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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.