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Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate (Global)

Best practice in sustainability for advertising professionals.

Understand the climate crisis and the actions to achieve net zero emissions from the development, production and media placement of advertising.

This qualification has been adapted for candidates outside of the UK. Find out more about the UK Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate.

The Global Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate is a new qualification to help people working in the advertising and marketing services industries understand the climate crisis and the actions to achieve net zero emissions from the development, production and media placement of advertising.

This qualification aims to empower individuals with the knowledge and practical skills to become genuine agents of change and positive action.

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is for anyone in the industry who wants to learn more about how to work in a more sustainable way and wants to be part of the change required by the sector in this critical decade for climate action.

Encouraging completion of this course demonstrates a company’s commitment to action on the climate crisis, as well as ensuring employees have an up-to-date understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing our industry on the path to net zero.

The course also aims to drive dialogue with agencies and clients alike to embed sustainable goals in campaigns across the industry.

What are the benefits?

Completing the Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate will allow you to gain:

  • Obtain an essential understanding of the climate crisis.
  • Gain an appreciation of our industry’s role to take positive climate action.
  • Acquire techniques to measure the carbon emissions related to the work we produce across the advertising process and how to go about reducing them.
  • Provocation about what we can do as advertising and marketing services professionals to promote a more sustainable way of life.
  • Guidance on how to avoid greenwashing in advertising.

The qualification offers:

  • Data and research in sustainability and advertising.
  • The latest real-world insights from industry leaders.
  • Examples of best practice work from companies from all over the world.
  • A range of content formats including interactive activities.
  • Practical tips and take-outs to implement in our day-to-day work.

View the full Ad Net Zero Essentials Syllabus.

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Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate online learning devised by Ad Net Zero.

How is the qualification delivered and assessed?

  • Ten hours of online learning accessible through the IPA website on any device.
  • Learning devised by Ad Net Zero, the advertising industry’s initiative to help advertising respond to the climate crisis caused by CO2 emissions, headed by the Advertising Association, ISBA and the IPA.
  • Culminates in an online 30-minute multiple choice exam.
  • A digital certificate of completion and 1 MIPA star towards personal accreditation is awarded to all delegates who successfully pass the exam.

How do you book onto and access the qualification?

Please select your intake from the ‘Intakes’ drop-down on this page and proceed to checkout. Once booked, you can access and start your online learning via the IPA website. To access, please head to your personal IPA portal via the profile icon and click on ‘Learning’. Or, visit your personal learning page.

Please note: Your access to the online learning will expire on your intake end date, or when you achieve the Certificate, whichever is sooner. Please view the Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate Qualification Policies for further details.

Non-members looking to purchase a number of delegates on the Ad Net Zero Essentials Certificate, please get in touch learning@ipa.co.uk.

Price

  • Members: £60+VAT.
  • Non-Members: £120+VAT.
  • Ad Net Zero Supporters: £60+VAT. Please get in touch with your Ad Net Zero representative to obtain your discount code, which you can apply during checkout.

If you are purchasing the Certificate as a business based outside of the UK and believe you should not be charged VAT on the sale, please get in touch with learning@ipa.co.uk. If your business is based in the EU, we will ask you to confirm your VAT number before making your booking. This VAT number will be recorded as part of your sale transaction. If your business is based outside the EU, we will ask for further evidence of your business location.

Policies 

We operate a 14-day cancellation policy. Please view the policies for further details:

Please also see Professional Development Terms and Conditions for further details.

For more information, please email learning@ipa.co.uk.

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The pressing challenge of climate change requires a system-wide and fundamental response from our industry to change the way we work in order to change the work we make. This new training qualification arrives at the right moment for us to take responsibility as individuals to learn and put into practice techniques and approaches that are all geared towards positive climate action. I encourage everyone in our industry, from brands through to agency teams, from media-owner sales teams to ad tech providers, to take the time to achieve this qualification.