Sustainability initiatives and owners in digital advertising
Posted on Wednesday 24 May 2023 | IAB UK
From reducing carbon emissions to setting the standards - we've produced this handy grid to keep track of the sustainability initiatives progressing right across the digital media industry
Last updated: June 2023
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IAB UK |
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IAB Europe |
To enable a collaborative and consistent approach to measuring carbon emissions in digital advertising, encompassing regulatory and policy frameworks, as well as standardising best practices in ad delivery across the digital supply chain. Key objectives include providing ongoing insights into digital advertising sustainability, addressing challenges in robust GHG estimation, offering the industry a comparative overview of estimation options, aiding operational decarbonisation, and keeping members informed on evolving European sustainability policies and their impact on digital advertising |
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IAB Tech Lab |
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Ad Net Zero |
To decarbonise advertising operations and promote sustainable, products, services and behaviours |
1. Reducing emissions from Advertising Business Operations: To help UK businesses decarbonise, mandating supporters set science-based targets in line with the Paris Agreement 2. Reducing emissions from Ad Production: Using tools e.g. AdGreen, to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of productions 3. Reducing emissions from Ad Distribution: To help tackle media plans, launched a working group to standardise carbon calculations through a global data framework 4. Reducing emissions through events and awards: Challenging industry awards bodies to ensure that the sustainability credentials and climate impact of campaigns inform judging. Encouraging organisers of events to put sustainability at the forefront of planning including reducing long-distance travel 5. Harnessing advertising’s power to drive behaviour change: Launching the Campaign Ad Net Zero Awards and helping promote the work of regulators around the rules on environmental claims. Developing a framework with PWC to measure the ad industry’s responsibility on the resulting carbon impact from the sale of products and services supported by advertising campaigns |
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IPA |
Playing an integral role in Ad Net Zero - UK and Global |
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ISBA |
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Currently identifying advertisers’ barriers and issues, then will set priorities and identify deliverables |
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AOP |
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Survey ran in 2022 to gain a better understanding of members’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials
Set up three ESG groups – Decarbonisation, DE&I / Supply Chain and Content and Impact - looking at what publishers are doing editorially. |
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