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Meeting overview and agenda from WFA’s Global Marketer Week Media Forum on the 26th of April 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.
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.
As part of the PepsiCo Positive (pep+) transformation, Quaker developed science-based crop intelligence to support sustainable production across the Quaker oat sourcing footprint.
New cross-industry initiative will develop guidance and resources to help marketers communicate on climate action and accelerate the green transition
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
Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi, reflects on the newly proposed EU Directive on Green Claims and its consequences for advertisers and consumers
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
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.
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.
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.
Initial focus of the global expansion will be in major advertising markets including the US and several EU countries
Ahead of Cannes, WFA asked leading trade press editors to rank the industry on how they're responding to the sustainability challenge
Overview of the CMO Forum held remotely on April 6, 2022.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.