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Chart showing interconnections between agencies and clients working for Aramco at IPG.
The Team of Ad Agencies Working to Polish Saudi Aramco's Corporate Image
By Kathryn Clare and TJ Jordan
on
DeSmog investigation reveals that up to 200 staff from 15 Interpublic Group agencies work for Aramco.
A red-brown jersey steer in sharp focus and staring straight at the camera, amid several other beef cattle that are lightly out of focus. It is wearing an ear tag with the number 1901.
Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-friendly
By Rachel Sherrington
on
Expert says non-profit partners provide a "fairy dust" of legitimacy to beef industry.
U.S. President Donald Trump and corporate image-crafter the World Economic Forum have perfected the tactic of creating “pseudo-realities” to help avoid accountability for damaging actions. Credit: World Economic Forum/Valeriano Di Domenico .
Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture Self-Serving ‘Pseudo-Realities’
By Adam M. Lowenstein
on
Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.

Global asset-management firms like JP Morgan promote investment products that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. But are these funds truly aligned with the Paris Agreement, as is claimed?
While JP Morgan Promises 'Net Zero,' Billions Flow to Big Oil
By Giorgio Michalopoulos and Stefano Valentino
on
While promoting “Paris-aligned” green investing, JP Morgan's “green” funds have funneled over $4 billion to the fossil-fuel majors, betraying the firm’s promises and undermining efforts to achieve net zero.
MPs debate calls to ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. Credit: UK Parliament
uk/“Compliant Deception”: MPs Warn of Oil Industry Greenwashing at Debate on Proposed Fossil Ad Ban
By Ellen Ormesher and Rebecca John
on
UK’s first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
MPs debate whether to ban fossil fuel advertising. Credit: UK Parliament
uk/MP Cites DeSmog Reporting to Bolster Call for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising
By Ellen Ormesher
on
Labour's Jacob Collier warns parliamentary debate of "coordinated strategy" by oil companies to delay climate action.
A mobile "Newton Room" classroom operating in Scotland. Credit: Scott O'Hara
uk/Shetland Schoolchildren Study in Classrooms Sponsored by Norwegian Oil Giant
By Ellen Ormesher
on
Critics fear that Equinor’s latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to North Sea drilling.
Several activists holding a fifteen metre long banner over the Thames Embankment, in front of the headquarters of WPP. The banner reads WPP are climate criminals, ban fossil fuel advertising
uk/Climate Activists Protest at London Headquarters of Global Ad Giant WPP
By Ellen Ormesher
on
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.
Health workers marching to end fossil fuel use at New York Climate Week 2023. Credit: Skyler Knutzen/Global Climate and Health Alliance
Mental Health Professionals Join Calls For Boycott of Advertising Agencies Over Work for Polluters   
By Ellen Ormesher
on
Growing toll of climate anxiety shows it's time to stop greenwashing fossil fuels, clinicians say.
Photo portrait of Polina Zabrodskaya
uk/Q&A: Why an Advertising Executive Is Blowing the Whistle on Her Agency’s 'Greenwashing'
By TJ Jordan and Matthew Green
on
Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: “It’s devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.”

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The Team of Ad Agencies Working to Polish Saudi Aramco's Corporate Image
ByKathryn Clare and TJ Jordan
on
DeSmog investigation reveals that up to 200 staff from 15 Interpublic Group agencies work for Aramco.
Chart showing interconnections between agencies and clients working for Aramco at IPG.
Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-friendly
ByRachel Sherrington
on
Expert says non-profit partners provide a "fairy dust" of legitimacy to beef industry.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry , Big Ag's Climate Push
A red-brown jersey steer in sharp focus and staring straight at the camera, amid several other beef cattle that are lightly out of focus. It is wearing an ear tag with the number 1901.
Analysis
Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture Self-Serving ‘Pseudo-Realities’
ByAdam M. Lowenstein
on
Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.

U.S. President Donald Trump and corporate image-crafter the World Economic Forum have perfected the tactic of creating “pseudo-realities” to help avoid accountability for damaging actions. Credit: World Economic Forum/Valeriano Di Domenico .
While JP Morgan Promises 'Net Zero,' Billions Flow to Big Oil
ByGiorgio Michalopoulos and Stefano Valentino
on
While promoting “Paris-aligned” green investing, JP Morgan's “green” funds have funneled over $4 billion to the fossil-fuel majors, betraying the firm’s promises and undermining efforts to achieve net zero.
Global asset-management firms like JP Morgan promote investment products that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. But are these funds truly aligned with the Paris Agreement, as is claimed?
uk/“Compliant Deception”: MPs Warn of Oil Industry Greenwashing at Debate on Proposed Fossil Ad Ban
ByEllen Ormesher and Rebecca John
on
UK’s first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
MPs debate calls to ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. Credit: UK Parliament
uk/MP Cites DeSmog Reporting to Bolster Call for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising
ByEllen Ormesher
on
Labour's Jacob Collier warns parliamentary debate of "coordinated strategy" by oil companies to delay climate action.
MPs debate whether to ban fossil fuel advertising. Credit: UK Parliament
uk/Shetland Schoolchildren Study in Classrooms Sponsored by Norwegian Oil Giant
ByEllen Ormesher
on
Critics fear that Equinor’s latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to North Sea drilling.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
A mobile "Newton Room" classroom operating in Scotland. Credit: Scott O'Hara
uk/Climate Activists Protest at London Headquarters of Global Ad Giant WPP
ByEllen Ormesher
on
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.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Several activists holding a fifteen metre long banner over the Thames Embankment, in front of the headquarters of WPP. The banner reads WPP are climate criminals, ban fossil fuel advertising
Mental Health Professionals Join Calls For Boycott of Advertising Agencies Over Work for Polluters   
ByEllen Ormesher
on
Growing toll of climate anxiety shows it's time to stop greenwashing fossil fuels, clinicians say.
Health workers marching to end fossil fuel use at New York Climate Week 2023. Credit: Skyler Knutzen/Global Climate and Health Alliance
uk/Q&A: Why an Advertising Executive Is Blowing the Whistle on Her Agency’s 'Greenwashing'
ByTJ Jordan and Matthew Green
on
Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: “It’s devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.”
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Photo portrait of Polina Zabrodskaya