Sustainability

Here at Interpublic Group, sustainability is a fundamental value. We work to implement policies like recycling programs and energy usage guidelines that meet or exceed local regulations, but we also encourage individual responsibility to deliver behavioral change.

In terms of suppliers, we actively asses the credentials of our suppliers and encourage them to adopt environmentally friendly policies. McCann Erickson, a unit of IPG, is the lead agency for the Carbon Trust, which helps companies create guidelines to encourage suppliers to reduce their carbon footprint and to seek low carbon alternatives when providing products and services.

At IPG, we source from a wide base of suppliers to ensure economic advantage for our clients; however, where possible we support local vendors to boost the economy in communities where we operate as well as to minimize the impact of transportation.

Staff discounts have been negotiated with local businesses to benefit and encourage employees to shop locally and support the local economy. Several company sports teams are also supported and we have two corporate-wide employee affinity groups, the IPG Women's Leadership Network and MERGE (Multicultural Employee Resource Group for Excellence), both of which are sponsored by IPG.

Sustainability practices are endorsed and communicated throughout the company: we ask that emails not be printed unless necessary, double-sided printing is set as a default on printers, recycling bins are placed throughout our corporate headquarters and there are video and film tape recycling programs in place at our largest agencies. Our travel program endorses public transport and video conferencing where possible.

To learn more about what you and your employer can do to help protect the environment, visit http://www.carbontrust.com/.