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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

Policy makers are also influenced by these ads and sponsorship deals.

By making it legally impossible for damaging industries to promote their polluting products, we can turn the cultural tide towards sustainability.

Join the campaign. 👇 8/8

Ask your local council for a 'Low Carbon Advertising Policy'

Use this tool to write to your local councillor, asking them to adopt policies banning the use of high-carbon advertising, including for fuel-guzzling SUVs, on council-owned ad space.

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

These ads and sponsorships aren’t background noise - they’re part of the same lobbying ecosystem.

Every time a fossil fuel logo sits beside a cultural event, it normalises their presence and associated their brand with our favourite pass times. 7/8

Revealed: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action

BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

Advertising is one key lever for laundering polluters' reputations.

And sports sponsorship is another.

While wreaking ecological havoc in Guyana through its oil projects, Exxonmobil has sponsored major cricket team the Guyana Amazon Warriors. 🤨 6/8

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

While Exxon was dismantling EU climate law behind closed doors, it was laundering its reputation with glossy ads and sponsorship deals.

Across Europe, the US oil giant plastered public space with ads misrepresenting them as climate leaders. 5/8

Strong Support Among Europeans for Banning Fossil Fuel Ads, Study Finds

Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as many who oppose such a move, according to a new study. Climate campaigners a...

www.desmog.com

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

Within a year, three of Exxon’s four demands made it into the final proposal.

The law was gutted and the fossil fuel lobbyists went home smiling.

But direct lobbying is only half of the strategy. 4/8

EU lawmakers back cuts to sustainability law's reach

The European Parliament's legal committee on Monday backed plans to water down the EU's corporate sustainability law, which is facing pushback from companies that say complying with the rules would hinder the competitiveness of European industries.

www.reuters.com

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

ExxonMobil called it ‘irrational’ and a ‘job killer.’

Then it lobbied to gut it before it even took effect.

The fossil fuel giant met with EU officials 25+ times, threatening to pull €20B in investments, and even enlisted Trump’s team to pressure Brussels. 3/8

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

The EU’s new law - the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) - was meant to make large companies responsible for human rights abuses and pollution across their supply chain.

In short - they would be made responsible for their impacts 💡 2/8

Time to get to know your supply chain: EU adopts Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive | White & Case LLP

After a two-and-half-year legislative journey, the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"), has been formally adopted, and was published in the EU Official Journal on 5 July 20...

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 10h

🚨 Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down Europe’s new climate accountability law.

In a new investigation by SOMO, Exxonmobil's prolonged climate delay strategy in Europe is revealed. 🧵 1/8

How Big Oil kills sustainability and climate legislation - SOMO

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

www.somo.nl

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Cool Down @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Football can’t solve the climate crisis. But it can help us imagine a future worth fighting for.

In Sporting Tales published last year, Freddie Daley documented the climate activism journey of Arsenal legend, Héctor Bellerín. 🧵 1/5

Read the full piece. 👇

Héctor Bellerín’s journey: could footballers save the planet? — Cool Down

By Freddie Daley This chapter was originally published in ‘ Sporting Tales: 21 new stories for a troubled world '. As societies face up to the realities of a warming world, there is a simmeri...

www.cooldownclimate.org

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

The Museum Association's code of ethics is significant - but the world of sport is the billboard of choice for polluters aiming to clean up their image.

To join the campaign against polluter sponsorship in sport, sign up to the Fossil Free Declaration. 👇 8/8

The Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down

Launched by the Cool Down - Sport For Climate Action Network, the Declaration is a pledge for sports organisations, athletes, and fans to demonstrate climate leadership by rejecting sponsorships and c...

www.cooldownclimate.org

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

This success is part of a wider movement against sponsorship being used to normalise harmful industries.

Across the UK, cities are refusing to allow public space to be used to advertise products that damage public health. 7/8

New Sheffield ad ban shows how councils can act on harmful advertising - Adfree Cities

Adverts for a wide range of polluting products and brands, including airlines, airports, fossil fuel-powered cars (including hybrids) and fossil fuel companies, will not be permitted on council-owned ...

adfreecities.org.uk

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

This move isn't anti-business as is often claimed.

It’s about drawing a line between philanthropy and propaganda - between genuine support for the arts and image-laundering by polluters and abusers. 6/8

Museums Are in a High-Stakes Battle Over Corporate Sponsorship

Museums face growing pressure to reject controversial sponsors—but with public funding in decline, is ethical purity financially viable?

