An open letter from more than 60 climate activists challenges Edelman’s credibility as the UN climate summit’s PR lead.
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Activists call on UN, Brazil to cut Edelman from COP30 over client conflicts
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If no fossil fuel company is transitioning, what exactly are agencies defending?
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Clean Creatives’ Duncan Meisel hits back at claims the F-List is “flawed,” arguing that cutting fossil fuel clients is both ethical and smart business.
Failing the F-List: Why marketing’s annual naming and shaming fest needs to move on
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Clean Creatives has spotlighted fossil fuel marketing, but Paul Mottram says the industry must now channel its influence into regulation, disinformation and systemic reform.
APAC agencies account for more than 20% of global fossil fuel contracts, F-List finds
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All major holding companies, including Dentsu, Havas, Omnicom, Publicis, Stagwell, and WPP—as well as Edelman have current or recent contracts with fossil fuel companies, as per the report.
Clean Creatives highlights fossil fuel risks in Omnicom-IPG merger
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The group is urging shareholders to demand greater transparency on fossil fuel-related risks, before approving the merger.
Following Trump's lead is a mistake. It's time for agencies to focus on climate
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Just like you wouldn’t plan a picnic without considering the weather; agencies that try to plan for the future without considering climate change are risking disaster, says Clean Creatives' Duncan Meisel.
What will it really take for adland to divest from fossil-fuel clients?
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Financial profit is often attributed as the main reason agencies continue to work with fossil-fuel clients. Experts in the industry argue that stricter regulation and forward-thinking measures are needed to move away from agencies’ over-reliance on fossil fuels.
F-list: Ogilvy and Edelman among those with most contracts with fossil-fuel clients
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According to the annual report by Clean Creatives, 219 contracts are split between major holding companies in APAC for clients such as Shell, BHP, and Chevron.
Havas loses B Corp status over controversial Shell deal
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After sustained pressure from environmental groups, B Lab has revoked Havas' B Corp certification, citing violations of core values due to the agency's association with Shell.
Clean Creatives accuses five B Corp agencies of fossil fuel deals
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Clean Creatives names SEC Newgate, Tinkle Communications, Cullen Communications, Edit, and Total Media in a report alleging fossil-fuel ties, but three agencies contest the findings, citing transparency and past disclosures.
Adland's wilful ignorance of the climate emergency cannot last
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Agencies and platforms held sessions about the future at Cannes, all while their work producing ads for the world’s biggest polluters is making that future hotter, more dangerous, and more expensive, says Duncan Meisel of Clean Creatives.
Clean Creatives on decision not to disrupt Cannes 2024
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Climate activist group Clean Creatives has told PRWeek UK it has no plans for stunts at this year’s Cannes Lions, calling the festival ‘a difficult and expensive place to engage’.
Activists 'hack' billboards to protest against Shell advertising
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OOH campaign by Brandalism precedes Shell’s London AGM this month.
Clean Creatives hands 'awards' to Edelman
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Campaign group Clean Creatives has announced its 2024 F-List ‘award’-winners – deeming them ‘the awards no agency wants to win’.
World Earth Day 2024: 1,000 agencies say no to fossil fuels
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Asia Pacific joins the Clean Creatives movement with 67 regional pledges. To mark this occasion, the anti-fossil fuel campaign group has released a new film, lampooning the advertising industry.
Working for Big Oil? Take a lesson from Vero's climate conscious creativity
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Leaders from Vero and On Purpose, the first Asia-based PR agencies to sign the Clean Creatives pledge, wish more businesses stood by the industry's moral imperative against fossil fuel influence; saying that prioritising integrity over profit is a decision worth celebrating.
Eighteen PR firms and ad agencies working on COP28 also working with fossil fuel polluters: Clean Creatives
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Clean Creatives claims that the UAE could not have hosted COP28 if not for the fossil fuel greenwashing provided by advertising and PR agencies
Why Asia suffers the most from fossil fuel advertising
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Following the reveal of Asia's F-list by Clean Creatives this week, Research director Nayantara Dutta opines why even if creatives and agencies have the best of intentions, they may still end up being complicit with polluters in Asia.
WPP and IPG lead Asia's F-list with the most fossil fuel contracts
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The Asia-focused report by Clean Creatives lists 103 fossil fuel contracts by 72 advertising and PR agencies.
Why brands should stop working with PR agencies that consult for fossil fuel
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Vero's Brian Griffin urges brands to provide PR agencies the motivation they need to drop fossil fuel clients.
Clean Creatives, agencies urge B Lab to rethink B Corp certifications for agencies with fossil fuel clients
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In the wake of Havas’ appointment as Shell’s media agency of record, Clean Creatives and other B Corp-certified agencies are demanding that B Lab strip accreditation from agencies with fossil fuel clients.
Allison PR vows not to work with fossil fuel industry
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The Stagwell firm is the largest agency to sign anti-fossil fuel industry group Clean Creatives’ pledge.
Clean Creatives releases the 2023 F-List: 'There’s no creativity on a dead planet'
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The annual report dropped yesterday, accompanied by an out-of-home campaign aimed at holding company employees.
Clean Creatives targets Richard Edelman at Cannes
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Clean Creatives members held placards pointing at agency boss Richard Edelman during the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity yesterday as part of a campaign to stop PR agencies working with fossil fuel corporations.
Clean Creatives warns of disruption at Cannes Lions 2023
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Clean Creatives has announced its intentions to ‘go bigger and better’ with its disruption of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year.
Pitching for Shell? You don’t understand value
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Belinda Noble from Comms Declare writes that accepting work from the petroleum giant makes losers of your company, your staff, and the advertising industry.
Clean Creatives pitches in on anti-Shell movement
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Group released a guide on pushing back against agencies pitching for the Shell global media account.
More than 400 scientists call on Hill+Knowlton to drop fossil-fuel clients
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Environmental activist group Clean Creatives and the Union of Concerned Scientists released the letter to the WPP firm this week, ahead of COP27.
239 agencies listed as 'polluted' in Australia: report
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Climate advocacy groups Clean Creatives and Comms Declare have revealed this year's version of the F-List, a list of agencies that work alongside oil, coal, and gas companies.
Agency talent willing to leave agencies that work with fossil-fuel clients
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If research shows that people are hesitant to work with clients that don’t align with their values, how are agencies managing differing moral choices among employees?
Why do so many agencies continue to work with fossil-fuel companies?
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The devastating impact of fossil fuels to our planet is undeniable—yet a majority of agencies continue to promote and sustain the ‘dirty energy’ sector with no immediate sign of backing away.