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Businesses are no longer trusted on climate change: Edelman report
Edelman’s latest Trust Barometer surveyed 14,000 people across regions including APAC to understand the public’s perception of the climate crisis.
Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé in greenwashing row
Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé have been accused of greenwashing by consumer groups that have made a legal complaint to the European Commission calling for a crackdown on ‘misleading’ claims over the recyclability of plastic bottles.
Is it up to adland to save the planet?
Is the ad industry losing sight of its raison d’être by focusing too much on purpose and causes that are not relevant either to it or consumers, or should it double down on becoming a positive force for change when it comes to the planet’s future?
New Unilever CEO downplays purpose and hikes adspend
Hein Schumacher says purpose is not relevant to every Unilever brand.
WPP and IPG lead Asia's F-list with the most fossil fuel contracts
The Asia-focused report by Clean Creatives lists 103 fossil fuel contracts by 72 advertising and PR agencies.
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Unfinished business: How adtech pioneer Brian O’Kelley is trying to solve the problems he created
In an exclusive with Campaign, adtech veteran Brian O'Kelley shares his journey from AppNexus to Scope3, insights from his past, and how he wants to help advertisers create sustainable yet pragmatic advertising.
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GfK study reveals only 46% of CMOs in APAC say sustainability is important for their brand
The study also illuminates a huge gap between marketers' and consumers' expectations when it comes to environmental business priorities.
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Generative AI's hidden carbon cost: What marketers should know
The environmental impact of GPT-3 is comparable to 123 gasoline-powered cars driven for a year. As marketers increasingly turn to these tools, what should they do to reduce their carbon footprint?
Why can’t climate change be a laughing matter?
Apple's recent "Mother Nature" spot has shown that eco messaging needn't be worthy or stuffy.
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Don’t want to be seen as villains when it comes to environment-friendly conversations: Amit Gheji, Gulf Oil Lubricants
The brand's head of marketing chats with Campaign India around brand associations, how the company has evolved in the last seven years, and more...
'Havas, you’re only as green as your clients': Belinda Noble
A B-Corp on the one hand and Big Oil on the other? No matter how Havas and others justify the tango, can dirty alliances live beside clean credentials, questions Comms Declare founder.
Havas wins Shell's media account, deal sparks backlash as Red Havas loses client
Climate campaigners had called on agencies to drop out of the media review, saying PR and advertising firms are aiding oil companies in delaying climate action.
Apple raises the sustainability bar, yet Mother Nature yearns for more
Seen as a masterclass in repositioning corporate sustainability messaging, Apple's latest campaign, where it gets a sustainability interrogation from Mother Nature, still suffers from “vagueness,” says Vero's COO.
Why oil and gas companies are tapping influencers to clean up their image
Fossil fuel giants like Shell and BP are leaning on influencers to promote their green initiatives and rewards programs as ad giants address their role in the climate crisis.
Beyond greenwashing: B Corps' moral imperative to reject Big Oil
"It's hard to run an agency. Not every client you take on is going to be a passion project, still, no agency should be taking on fossil fuel clients, especially not the B Corps, and definitely not in the hottest year of human history," writes Clean Creatives' Duncan Meisel.
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APAC consumers drawn to brands that get involved with social issues
TOP OF THE CHARTS: YouGov Profiles reveals that APAC consumers are increasingly more drawn to brands that are conscious about their impact on the society and environment.
ESG removal a big McStake for McDonald's sustainability credibility
The very quiet removal by McDonald’s of the term ‘ESG’ from parts of its website is a wrong turn in its journey towards sustainability.
Companies in Asia must make sustainability more relatable and relevant for people
Accenture Song's Sonia Gupta offers thoughts on how businesses can reach their sustainability goals and motivate consumers to follow them, by keeping things human and relatable.
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LinkedIn just pulled our anti-greenwash film. Why?
Glimpse founder James Turner claims LinkedIn pulled his collective's parody film that urges people to stop following influencers paid by oil companies.
Most UK comms clients not walking the walk on climate change - report
Two-thirds of clients are jumping on the bandwagon of talking about climate change without doing anything about it, says a report by the UK's PRCA’s Climate Communication Group.
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