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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.    Inclusive equals results
    Inclusive marketing

    Inclusive equals results

    New research shows how embracing diversity in content delivers better results. Will Gilroy from the WFA and Daren Poole from Kantar outline the latest data.

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  2.    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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  3.    PAG Meeting Overview (June 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policySustainability

    PAG Meeting Overview (June 2021)

    Meeting overview, presentations and briefings from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 15 June 2021.

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  4.    BRIM: Black Representation in Marketing
    Inclusive marketing

    BRIM: Black Representation in Marketing

    A new UK cross-industry initiative to improve the representation of Black people in marketing.

    Create meaningful change by re-evaluating your own practices and taking action today. BRiM provides actionable advice to help anyone, no matter their level, improve the representation of Black people in marketing.

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  5.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 9: On purpose, Orlando Bloom and teaching from Tasmania with Professor Mark Ritson
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationInclusive marketingDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 9: On purpose, Orlando Bloom and teaching from Tasmania with Professor Mark Ritson

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with the inimitable marketing professor and industry commentator, Mark Ritson.

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  6.    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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  7.    DSA Task Force Meeting Overview (June 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    DSA Task Force Meeting Overview (June 2021)

    The WFA DSA Task Force met on 23 June 2021 to discuss the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.

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  8.    Insight Forum Overview (June 2021)
    Influencer marketingMarketing strategyMarketing strategy

    Insight Forum Overview (June 2021)

    Meeting overview from WFA’s Insight Forum meeting on 23 June 2021, which took place remotely.

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  9.    Emerging trend - ad bans for fossil fuels
    Advertising & policy

    Emerging trend - ad bans for fossil fuels

    Advertising restrictions for fossil fuels are gaining traction across Europe, as national and city governments develop and implement climate policies.

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  10.    Spotlight on marketing and sustainability: bridging the gaps around the world
    Advertising & policyMarketing structureSustainabilityCMO ForumMarketing operations

    Spotlight on marketing and sustainability: bridging the gaps around the world

    Join WFA and behavioural science agency BVA Nudge Unit as they share the global and regional insights from the world’s first marketing and sustainability study created in partnership with 34 national advertiser associations.

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  11.    Get comfortable with sustainability
    Brand purposeBrand reputationMarketing capabilitiesMarketing operations

    Get comfortable with sustainability

    The key insight from the WFA’s Marketing and Sustainability: Closing the Gaps research is that marketers need to get more comfortable with the topic. Scott Young from BVA Nudge Unit explains how that’s possible.

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  12.    DGX meeting overview (May 2021)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX meeting overview (May 2021)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held remotely on 27 May 2021.

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  13.    Spotlight: Preparing for digital media’s privacy-first future | Episode 1

    Spotlight: Preparing for digital media’s privacy-first future | Episode 1

    The changing nature of data privacy is fundamentally redefining the way in which online audiences are measured and targeted by advertisers.

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  14.    Marketing’s Missing P: Planet
    Brand purposeBrand reputationSustainabilityMarketing operations

    Marketing’s Missing P: Planet

    Is marketing at odds with sustainability? Thomas Lingard, Global Climate & Environment Director, Unilever, shares his view on how marketers can be a positive force for change.

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  15.    Capability Forum Overview (June 2021)
    CMO ForumMarketing operations

    Capability Forum Overview (June 2021)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Capability Forum meeting on 8 June 2021, which took place remotely.

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  16.    CMO Forum meeting overview (June 2021)
    Agency managementMarketing strategyMarketing structureCMO ForumDigital media transformationMarketing strategy

    CMO Forum meeting overview (June 2021)

    Overview of the CMO Forum held remotely on June 2, 2021.

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  17.    How are you helping marketing get on the sustainability journey?
    Brand purposeBrand reputationSustainability

    How are you helping marketing get on the sustainability journey?

    We asked three leading CMOs how their organisation was taking action to improve the sustainability of their messages and their products.

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  18.    New metrics for a growth agenda
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    New metrics for a growth agenda

    Moving from a savings outlook to a value-creation approach requires new methods of measuring progress. Building on discussions within WFA's Sourcing Forum, Simraan Kulkarni, WFA Sourcing Manager, shares on three areas where new metrics can be used.

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  19.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (May 2021)
    Advertising & policy

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (May 2021)

    Overview of the Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) Programme meeting held remotely on 19 May 2021.

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  20.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 8: On making an iconic doll relevant again with Lisa McKnight
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationInclusive marketingDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 8: On making an iconic doll relevant again with Lisa McKnight

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Lisa McKnight, SVP and Global Head of Barbie & Dolls at Mattel, Inc.

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  21.    WFA Consultant Directory
    Marketing operations

    WFA Consultant Directory

    A WFA directory of marketing consultant firms, based on member recommendations and market research. Last update: June 2021

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