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WFA produces resources, research and guides across a wide range of emerging marketing topics and challenges. All the work is informed by WFA member input and developed in close cooperation with the best experts from across the industry.

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  1.    Making DEI a top area of focus
    Inclusive marketing

    Making DEI a top area of focus

    To stand any chance of fighting inequality through inclusive business and branding, we need leaders who will drive ED&I strategies and demonstrate personal passion and accountability. At Unilever this is recognised as part of the company culture, with CEO Alan Jope driving Equity, Diversity & Inclusion as one of the top three strategic focus areas for the business.  

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  2.    Setting up country-specific ERGs
    Inclusive marketing

    Setting up country-specific ERGs

    It's challenging and isolating to be the 'only person like you' in a company, and Employees Resource Groups can provide invaluable support.

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  3.    WFA feedback to the EU Commission on ‘greenwashing’ ban proposal

    WFA feedback to the EU Commission on ‘greenwashing’ ban proposal

    WFA’s feedback to the European Commission on the Proposal for a Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, a proposed law aimed at tackling ‘greenwashing’ marketing practices, currently under discussion in Brussels.

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  4.    Tech & tools in marketing procurement
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Tech & tools in marketing procurement

    This WFA report, written in partnership with Flock Associates – The Marketing Transformation Company, explores how clients, in a marketing procurement role, rely on tech & tools to deliver their goals.

     

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  5.    Spotlight: Counting the (Carbon) Cost
    Brand purpose

    Spotlight: Counting the (Carbon) Cost

    With sustainability increasingly becoming a key priority for advertisers, the measurement of their carbon footprint and the environmental impact of their operations is now more important than ever.

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  6.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (May 2022)
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (May 2022)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on May 25, 2022.

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  7.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 16: On the science of marketing with Professor Byron Sharp
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationMarketing effectiveness

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 16: On the science of marketing with Professor Byron Sharp

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Professor Byron Sharp, Director of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute and author of How Brands Grow, about brand loyalty, double jeopardy, and consumer experience and satisfaction.

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  8.    Marketing in the metaverse: a brave new world of nonsense or the key to your brand’s longevity?
    Marketing technologyDigital media transformationMarketing technology

    Marketing in the metaverse: a brave new world of nonsense or the key to your brand’s longevity?

    Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi, reflects on the possibilities and challenges that the metaverse has in store for brands

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  9.    Creative effectiveness is not about taking risks
    CreativityMarketing effectivenessContent marketing

    Creative effectiveness is not about taking risks

    Having spent more than 10 years reporting on what works in marketing communications, the key to the effectiveness of creativity is down to more fundamental matters, says Marketing Week Editor-in-Chief, Russell Parsons

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  10.    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?
    Advertising & policySustainability

    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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  11.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (May 2022)

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (May 2022)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) programme meeting on 25 May 2022.

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  12.    PAG Meeting Overview (May 2022)

    PAG Meeting Overview (May 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 24 May 2022.

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  13.    How new rules could create a more trustworthy online ecosystem
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    How new rules could create a more trustworthy online ecosystem

    Gabrielle Robitaille, WFA's Senior Digital Policy Manager, explains why the WFA supports the European Union’s Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

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  14.    Webinar: Dark Patterns and Advertising Regulation
    Digital policy

    Webinar: Dark Patterns and Advertising Regulation

    On 19 May 2022 WFA hosted a webinar with the objective to shed light on dark patterns and how the advertising industry can come together to foster better consumer protection online. 

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  15.    DGX meeting on Google Analytics (May 2022)
    Digital policy

    DGX meeting on Google Analytics (May 2022)

    In this session on 25 May 2022, WFA members discussed Google’s recent announcements regarding Google Analytics 4 and shared perspectives as what impact the proposed changes could have in light of recent rulings from EU data protection authorities.

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  16.    Benchmark: Market research - challenges and solutions in sharing Nielsen’s data

    Benchmark: Market research - challenges and solutions in sharing Nielsen’s data

    WFA member benchmark on the challenges and solutions in sharing Nielsen’s data. 

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  17.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (May 2022)
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (May 2022)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on May 17, 2022.

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  18.    Spotlight: Tackling Responsible Media
    Brand purpose

    Spotlight: Tackling Responsible Media

    Clients are increasingly moving away from indiscriminate media buying decisions and ‘responsible media’ programmes are becoming more prevalent on the client-side.

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  19.    Benchmark: Sourcing approach to agency pitch

    Benchmark: Sourcing approach to agency pitch

    This WFA member benchmark examined the current sourcing approach to agency pitch.

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  20.    Explosive eCommerce growth drives need for improved brand and performance integration
    Retail media & ecommerce

    Explosive eCommerce growth drives need for improved brand and performance integration

    eCommerce-focused multinationals are spending significantly more on performance ads than brand messages

    Increasing focus on profit improvements as advertisers evolve their approach

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  21.    Remembering George Floyd and our promises
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Remembering George Floyd and our promises

    On the two-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd, WFA Global Diversity Ambassador, Belinda Smith, reflects on whether the industry is doing enough on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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