AdGreen: First full-year carbon audit of UK advertising underscores 'huge opportunity' to slash CO2

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The digital AdGreen carbon calculator took was launched in September 2021 | Credit:AdGreen
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The digital AdGreen carbon calculator took was launched in September 2021 | Credit:AdGreen

CO2 generated from over 500 UK advertising projects calculated by AdGreen, as campaign urges advertisers, creative agencies, and production companies to go further and faster in tackling their climate impact

The UK advertising industry has today been urged to take far stronger action to curb its carbon emissions, after the first full-year CO2 audit carried out across the sector today laid bare the scale of...

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