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.

Ad Net Zero & Advertising Week Launch New Podcast Series

/ September 1st 2022
Climate Action

What are the sustainability challenges – and opportunities – within the advertising industry’s path to net zero? How can advertising play a positive role in tackling the climate crisis? What is Ad Net Zero and why is it important to the US market?  

Today, the AA and Advertising Week New York launch a new podcast series:  Ad Net Zero: Making Every Ad a Green Ad. In this series, Stephen Woodford (CEO, Advertising Association) and Sebastian Munden (Ad Net Zero Chair, previously General Manager of Unilever UK & Ireland) engage in conversations with industry leaders to discuss the five actions of the Ad Net Zero Action Plan and how to implement them in your day-to-day work.  

In the first episode, our host Stephen Woodford is joined by Alison Pepper, Sustainability Lead, 4As, to introduce Ad Net Zero to the US listener, why our industry’s commitment to net zero is important and how advertising can play a positive role in tackling the climate crisis.  

Next guests will include James Best (Credos), Konrad Shek (Advertising Association), Jo Fenn (AdGreen), Traci Dunne (APR), Stephan Loerke (WFA) and more.   

Tune in every Thursday for the next six weeks to learn all about the Ad Net Zero world and how you can become part of this global community.  

Listen & subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.