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Quantifying the Carbon Footprint from Digital Ads: The Hidden Carbon Cost of Online Advertising
While digital advertising continues to scale rapidly and deliver measurable business outcomes, it’s worth pausing to ask at what environmental cost? The following summary and link to the full report are produced by Margaux Orchard for her major research project with the Capstone Environmental Masters programme at The University of Sydney.

Christopher Sewell
Aug 13 min read


Advertisers Need the Full Picture: Why Environmental Change in Media requires Dual Disclosure.
Within our industry, some perceive carbon accounting allocation methods (Location vs. Market-Based Approaches) as interchangeable. While the GMSF mandates a location-based approach for estimating power consumption emissions, both methods are, in fact, indispensable.

Damien Thomson
Jul 283 min read


The Unspoken Environmental Impact Of AI In Advertising
We are pleased to share this latest postgraduate research paper; an outcome of our ongoing collaboration with leading academic...

Christopher Sewell
Jul 163 min read


Get Ready for GMSF: Power Up Your Sustainability with Intelligent Emissions Insights
Following the latest Ad Net Zero guidance, the complete Global Media Sustainability Framework (GMSF) is on the horizon, signalling a...

Damien Thomson
Apr 34 min read


Managing Marketing Podcast With Darren Woolley
Damien Thomson And Darren Chat About The State Of Carbon Measurement In Advertising Damien Thomson is the CEO & Co-Founder of Net Zero...

Damien Thomson
Mar 191 min read


Net Zero Media Appoints UniFida as a Reseller of their CarboniQ Platform, Bridging Marketing Effectiveness and Emissions Reduction in UK, Australia, and New Zealand
Sydney, Australia – 28 February, 2025 – Net Zero Media, a global pioneer in activity-based emissions measurement, today announced the...

Damien Thomson
Feb 283 min read


Watts up in Adland
Recently, an article by Net Zero Media's Phil Benedictus was featured in AdNews, with the full piece available here . This article...

Phil Benedictus
Feb 272 min read


Empowering Australian Businesses for Mandatory Climate Reporting
Australia's 2025 climate reporting laws require emissions tracking, including Scope 3. Tech helps businesses meet compliance & drive...

Damien Thomson
Jan 234 min read


The environmental impacts of in-store advertising
The goal of the research was to measure and inform a major retailer of the full extent of annual emissions resulting from in-store POS...

Christopher Sewell
Jan 224 min read


Is recycled paper environmentally beneficial when used in marketing?
This article examines whether using recycled paper in marketing materials genuinely enhances ecological sustainability, focusing on resou...

Christopher Sewell
Jan 146 min read
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