Tag: ICAS

ICAS becomes an ally of the Unstereotype Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is delighted to join the Unstereotype Alliance as an ally to support its mission to eradicate harmful stereotypes in advertising ICAS is a global platform that promotes responsible advertising through effective advertising self-regulation. One of the core missions of the association is to promote best practice and work on common solutions to challenges that need to be addressed by the advertising industry and advertising standards bodies, or so called Self-Regulatory Organizations. Since ICAS was set up in 2016, the issue of responsible gender…

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ICAS and EASA support the development of WFA global guidance on environmental claims

Stuart Mitchell

The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), has issued a global guidance on environmental claims at the Global Marketer Week in Athens which details principles and global best practice to help brands ensure that environmental claims are credible to consumers and can be backed up if they are challenged. The guidance will also be used by agencies across the world. The global agency alliance VoxComm was involved and has supported this important initiative. The guidance therefore represents a consensus across the global industry and industry regulators of what the core elements…

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South African SRO joins ICAS as full member

Stuart Mitchell

The Advertising Regulatory Board of South Africa, established in 2018, joined ICAS in 2019 as an associate member. ICAS members are delighted that the ARB has decided to become a full member of the international network in 2022, thus increasing ARB’s involvement in ICAS and playing a bigger role in its governance.  The ARB is the independent self-regulatory body, set up and financed by the advertising and marketing industry in South Africa, committed to protecting consumers and ensuring responsible advertising. While the ARB was set up in its current form…

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New edition of the Global SRO Database now available

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS) is proud to release the fourth edition of its Global SRO Database and Factbook. The online database and the 2020 printable Factbook are available for download on the ICAS website. In order to raise awareness of the work carried out by its members, ICAS decided to collect basic facts and figures on existing self-regulatory systems, starting in 2017. By bringing more transparency on the way SROs operate in the different markets represented in its network, ICAS hopes to contribute to a better understanding of advertising self-regulation by the industry, regulators, and the…

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SEE joins ICAS as a new member

Stuart Mitchell

The International Council for Ad Self-Regulation, ICAS, and its members are delighted that the Greek Advertising Self-Regulation Council, SEE, is joining ICAS as an associate member. SEE is the independent national self-regulatory organization of the Greek advertising industry, officially established in 2003, building on a self-regulatory system for advertising which has been in place in Greece since the 1970s. SEE is fully recognized by the Greek regulators as having the exclusive responsibility for upholding the provisions of the Greek Code of Advertising and Communications Practices. SEE is also a member of the European Advertising Standards Alliance, EASA, and…

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