As UN chief slams advertising industry for promoting fossil fuels, agency majors go quiet

Published on June 11, 2024

António Guterres called ad agencies "enablers to planetary destruction". The industry's biggest ad firms have not responded to calls to drop fossil fuels clients. Dirty energy ads will have to be banned before agencies transition, say NGOs.

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