Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) | Sustainability Performance
Provides advertising, marketing, communications, and media services.
1961
United States
10,001+ employees
Marketing & Advertising
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#6797
Overallⓘ#1452
in United Statesⓘ#62
in Marketing & AdvertisingⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalitiesGovernance
SDG Impact
Aligned
Laggard
Aligned
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark
3.9
B/M 4.0
33.5
B/M 38.8
12.8
B/M 12.8
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Controversy level
- The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (IPG, NYSE-listed US 'Big Four' advertising and marketing holding company: McCann, FCB, IPG Mediabrands, Weber Shandwick) faced the contested December 9, 2024 sustained Omnicom-IPG all-stock merger agreement (approximately USD 13+ billion, creating the world's largest advertising group), which drew sustained US FTC antitrust review concluded June 2025 with a consent order prohibiting coordinated advertiser boycotts of media platforms based on political content, plus IPG's historic 2002 to 2005 sustained accounting restatements (over USD 550 million restated) and 2008 US SEC settlement legacy affecting institutional shareholders.
