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ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, Dominion Energy, American Petroleum Institute, Exelon and other leading players in the fossil fuels business spend more than $200M annually in PR and corporate advertising to buff their image and spread misinformation about climate change, according to a report from the Clean Creatives activist group.
In its “Polluted PR: How Ad Agencies and PR Firms Secretly Block Climate Action,” released Dec. 18, Clean Creatives cites FleishmanHillard, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Brunswick Group, Kivvit, BCW, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Ketchum, FTI Consulting and Singer & Associates among firms having ties to the energy sector.
Duncan Meisel, Clean Creatives campaign director, accused the PR firms of helping the “fossil fuel industry pretend that it has gone green’ or lobby against climate action, they’re actively undermining our ability to confront the crisis.”
Edelman will develop and implement a communications strategy to promote the United Nations’
The climate events that we increasingly face are signals that the systems we rely on—transportation, energy, health, supply chains—are getting more vulnerable. Resilience begins with corporate responsibility. Communication bridges policy, purpose and public trust.
Join Krystal Noiseux, Associate Director of the MIT Climate Pathways Project at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Tony Cheevers of Researchscape International for a recorded O'Dwyers webinar covering how the MIT Climate Pathways project is using data in interactive simulations to advance the adoption of evidence-based climate policy through leaders in the public and private sector.
DGA Group has named climate advocate Karen Skelton as a senior advisor to help clients navigate the evolving energy transition landscape.
Brunswick Group has added climate and sustainability pro David Wei as a partner in its New York office, effective June 17.
