{"id":9358,"date":"2023-02-14T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T10:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/?p=9358"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:24:51","slug":"sustainability-and-the-marketing-agency-pitch-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/en-us\/our-insights\/sustainability-and-the-marketing-agency-pitch-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability and the marketing agency pitch process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Understanding how agencies plan to reduce the environmental impact of the communications development production and activation process, and how they will support clients to achieve the same, will become a much more significant part of the agency pitch selection process &#8211; observations from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/en-us\/people\/lucinda-peniston-baines\/\">Lucinda Peniston-Baines<\/a> on how the pitch process will evolve in 2023.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As companies and brands face the challenges of high inflation, on-going talent shortages, the cost-of-living crisis and continued socio-political disruption they are forced to be more cautious and explore short-term measures to mitigate the impact on their business.\u00a0 At times like these, marketing and communications budgets can be hit hard.\u00a0 Now more than ever, CEOs and CFOs need to be convinced of the power of commercial creativity to drive business and brand growth.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a tough debate to have when budgets are limited and they have many competing investment priorities.<\/p>\n<h2>Number of agency pitches<\/h2>\n<p>There were moments in 2022 when there appeared to be a frenzy of pitches as brands refocused post-pandemic.\u00a0 But the number and type of pitches in play at the start of 2023 seems to have depleted.\u00a0 This may be down to cost pressures placing a focus on the short-term in many companies but as veterans of our industry know, brand building and balancing the short and long-term is critical to growth.\u00a0 Brands need to ensure they have the right strategic and creative partners in place, combined with flawless creative execution &#8211; something which should provide new business opportunities for agencies.\u00a0 But it can be a difficult argument to win sometimes in corporate boardrooms.\u00a0 Ensuring marketers have the rationale and evidence to win these arguments is key.<\/p>\n<h2>Quality of agency pitches<\/h2>\n<p>A slowing in the number of pitch opportunities may not be such a bad thing if the quality and execution of those pitches improves.\u00a0 In 2022, during mental health awareness week, the IPA and ISBA launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pitchpositivepledge.co.uk\/\">Pitch Positive Pledge<\/a> \u2013 with the intention of improving the behaviours of agencies and marketers for the benefit of people, planet and profit.\u00a0 An excellent initiative which has 278 signatories at the time of writing.\u00a0 However, in our recent experience the behaviours and principles incorporated in the Pledge have still to become part of the \u2018culture\u2019 of pitching for many clients and their prospective agencies.\u00a0 For example, some marketers continue to ask too much of agencies in the pitch process, and some agencies \u2018over-service\u2019 the pitch process by trying to engage with the client teams too frequently and distracting themselves and the client teams from the main task.\u00a0 The Pitch Positive Pledge is a valuable initiative and marketers, agencies and intermediaries such as ourselves should continue to build awareness of the Pledge and insist that its principles are embedded in every pitch.\u00a0 There\u2019s been too much emphasis on doing pitches faster &#8211; in our view they need to be done better and more positively.<\/p>\n<p>Following the principles of the Pitch Positive Pledge should enable and support two other key macro factors \u2013 sustainability and talent.\u00a0 Tackling sustainability first\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Sustainability considerations in the pitch process<\/h2>\n<p>In 2023 we\u2019d expect to see evidence of sustainability considerations becoming a much more significant element in the pitch process.\u00a0 In the main, sustainability credentials have been an important, but sometimes a tick-box exercise in the agency selection process.\u00a0 Understanding how agencies plan to reduce the environmental impact of the communications development, production and activation process, and how they will support clients to achieve the same, will become a much more significant part of the selection criteria and differentiation between agencies.\u00a0 Expect to see sustainability measures feature more prominently in the pitch brief itself rather than just the RFI stage.<\/p>\n<p>Resourcing and agency talent concerns have been a consistent feature over the last 18-24 months, and this will continue to be an important area to focus on.\u00a0 Concerns highlighted by the IPA indicate the marketing and communications industry suffers from lack of trust and the fact that salaries are not keeping pace with other sectors suggests that problems of recruitment will continue.\u00a0 Nurturing talent and focusing on well-being will be even more essential.<\/p>\n<p>So, all in all, 2023 looks set to be a challenging year, for existing as well as new business where the conversation needs to stay focused on demonstrable business and brand growth.\u00a0 Agencies will succeed if they stay selective, participating only in well run pitch processes that allow them to play to their strengths; take the lead in demonstrating actionable sustainability initiatives to support their clients; and focus on nurturing and retaining the talent in their agency which, after all, gives them their competitive edge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process.png.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process.png 937w, https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process-220x116.png 220w, https:\/\/www.observatoryinternational.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sustainability-agency-pitch-process-380x201.png 380w\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Article first published by <a href=\"https:\/\/creative.salon\/articles\/features\/future-of-intermediaries\/the-observatory-international-the-future-of-new-business\">Creative Salon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding how agencies plan to reduce the environmental impact of the communications development production and activation process, and how they will support clients to achieve the same, will become a much more significant part of the agency pitch selection process &#8211; 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