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  1.    WFA names new Global Diversity Ambassadors
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    WFA names new Global Diversity Ambassadors

    Marketers from Reckitt, Estée Lauder and The Walt Disney Company join founding Ambassador Jerry Daykin to help steer WFA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion drive

    The four will play a strategic role in helping shape WFA’s priorities and agenda

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  2.    Cristina Diezhandino named WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2022
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    Cristina Diezhandino named WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2022

    Diageo’s Global Chief Marketing Officer, Cristina Diezhandino, has been named WFA Global Marketer of the Year 2022, after making the annual award’s shortlist for a second time in a row.

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  3.    ESG to take centre stage at Global Marketer Week in Istanbul
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    ESG to take centre stage at Global Marketer Week in Istanbul

    With companies under increasing pressure from shareholders, investors, civil society and activists to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their company operations, marketing’s role in delivering on brand promises will be under the spotlight at Global Marketer Week in Istanbul.

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  4. Advertising & policy

    Twitter announces its acceleration agenda with GARM to answer brand safety needs

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

    The Global Alliance for Responsible Media and Twitter agree tangible steps to address brand safety-related concerns.

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  5.    Advertisers believe they are still getting great value from their agencies post pandemic, WFA research

    Advertisers believe they are still getting great value from their agencies post pandemic, WFA research

    Clients acknowledge the need to pay more for diversity and sustainability commitments, as value-based compensation continues its steady rise 

    Clients challenged on cost of digital work, which has increased by up to 50% 

    Agencies face payment terms that now average 60 days

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  6.    WFA welcomes 13 new members

    WFA welcomes 13 new members

    WFA has added 11 new corporate members since July, bringing its total membership to 148 companies. It also welcomed into its membership national advertiser associations from Costa Rica and El Salvador, thus expanding its global footprint to 60 markets on five continents.

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  7.    WFA appoints new Insight Forum chair
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    WFA appoints new Insight Forum chair

    Mars veteran to chair WFA’s Insights community and help boost member peer-to-peer learnings

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    WFA and GARM meet Musk to discuss brand safety

    On December 1st, the WFA Executive Committee met with Twitter’s new leadership team to discuss Twitter’s commitments to brand safety and the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which Twitter reinforced. 

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  9.    WFA  and jury reveal shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2022
    Global Marketer of the Year

    WFA and jury reveal shortlist for Global Marketer of the Year 2022

    Our expert jury has shortlisted top global marketing leaders for our WFA annual award scheme. Voting is now open until the 31st of January 2023 and the winner will be announced in early February in partnership with The Drum. Special recognition given to Jodi Harris, formerly of AB InBev, who passed away this year.

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