Connecting sustainability with marketing effectiveness

How do social values and environmental sustainability boost marketing effectiveness? Goodvertising's Thomas Kolster joins WARC's Amy Rodgers to discuss how sustainability is a driving factor on the most effective advertising campaigns, based on WARC Rankings data.

Guests:
Thomas Koster, Founder, Goodvertising
Amy Rodgers, Head of Content, WARC Creative

Chapters:
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00:00 – Intro: The WARC Effective 100 Rankings Explained
01:43 – Goodvertising, Climate and Brand Effectiveness
02:20 – Inside the Study: 12 Years of WARC Effective 100 Sustainability Data
03:28 – What Does “Sustainability” Really Mean for Brands and People?
05:38 – How Brand Sustainability Evolved
10:26 – How Many Top Effective Campaigns Are Truly Sustainable?
13:02 – Category Winners: Toiletries, Cosmetics and Retail in Sustainability
14:28 – Luxury, Premium and the Risk of Sustainability for the Wealthy Only
18:56 – Making Sustainability Affordable: Ugly Produce, IKEA and Circularity
21:32 – Why Financial Services Brands Over-Index on Sustainability Messaging
24:28 – AXA’s “Three Words”: Closing the Gender Risk Gap in Insurance
25:54 – Dove Real Beauty: Long-Term Brand Building and Creative Bravery
30:05 – DP World’s “Minus Three Degrees” Idea
32:58 – Bold, Consistent, Life-Centric Sustainability for Marketers

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