Space devoted to promoting flights, cruises, SUVs, and the oil industry dwarfed the column inches given to last year's U.N. climate summit, study finds.

British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.

With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis?

A ruling that TotalEnergies misled consumers with inflated climate claims is the first court judgment against the fossil fuel industry’s net zero narrative.

Petrobras has co-opted social media stars who should be exposing its greenwashing, not taking part in it, critics say.

Firm’s top London consultants planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal.

Expert says non-profit partners provide a ‘fairy dust’ of legitimacy to beef industry.

Decision a blow to campaigners, who say the ads gave Saudi Aramco unearned climate credibility.

The agency’s work for the fossil fuel industry has made it “complicit in causing existential harm to people and planet”, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.

Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: “It’s devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.”

Boycott reflects wider concerns over the role of communications firms in protecting polluters.

Campaigners charge that the ASA is "endorsing greenwash" with its decision in favor of Shell.

AKQA Bloom’s closure comes amid calls for the ad and PR industry to stop working with fossil fuel clients.

The Tory leader was hosted by a firm that holds a major contract with one of the world’s biggest polluters.

Hill & Knowlton played a key role in exporting Big Oil's PR tactics to the Southern Hemisphere.

New research reveals how Dentsu, Havas, Interpublic Group, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe, and WPP cast themselves as climate champions.

The groups have filed an OECD complaint against the world’s largest advertising and PR firm, saying its work enables major polluters to continue harming environmental and human health.

Bank has been bigging up reductions in “operational emissions” while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.

Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds.

Fossil fuel companies are spending millions on campaigns to deflect attention from the need to stop drilling for more oil and gas.

Disclosure by the French communications group underscores growing calls for climate accountability in the advertising and public relations industry.

Findings by InfluenceMap highlight mismatch between communication agencies' climate pledges, and their work on behalf of major polluters.

PR and consulting agencies are being paid millions to focus the world’s attention on a promised “eco-city” — obscuring human rights abuses and Saudi Arabia’s long record of climate obstruction.

The motions are backed by federal anti-greenwashing laws aiming to stem the tide of misinformation produced by Canada’s oil and gas industry.

MetropolitanRepublic enlisted social media influencers to promote giant oil project as climate campaigners suffered beatings and arrests.

Campaign group’s newest report underlines the scope of the ad and PR sector’s ongoing relationships with fossil fuel companies.

First attempt to quantify scale of “sportswashing” likely to be an underestimate, authors warn.

The broadcaster’s in-house content studio has been paid to promote fossil fuel firms and petrostates with a history of persecuting journalists.

Concerns over the ‘Powering Progress’ campaign reflect wider scrutiny of the role of creative agencies in climate delay.

A host of parliamentarians were previously employed by agencies with fossil fuel clients.

The French communications giant had previously staked its brand on its climate-friendly credentials.

A new parody ExxonMobil advertisement mocks humanity for letting Big Oil get away with causing one of the biggest existential threats of all time.

Sadiq Khan faces calls to ban fossil fuel industry messaging from tube stations and buses.

Wins in the category for agencies owned by WPP, Publicis Groupe, and Edelman didn't factor in the work these agencies do for the fossil fuel industry.

Working for polluters and clean air charities follows an adland pattern of double standards, campaigners say.

Antonio Guterres warns creative agencies that fossil fuels are "toxic for your brand.”

Pro-industry advertisements amounted to greenwashing, an Ad Standards Canada decision found. Canada Action is appealing.

Internal documents unearthed by a U.S. Senate panel show the oil giant modeled up to 500 CCS sites operating globally by 2050, far fewer than rival Shell. 

Campaigners likened the fossil fuel company’s patronage of climate events to letting an “arsonist sponsor a fire safety conference”.

BP sees sponsored content as a crucial tool to reach “Washington, DC, elites,” according to subpoenaed memos.

Despite calls to stop representing polluters, Edelman will continue to promote one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas.

Campaigners charge that the ads are misleading the public about the proposed project’s likely climate harms.

Advertorials and a podcast vanish as regulators consider greenwashing complaint against the state-owned oil giant.

It’s an effort by the oil sands group to deflect attention away from a long record of misleading climate claims, disinformation expert argues.

Insiders fear that conflicts of interest on the boards of the six largest communications firms are quashing effective climate action.

Corporations are using sport to sell the high-carbon products that are killing our winters, and now we can put a figure on the damage their money does.

Their ad campaigns for International Women’s Day champion empowerment even as climate change makes women’s lives harder and more dangerous.

Climate accountability in creative and PR agencies is the focus of our growing team.

DeSmog investigation finds multiple financial risks of work for fossil fuel clients aren't being assessed.

Kick Polluters Out says the French oil major wants to sportswash climate-wrecking mega-projects.

The protest followed a tip-off that the global comms agency may take on more work for the oil major.

The Bolloré family’s business empire — which includes Havas, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies — has longtime ties to the fossil fuel industry.

DeSmog analysis finds majority of Ad Net Zero’s accolade-winners also represent major polluters.

The individuals who spoke to DeSmog said they were ‘deeply disappointed’ by the summit and had not fully understood the relationship between UAE and the organisers.

Controversies surrounding Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber have underscored the role of reputation management in climate diplomacy.

New report by DeSmog and Drilled reveals extent of commercial partnerships between trusted outlets and Big Oil.

Major polluters are wielding sponsorship as a weapon to make polluting products and lifestyles appear acceptable.

Left unaddressed, the warping of our collective consciousness by fossil industry propaganda will make it impossible to achieve the civilisation level transformation required for life as we know it to survive the 21st century.

The adverts “had not been prepared with a sense of responsibility to society,” regulator finds.

There is ‘growing unease’ within the PR company about its continued work for one the world’s biggest polluters.

Clean Creatives says move is "huge step backward" for the French ad and public relations company.

Clean Creatives’ ‘F-List’ reveals links between creative agencies and polluting industries around the world.

Edelman earned millions polishing the UAE’s green image — which helped propel Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to the top levels of climate diplomacy.

A Filipino grandma with two million followers is among the hundreds of influencers who have posted content promoting fossil fuel giants.

Some of the world’s biggest polluters are paying social media celebrities and environmentalists to promote their brands to billions of people.

New report details how more “climate-washing” lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporations’ greenwashing than ever before, and experts warn complicit PR and ad firms could face legal risks.

Weber Shandwick also hosted a roundtable on “authentic” climate communication.

Climate activist Tolmeia Gregory sparked a social media sensation when she challenged a Shell executive at last year's festival. Now she's back, and urging other creatives to take disruptive action.

BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.