser associations in Germany and Turkey push number of countries promoting the scheme to local brands to 26

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  20.    100 days on from COP26
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    100 days on from COP26

    Sarah Goodenough, Communications Manager for the UN Climate Champions, shares her reflections on COP26 and the activist role marketers must play to lead the way in the Race to Zero.

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  21.    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?
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    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?

    There are many reasons WFA members have hesitated to communicate around their sustainability efforts: The risk of exposing themselves in other areas of the business. Coming across as lacking authenticity. Inadvertently greenwashing. Or simply because they do not see the potential business benefit.

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