{"id":334677,"date":"2024-08-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/why-does-sustainability-measurement-matter\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:21:05","slug":"why-does-sustainability-measurement-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/apac\/insider\/why-does-sustainability-measurement-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Sustainability Measurement Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"334677\" class=\"elementor elementor-334677 elementor-334615\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1c1ea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"36862\" data-id=\"a1c1ea5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f1770f\" data-eae-slider=\"40030\" data-id=\"8f1770f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c71fb75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c71fb75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is sustainability measurement?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab68252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab68252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability measurement is the practice of measuring, campaigning, and optimizing while minimizing the amount of CO2 or other harmful emissions caused from marketing efforts. While you may not think tech companies play a role in the climate crisis, <\/span><b>a single ad campaign is <\/b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cepsa.com\/en\/planet-energy\/environment\/the-footprint-that-advertising-does-not-want-to-leave\"><b>capable of releasing<\/b><\/a><\/span><b> 70 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This number comes from the energy consumption of various digital practices \u2014 ad production and delivery, media buying, and campaign optimization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 94% of consumers believing that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/uk\/insider\/research-sustainability-and-advertising\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">brands should play a role<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in advocating for environmental causes, it&#8217;s more important than ever to align with your Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/esg-at-ias\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">goals<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and advocate for the environment. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd90154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd90154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why does sustainability measurement matter?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a66b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a66b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February 2024, atmospheric CO2 concentrations <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1091999\/atmospheric-concentration-of-co2-historic\/#:~:text=Global%20atmospheric%20concentration%20of%20carbon%20dioxide%201990%2D2024%2C%20by%20month&amp;text=Monthly%20mean%20atmospheric%20carbon%20dioxide,levels%20recorded%20in%20February%202000.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">skyrocketed<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to 424.55 parts per million (ppm) \u2014 resulting in a 15% increase in average levels compared to February of 2000. The climate crisis is ramping up, and sustainability is a priority and a collective responsibility for all. The Carbon Trust estimates that the average digital ad campaign emits around 5.4 tons of CO2, <\/span><b>equivalent to the annual emissions of a single car.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s crucial for marketers to invest in the health of the environment, as creating sustainable solutions creates a sustainable industry.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615c9ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"615c9ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do consumers care about sustainability?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0969a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0969a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumer awareness of the climate crisis is reaching new peaks as their focus shifts towards companies they interact with \u2014 in fact,\u00a0 78% of consumers say that a company\u2019s environmental practices <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emarketer.com\/content\/5-charts-marketers-sustainability\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">influence their decision<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to shop with them. Furthermore, 76% of consumers report that they are more likely to feel favorable towards brands that advocate for environmental causes, and nearly four-in-10 consumers plan to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/uk\/insider\/research-sustainability-and-advertising\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">choose brands<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that have sustainable practices.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432465a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"432465a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The carbon footprint of digital advertising\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2707a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2707a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital advertising, much like other digital activities, relies heavily on data centers, servers, and the energy required to power them. These data centers are the backbone of the internet, hosting websites, storing data, and serving ads to billions of users. According to a report by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the global IT sector, which includes data centers, is <\/span><b>responsible for approximately 7% of the world\u2019s electricity consumption.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This consumption translates into a significant amount of carbon emissions, especially if the energy used is sourced from fossil fuels.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b25c54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b25c54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Energy consumption in digital advertising:\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6309d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6309d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data Centers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These facilities run 24\/7, requiring massive amounts of energy to power servers and cooling systems. Each digital ad impression involves data processing, which cumulatively leads to substantial energy use.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: CDNs ensure ads load quickly and efficiently across the globe. These networks consist of distributed servers that also consume significant energy.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>End-User Devices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Every time an ad is displayed, energy is consumed by the user\u2019s device, whether it&#8217;s a smartphone, tablet, or computer.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there\u2019s good news. Companies can mitigate the environmental impact by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/ias-good-loop-carbon-footprint-measurement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measuring the sustainability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their ads. Being aware of your business\u2019s digital footprint and making efforts to decrease carbon emissions can raise the reputation and value of your messaging, decrease financial costs and inefficient spending, and create new opportunities for ad placement and optimization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d3892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53d3892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A data-driven view of reducing carbon emissions in digital advertising<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1178ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1178ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Total Visibility<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0data, IAS compared carbon emissions and business results across <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/campaign-success-mfa-measurement-optimization\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made-for-advertising<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MFA) sites, ad clutter sites, and quality publishers to understand if emissions and results correlate. Advertisers running ads on MFA sites saw larger carbon footprints, lower clicks and conversions, and had half the success rate as advertisers running on quality media sites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply put, lower carbon emissions aren\u2019t just good for the environment \u2014 <\/span><b>they\u2019re good for your bottom line.