ESG Partnerships & Initiatives
IPG strives to raise the ESG bar for our industry through reporting, disclosure and action, including participation in local and global initiatives and partnerships that bring together companies to advance diversity, equity and inclusion, responsible media and content, civic engagement and climate action.
Partner Organizations
Below we note various organizations with which IPG partners on ESG issues. More information on the work we do with these organizations can be found in our ESG Report.
- 30% Club
- Catalyst
- CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion
- charity: water
- Coqual
- Disability:IN
- The Female Quotient
- Free The Bid
- FREE THE WORK
- National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)
- National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
- Partnership for New York City
- PFLAG
- Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
- Unstereotype Alliance
- Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Social
Governance
- American Advertising Federation (AAF)
- ANA Educational Foundation (AEF)
- American Association of Advertising Agencies (the 4As) Sustainability Task Force
- Business Roundtable - Privacy Working Group
- Center for Information Policy Leadership
- Civic Alliance
- Future of Privacy Forum
- Global Privacy Assembly
- Global Privacy Alliance
- Information Accountability Foundation
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
- Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media
- Privacy for America
Global Initiatives
- UN Global Compact
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, IPG became the first U.S.-based advertising holding company to join the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. IPG is committed to upholding the Compact’s 10 principles on human rights, fair labor practices, environmental sustainability and anti-corruption.
IPG engages in initiatives that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These 17 global goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to advance environmental protection, social protection and economic growth across the world, while leaving no one behind.