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CANNES, France, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Ad Net Zero Expansion Led By Advertisers, Agency Groups, Media & Trade Bodies

Companies Invited to Join Global Efforts To Drive Rapid Change

Leaders from many of the largest companies and associations in the world's

advertising industry have announced their intent to apply learning from the UK

and plan the roll out of Ad Net Zero [https://adnetzero.com/] internationally

to major markets. The world's major advertising agency holding companies,

dentsu international, Havas, Interpublic Group, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe and

WPP, along with Unilever – one of the world's largest advertisers, global tech

companies, Google and Meta, plus European media company Sky, will be supported

by US trade bodies, ANA, 4A's and the IAB, European and global agency

associations, EACA and Voxcomm, the WFA representing global advertisers and the

IAA to extend the Ad Net Zero programme from the UK to other major advertising

markets. Ascential, owner of LIONS, has played a major role in convening this

international action to tackle the climate emergency. The group invited more

organisations with international reach to join and help support the roll-out

plans.

The Ad Net Zero programme was launched in the UK in November 2020 by the

Advertising Association, ISBA and the IPA and counts over 100 advertisers,

agencies, commercial media owners and production companies in its membership.

All the partners in the global coalition are supporters in the UK and are

committed to build plans to extend Ad Net Zero into other major markets. The

focus of the new Ad Net Zero group will be to rapidly establish plans for

roll-out in major advertising markets with immediate focus on the US and the

EU, working in partnership with the UK team. The next update will be presented

at the Ad Net Zero Global Summit which will take place online on November 9 and

10, alongside COP27. Going forward, progress will be shared and discussed at

Cannes Lions each summer and the Global Summit each November, in line with the

COP event, to maintain momentum during this critical decade.

Stephen Woodford, Chief Executive, Advertising Association, said: "Our 5-point

action plan pledges to reduce carbon emissions from UK advertising operations

to net zero by 2030, with businesses committing to robust, verified plans to

reduce their emissions. It also pledges to use advertising's power to

accelerate the switch to more sustainable products and services for consumers.

We are excited to be working now on a roadmap for development internationally,

with the flexibility to adapt and develop market specific solutions and share

best practice in sustainable ad operations. We welcome all organisations

interested in this to contact us to find out more."

The global advertising industry, as measured by advertising media investment,

was worth $594,322bn in 2020. The top 20 advertising markets account for 89.3%

of this spend and these markets will be the focus for the programme's rollout.

For more details, please visit: https://adnetzero.com　

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Caption: Ad Net Zero Global Group L-R: Daryl Simm of Omnicom, Dagmara Szulce of

IAA, Tamara Daltroff of EACA and Voxcomm, Jemma Gould of IPG, Marla Kaplowitz

of 4A’s, Arielle Gross Samuels of Meta, Stephan Loerke of WFA, Anna Lungley of

dentsu international, Carla Serrano of Publicis Groupe, Stephen Woodford of

Advertising Association, Lorella Gessa of Havas Group, David Cohen of IAB,

Aline Santos of Unilever, Bob Liodice of ANA, Lorraine Twohill of Google,

Lindsay Pattison of WPP and Melanie Burger of Sky.

Source: Advertising Association