GARM starts work on Media Sustainability

The WFA’s GARM is creating a new workstream designed to focus attention on Sustainability. The goal: to repeat the success of its Brand Safety and Suitability work and to create a cross-industry collaboration that designs voluntary frameworks that will reduce our industry’s impact on the planet. The effort forms part of WFA’s membership of Ad Net Zero and delivering on its goals of building an industry-wide approach to measure the carbon emissions of media campaigns. It will sit alongside WFA’s Planet Pledge and the sustainability goals expressed in the WFA’s…

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WFA and GARM endorse strengthened EU Code of Practice on disinformation

Industry stakeholders, including WFA and GARM, have drafted and endorsed a strengthened EU Code of Practice designed to fight the spread and monetisation of disinformation. Leading social media companies and representatives of the marketing and advertising industry, including WFA and GARM, have developed a new EU Code of Practice designed to address the spread of disinformation online. The new Code, which sets forth commitments and measures all players involved in the online ecosystem should take to tackle this serious issue, has now been published by the European Commission and brand owners…

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