‘A great deception’: oil giants taken to task over ‘greenwash’ ads

ClientEarth calls for tobacco-like health warnings on advertisements from fossil fuel firms

Some of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies have used advertising to greenwash" their ongoing contribution to the climate crisis, according to files published by the environmental lawyers ClientEarth. They describe the practice as a great deception".

The files compare the adverts produced by ExxonMobil, Aramco, Chevron, Shell, Equinor and others with the companies' operations and products, overall climate impact and progress toward climate-safe business models.