Running video ads can be carbon intensive – and expensive. That’s why LATAM Airlines, Latin America’s largest airline, partnered with SeenThis, which has streaming technology to speed up video ad delivery.
The bad news: The internet as a whole has a larger carbon footprint than the entire airline industry (!!), and programmatic advertising is a contributor. The good news: “The extent to which people are aware of that and open to a conversion is changing at a phenomenally fast rate,” says Amy Williams, CEO and founder of sustainable advertising startup Good-Loop.
The term “sustainable marketing” calls to mind disposable bamboo razor handles from Schick, the promise McDonald’s made last year that by 2025 all Happy Meal toys will be made from environmentally friendly material and Coca-Cola’s plan to launch a new bottle made from 100% recycled plastic. But digital media has a carbon footprint, too. A big one.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Let’s See, LG Smart TV manufacturer LG is on board with the outcomes-based buying trend, but with a twist – advertisers that don’t hit performance goals don’t have to pay. On Wednesday, LG Ads Solutions launched Guaranteed Outcomes, which promises brands they’ll only pay […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ryan Cochrane, COO at Good-Loop. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is here. It’s a time for all of us to reflect on what we can do to […]
