The Advertising Association promotes the role and rights of responsible advertising and its value to people, society, businesses and the economy. We represent UK advertisers, agencies, media owners and tech companies on behalf of the entire industry, acting as the connection between industry professionals and the politicians and policy-makers.

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The Advertising Association focuses on major industry and policy areas that have huge ramifications on UK advertising. This section contains our work around public health, gambling advertising, data and e-privacy, trust, the digital economy and more.

Credos is the advertising industry’s independent think tank. It produces research, evidence and reports into the impact and effectiveness of and public and political response to advertising on behalf of UK advertisers in order to enable the industry to make informed decisions.

Front Foot is our industry’s member network of over 90 businesses across UK advertising. It aims to promote the role of responsible advertising and its value to people, society and the economy through a coalition of senior leaders from advertisers, agencies and media owners.

We run a number of events throughout the year, from our annual LEAD summit to the Media Business Course and regular breakfast briefings for our members. We are also the official UK representative for the world’s biggest festival of creativity – Cannes Lions.

AA Comment on the Latest IPCC Report

/ February 28th 2022
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In light of the release of  the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, a spokesperson for the Advertising Association has issued the following comment.

“The latest IPCC report is a stark reminder of the need for immediate climate action.

UK advertising has a clear action plan to tackle the climate emergency through Ad Net Zero and its target of net zero ad operations by end 2030. We are determined to make tangible, long-term changes to the way we work and the work we produce, not just here in the UK but around the world.

Every single person working in the advertising and marketing services industries can act now by encouraging their companies to get involved in Ad Net Zero and by completing the Ad Net Zero Essential Certificate. We are making rapid progress in this critical second year of Ad Net Zero and, later this summer, we will introduce a new certification standard for supporting companies to prove their capabilities in delivering sustainable ad operations. It is imperative all companies in our industry take action as part of the drive to tackle this global issue.”