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  1.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 18: Cannes Special with Rupen Desai
    Advertising & policyDigital policyInclusive marketing

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 18: Cannes Special with Rupen Desai

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Rupen Desai, Global Chief Marketing Officer at Dole Sunshine Company, about brands rising up to the climate challenge, talent and the 'great reawakening' and his leadership role in APAC.

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  2.    How seriously is the industry taking sustainability?
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeValue of advertisingCannes LionsSustainability

    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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  3.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 17: Cannes Special with Matt Brittin
    Advertising & policyDigital policyInclusive marketing

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 17: Cannes Special with Matt Brittin

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Matt Brittin, EMEA President at Google, about about brand safety, more inclusive advertising and how to address the climate emergency.

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  4.    Dutch association receives royal designation for 100 years of representing the interests of advertisers
    Advertising & policyValue of advertising

    Dutch association receives royal designation for 100 years of representing the interests of advertisers

    bvA challenges brand leaders to play an active role in addressing societal issues

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  5.    Ad Net Zero goes global to help the ad industry achieve net zero
    Advertising & policySustainability

    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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  6.    DGX meeting overview (June 2022)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX meeting overview (June 2022)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held remotely on 16 June 2022

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  7.    Case study | Cox Communications: Project Convey
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Case study | Cox Communications: Project Convey

    Cable provider creates video chat system to help individuals with autism interpret emotions.

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 22 April 2022.

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  8.    Insight & Strategy | Spark: Beyond Binary Code
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Insight & Strategy | Spark: Beyond Binary Code

    Why a telecommunications provider created a resource for those who identify beyond binary gender labels in a bid to improve people's relationship with their data.

    This article was originally published in Contagious I/O on 21 April 2022

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  9.    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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  10.    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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  11. Advertising & policy

    GARM: 3 Years of Progress

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    This report looks back on GARM's three-year journey to date, and looks at what's new today and what's next tomorrow.

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  12. Advertising & policy

    GARM announces guidelines on misinformation, standards on ad placements, and expansion to cover the metaverse

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    New adjacency standards were unveiled for Feed, Stories, In-stream Video, In-stream Audio and Display overlay; along with plans to ensure brand safety is built into new metaverse spaces prior to monetization.

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  13.    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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  14.    GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability Framework
    Advertising & policy

    GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability Framework

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    This document is designed to provide GARM members with a common understanding of key definitions and categories. Last updated: June 2022

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  15.    GARM Adjacency Standards Framework
    Advertising & policy

    GARM Adjacency Standards Framework

    This document is designed to provide advertising industry participants with a common structure for evaluating the brand safety and suitability of an ad placement relative to an ad’s position to nearby content within specific media formats

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  16.    WFA and GARM endorse strengthened EU Code of Practice on disinformation
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    WFA and GARM endorse strengthened EU Code of Practice on disinformation

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    Industry stakeholders, including WFA and GARM, have drafted and endorsed a strengthened EU Code of Practice designed to fight the spread and monetisation of disinformation.

     

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  17. Advertising & policyAd tech

    GARM expands membership to independent brand safety providers

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    Expansion formalises existing collaboration.

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  18.    WFA Policy Tracker
    Advertising & policyDigital policyValue of advertising

    WFA Policy Tracker

    WFA's EU Policy Tracker provides an update on all latest developments and WFA activities regarding the most relevant EU legislative files. 

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  19.    AXA and Philips add their weight to WFA’s Planet Pledge
    Advertising & policy

    AXA and Philips add their weight to WFA’s Planet Pledge

    WFA launches Learning Hub to support brands strengthen internal capabilities on sustainable marketing

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  20.    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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  21.    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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