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what we found.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d8be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40d8be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MFA and ad clutter sites are higher polluters than quality media sites<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98abafb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98abafb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MFA sites often run instant auctions of ad inventory than websites with typical ad loads, which can lead to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ads-often-run-on-websites-that-come-with-high-carbon-emissions-but-low-returns-study-finds-11669150096\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">higher carbon emissions<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Advertising on MFA sites increases carbon footprint exponentially, harming advertisers&#8217; carbon reduction goals. By advertising on <\/span><b>quality sites, advertisers can decrease carbon emissions by 73%.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00a97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f00a97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-334627\" alt=\"SEO_Sustainability_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_1.png 792w, https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_1-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_1-768x580.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c26d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1c26d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Higher polluters have less than half the success rate<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3085597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3085597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sites that rely on energy intensive practices to serve impressions, like MFA and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adexchanger.com\/online-advertising\/ias-adds-another-shade-of-grey-to-the-mfa-debate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ad clutter sites<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, result in fewer clicks and conversions. <\/span><b>Publishers with lower carbon emissions had a 57% higher success rate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than advertisements on MFA and ad clutter sites.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d77e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30d77e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_2.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-334638\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_2.png 425w, https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_2-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0715fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0715fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Higher polluters have over three times the cost-per-conversion<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e1021d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e1021d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimizing toward publishers with lower carbon footprints can improve business results. <\/span><b>Publishers with lower carbon emissions had 67% lower cost per conversions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which translates to $11.19 less per conversion than high polluters.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e839e60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e839e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_3.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-334649\" alt=\"SEO_Sustainability_3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_3.png 404w, https:\/\/integralads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SEO_Sustainability_3-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b3f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82b3f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IAS's AI-powered MFA solution can help brands lower brands\u2019 carbon footprints \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc998b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc998b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IAS&#8217;s advanced machine learning and real-time data analysis <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/campaign-success-mfa-measurement-optimization\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detect and block MFA sites<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on a large scale. Unlike static site lists, IAS&#8217;s solution combines supply chain data with site characteristics, allowing for dynamic and intelligent identification of MFA sites. This ensures your ad campaigns run efficiently, reducing waste and improving media quality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By leveraging IAS\u2019s MFA detection and avoidance, advertisers gain unparalleled control over their campaigns. Optimizing against MFA sites can reduce wasted ad spend <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aid in lowering the overall carbon footprint of your advertising efforts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d6548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8d6548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reach your sustainability goals with IAS and Good-Loop\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1acb57e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1acb57e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of digital advertising must include a stronger focus on sustainability. As awareness of the environmental impact of digital activities grows, consumers and businesses alike will increasingly demand greener practices. The digital advertising industry has the opportunity to lead by example, integrating sustainability into the core of advertising strategies.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At IAS, we remain committed to making a positive impact, not only for our customers but also for the broader global community. That\u2019s why we offer seamless and sustainable carbon emission measurement through our integration with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/ias-good-loop-carbon-footprint-measurement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good-Loop&#8217;<\/span><\/a>s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carbon emissions reporting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this partnership, advertisers can seamlessly opt-in to carbon emission measurement to track and view the end-to-end carbon footprint of their digital ads alongside metrics such as brand safety, fraud, and viewability. It\u2019s never been easier to invest in your planet by investing in the right sustainable solutions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3173bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3173bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f53d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f53d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">After opting into the carbon emissions measurement, IAS securely shares non-identifiable campaign data with Good-Loop<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Good-Loop calculates carbon emissions through proprietary methods<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">IAS provides campaign-level carbon emission metrics in the IAS Signal UI<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">IAS is here to help you simultaneously reduce carbon emissions and drive superior results on quality publishers. Contact an IAS representative today to learn more about reducing your CO2 campaign emissions and making a positive impact.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923a24b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"923a24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/integralads.com\/contact-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GET STARTED TODAY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is sustainability measurement? 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