In line with the Terms of Reference of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, EU Pledge signatories are required to monitor and report on the implementation of their commitments. EU Pledge member companies have committed to carry out independent, third-party compliance monitoring of the two central EU Pledge commitments every year in a representative sample of EU Member States.

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Meeting materials for WFA members.

Multiple countries worldwide, including China, Vietnam and Cambodia are reviewing their regulatory frameworks for advertising. There is no global one-size-fits-all approach to advertising standards; every country will craft a regulatory framework according to domestic legal and cultural specificities. But the core components for effective and responsible advertising standards remain the same. 

This toolkit makes the case for advertising self-regulation, identifying the core building blocks drawing on case studies from Brazil, India and the Philippines.

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This 2017 online survey contains responses from over 11,000 internet users across 11 EU countries. Responses cover the types of content users accessed online, their attitudes to data-driven advertising, and their willingness to pay for content as an alternative to advertising.

WFA member survey on how members are evaluating the impact of GDPR on their business.

Created by the EVSG (European Viewability Steering Group - made up of WFA, EACA and IAB Europe), these principles are designed to ensure that harmonised best practice standards and guidelines are applied to the measurement and trading of viewable digital advertising across all markets in Europe (and beyond). They are designed to help our industry to achieve the following common goals:

1. To raise minimum quality standards in digital advertising measurement for all stakeholders across Europe.
2. To measure digital ad exposure which is deemed a key step to increasing confidence in digital ad trading.
3. To enhance the (internet) user experience in the context of changing user expectations.
4. To improve confidence in the digital ad environment.

On 20 June, UN Women in partnership with Unilever and industry leaders including WPP, IPG, facebook, Google, Mars, Microsoft, J&J and WFA, announced the launch of the Unstereotype Alliance – a new global Alliance set to banish stereotypical portrayals of gender in advertising and all brand led content.

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The Coalition for Better Ads has released initial Better Ads Standards for desktop and mobile web that reflect consumer advertising preferences in North American and European markets. The initial Better Ads Standards are based on research during which consumers were asked to read articles on simulated high quality content pages, and then to rate comparatively the different ad experiences they received. Over 25,000 consumers rated 104 ad experiences for desktop web and mobile web. The Coalition’s research identifies the ad experiences in both North America and Europe that ranked lowest across a range of user experience factors, and that are most highly correlated with an increased propensity for consumers to adopt ad blockers. These results define initial Better Ads Standards that identify the ad experiences that fall beneath a threshold of consumer acceptability. 

There is increasing pressure on alcohol producers in light of marketing’s perceived role in encouraging underage consumption.