GroupM has announced the creation of a client coalition that unites 20 advertisers, collectively representing $10B in global advertising investment, to accelerate the decarbonisation of the world’s media supply chain.
The coalition follows the introduction of a proposed global framework for measuring ad-based carbon emissions in July.
Coalition members are committed to the establishment of measuring ad-based carbon emissions and will work with GroupM and the industry more broadly to test and improve the proposed measurement framework.
Collectively, the coalition will incentivise industry efforts to reduce carbon created by the placement and consumption of advertising.
Christian Juhl, GroupM’s Global CEO, said: “We introduced our global framework in July with a goal of uniting the industry around a common set of measurement standards to accelerate our collective media decarbonisation efforts. On this issue, we know we can achieve more, together, than we can with separate and disparate action.
“The coalition we’re announcing today sends a clear message that decarbonisation and supply chain sustainability is a top priority for media decision makers and the brands and businesses they represent.”
Founding members of the coalition announced today include GroupM, its agencies Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom and mSix&Partners and clients Audible, AXA, Bayer, Danone, Deutsche Telekom, L’Oréal, Mars, Paramount, Sony, TalkTalk, and Tesco.
Krystal Olivieri, global chief innovation officer at GroupM and Choreograph, said: "By creating a coalition to focus on the decarbonisation challenge, we will provide an important forum for collaboration across companies and channel our shared energy into new technologies and solutions that will make advertising one of the cleanest industries in the world.”
The Media Decarbonisation Coalition is inspired by the success of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which was co-founded by GroupM in June 2019 to set more consistent brand safety controls and guidelines across the industry.
A steering committee made up of representatives from coalition companies and chaired by Olivieri will govern and set the agenda for the coalition’s activities.
Committee representatives will participate in workstreams, share learnings from their companies’ sustainability activities, evaluate initiatives executed inside and outside the coalition, provide feedback on proposed vendor solutions, and pursue opportunities for collaborative innovation.
While the coalition is currently comprised of GroupM client companies, organisations that are not clients but who are committed to decarbonisation may register their interest in joining by reaching out to mediadecarb@groupm.com.
Coalition members benefit from opportunities to pioneer best practices and principles, peer-based learning, early insight into vendor and partner initiatives, and advancing their efforts to achieve their own Net Zero and decarbonisation goals.
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