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  1.    Marketing facing “worst-ever” talent crisis
    Marketing capabilitiesMedia transformation

    Marketing facing “worst-ever” talent crisis

    Data and analytics, eCommerce and measurement top skills shortage

    Over-specialisation, poor training and talent management key reasons for lack of staff development  

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  2.    WFA grows its corporate network

    WFA grows its corporate network

    WFA has welcomed a host of new corporations into its membership in recent months, with 140 multinationals now plugged into the organisation’s peer-to-peer networks.

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  3.    Agency rosters face ongoing reform and revamps
    Agency managementMarketing structure

    Agency rosters face ongoing reform and revamps

    In-housing benefits as advertisers seek to respond to digital, Covid, sustainability and diversity and inclusion challenges, shows new WFA research

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  4.    WFA members inducted into inaugural Forbes CMO Hall of Fame
    Global Marketer of the Year

    WFA members inducted into inaugural Forbes CMO Hall of Fame

    Seven leaders from WFA member companies have been named in the first-ever Forbes CMO Hall of Fame.

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  5.    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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  6.    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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  7. 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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  8.    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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  9.    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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