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  1.    Reducing WFA’s carbon footprint
    Brand purposeSustainability

    Reducing WFA’s carbon footprint

    WFA is committed to doing its part in the fight against climate change. WFA Senior Connections Manager, Hanne van de Ven, shares on the organisation's journey to reduce its event-related carbon footprint.

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  2.    An unlikely destination
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    An unlikely destination

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reports back from COP27, where the real action is happening away from political leaders.

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  3.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 21: On brand building in the football industry with Roel de Vries, City Football Group
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 21: On brand building in the football industry with Roel de Vries, City Football Group

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Roel de Vries, Group Chief Operating Officer at City Football Group, about the ins and outs of the football business, and the similarities and differences between Tokyo and Manchester.

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  4.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 20: On diversity and cultural relevance with Susan Akkad, The Estée Lauder Companies
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 20: On diversity and cultural relevance with Susan Akkad, The Estée Lauder Companies

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Susan Akkad, Senior Vice President, Local and Cultural Platforms, Corporate Innovation at The Estée Lauder Companies, about the importance for brands to listen and cater to diverse audiences to stay relevant. 

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  5.    My top 10 take-outs from talking to marketing's brightest minds
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    My top 10 take-outs from talking to marketing's brightest minds

    The biggest brains in marketing offer their top tips to smarter, more effective marketing. David Wheldon highlights 10 great pieces of advice from recent episodes of the WFA’s Better Marketing podcast

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  6.    WFA launches Global Marketer of the Year 2022
    Brand purposeBrand reputationCreativityGlobal Marketer of the YearMarketing effectivenessMarketing structureContent marketingMarketing capabilitiesMarketing operations

    WFA launches Global Marketer of the Year 2022

    Partners with The Drum to celebrate global and regional marketers and the work they do to strengthen their brands and businesses

    New WFA Hall of Fame celebrates the work of all the marketers who have been shortlisted in the five previous rounds of the award

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  7.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 19: On redefining creative excellence with David Droga
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 19: On redefining creative excellence with David Droga

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with David Droga, CEO and Creative Chairman of Accenture Song, about his journey from the mailroom in Australia to the highest seat in Accenture's creative powerhouse – and where the agency’s name comes from.

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  8.    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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  9.    Spotlight: Counting the (Carbon) Cost
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    Spotlight: Counting the (Carbon) Cost

    With sustainability increasingly becoming a key priority for advertisers, the measurement of their carbon footprint and the environmental impact of their operations is now more important than ever.

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  10.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 16: On the science of marketing with Professor Byron Sharp
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    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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  11.    Spotlight: Tackling Responsible Media
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    Spotlight: Tackling Responsible Media

    Clients are increasingly moving away from indiscriminate media buying decisions and ‘responsible media’ programmes are becoming more prevalent on the client-side.

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  12.    Want to produce great work? Stop treating your advertising agencies like dirt
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    Want to produce great work? Stop treating your advertising agencies like dirt

    The client-agency relationship is in dire need of a reset, says Guardian columnist and brand strategist, Arwa Mahdawi

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  13.    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'
    Brand purposeBrand reputation

    Mastercard's Raja Rajamannar: ‘Do not think to return to pre-Covid habits'

    Raja Rajamannar, WFA President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mastercard, shares his vision for the year ahead.

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  14.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 13: On creativity with Sir John Hegarty

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with ad legend Sir John Hegarty about the value of creativity, building iconic brands and the secret to making the perfect marmalade.

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  15.    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?
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    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?

    There are many reasons WFA members have hesitated to communicate around their sustainability efforts: The risk of exposing themselves in other areas of the business. Coming across as lacking authenticity. Inadvertently greenwashing. Or simply because they do not see the potential business benefit.

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  16.    Mondelēz and Sanofi join Planet Pledge
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    Mondelēz and Sanofi join Planet Pledge

    Two more major global brand owners have signed up to WFA’s Planet Pledge, a worldwide commitment to making marketing a force for positive change both internally and among consumers.

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  17.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Folake Ani-Mumuney, Global Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at First Bank of Nigeria, about why brands need to start focusing more on the African continent.

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  18.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Sonia Thimmiah, Head of Sustainable Brands & Customer Partnerships at Reckitt.

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  19.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with “The Ad Contrarian”, Bob Hoffman.

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  20.    What’s worth keeping post pandemic
    Brand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer of the YearDigital media transformation

    What’s worth keeping post pandemic

    The pandemic has changed everything but what new priorities, behaviours or ways of working from the last two years would jury members for the Global Marketer of the Year retain for the future?

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  21.    Five CMOs with five post lockdown tips
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    Five CMOs with five post lockdown tips

    Leading global marketers share five back-to-school tips with WFA’s Better Marketing Pod with David Wheldon

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