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.

A A A

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.

Shortlist announced for the Campaign Ad Net Zero Awards

/ September 30th 2022
Ad Net Zero Climate Action Industry News News & Opinions

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for our Campaign Ad Net Zero Awards, honouring work which is helping to build a net zero economy.

BBDO and Havas have led the way by gaining the most nominations for the UK advertising industry’s first awards, focused solely on sustainability.

Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO’s “addresspollution.org” campaign for the Central Office of Public Interest has been shortlisted in the Government category, while BBDO Dublin picked up two nominations for “The zero carbon billboard” for Volkswagen, in the Motors category and Green Production group.

Overall 59 entries have been shortlisted across 18 categories from organisations across the whole industry, including advertisers, agencies, media owners and tech companies.

The awards also offer specialist categories based on the Ad Net Zero Action Plan – such as Green Production and Media Plan – with an international award to reflect the global expansion of Ad Net Zero.

Judges were drawn from a range of advertising leaders and sustainability experts, co-chaired by Alessandra Bellini, CCO of Tesco and AA President and Seb Munden, Chair of Ad Net Zero. The awards also saw the support of Alex Sobel MP, Chair of the Net Zero APPG, who joined the judging panel.

Tickets and group tables are now available for booking to see the winners announced at a celebratory lunchtime ceremony at the Londoner Hotel on November 23rd.

The awards – headline sponsored by Google – will culminate in a Campaign of the Year, to be revealed on the day.

Head here to see if your campaign has been shortlisted.