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

The Code connects the dots between climate, ethics, and labour rights - calling for decisions that reflect social and ecological responsibility.

Culture can’t claim to educate the public on the climate crisis while being funded by its architects. 5/8

Culture clash: when the British Museum accepts funding from oil firms | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Charlotte Higgins about the management of the institution and sponsorship by BP

www.theguardian.com

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

The tide has turned.

With pressure now coming from the top, the British Museum & Science Museum Group are isolated for continuing to take money from BP & Adani, companies funding fossil fuels and human rights abuses. 4/8

Museums defend BP sponsorship after firm abandons climate targets

British Museum and Science Museum said BP’s decision to grow fossil fuel investment would not alter relationship

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

But this didn’t happen overnight.

It’s the product of a decade of campaigning by artists, cultural workers, and activists who refused to let polluters clean up their image through culture sponsorship. 3/8

London’s Science Museum forced to cut ties with oil giant – and faces pressure over other sponsors

Campaigners welcome ‘seismic shift’ and urge museum bosses to review links with other fossil fuel sponsors

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

For the first time, a cultural sector body has stated it plainly: organisations involved in environmental harm and human rights abuses are not welcome in the UK's galleries and museums. ✅ 2/8

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 BREAKING: UK museums have voted to adopt a new Code of Ethics calling for a 'transition away' from fossil fuel and rights-abusing sponsors.

This marks a huge moment for the culture sector challenging harmful sponsorship.

Here's the story. 🧵 1/8

Museums ratify new ethics code requiring ‘transition away’ from fossil fuel and rights abusing sponsors

In a significant shift for the culture sector, museums and galleries in the UK this evening voted to adopt ambitious new ethics rules that call for the sector to ‘transition away’ from sponsorship …

cultureunstained.org

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

✍️ If you are based in the UK and want to see your council follow in Stockholm's footsteps, join the campaign by writing to your local councillor. 👇 6/6

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Ask your local council for a 'Low Carbon Advertising Policy'

Use this tool to write to your local councillor, asking them to adopt policies banning the use of high-carbon advertising, including for fuel-guzzling SUVs, on council-owned ad space.

action.wearepossible.org

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

Momentum is building for a tobacco-style ban on high-carbon advertising.

Just this year, Chris Packham led a petition calling for such a ban that resulted in 100,000+ signatures and an unprecedented Parliamentary debate. 5/6

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

What makes Stockholm’s new ban so important is that it refuses to allow publicly-owned space to be used to promote harmful industries. 📺❌ 4/6

Stockholm förbjuder fossil reklam – oppositionen kritisk - P4 Stockholm

Stockholm förbjuder fossil reklam på stadens egna reklamplatser, enligt den nya budgeten från Socialdemokraterna, Miljöpartiet och Vänsterpartiet. Miljöpartiets ...

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

And it's not just Sweden leading on tackling polluter ads.

In the UK, Edinburgh and Sheffield have notably banned polluter advertising, including fossil fuel companies, petrol/diesel cars, airlines, and cruise ships. 3/6

Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels – and yours could be next

Billboard ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuel companies are now prohibited in cities like Edinburgh, Sheffield, Stockholm and Toronto.

theconversation.com

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

⏪ The ban follows previous wins in Sweden.

Early last year, Stockholm region banned fossil fuel ads on public transport.

Gothenburg region then implemented a public transport advertising ban. 2/6

Stockholm region bans fossil fuel advertising — Badvertising

The region of Stockholm has adopted Sweden's, and Scandinavia's, first ban on fossil fuel advertising. From January 2026, residents of the capital and other municipalities in the most populated region...

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Campaign win! 🚨

The City of Stockholm has just voted to ban fossil fuel advertising on public ad spaces from summer 2026.

This is a landmark that adds momentum to the wave of local governments banning the promotion of polluting industries. 🧵 1/6

Stockholm visar vägen med förbud mot fossilreklam — New Weather Sverige

Stockholms stad meddelade den 8 oktober att ett förbud mot fossilreklam i staden införs från och med sommaren 2026.

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Cool Down @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · 7d

Sofie Junge Pedersen has built a career defined by purpose as much as performance.

Now the Danish international and Liga F midfielder has joined the Fossil Free Declaration, calling for an end to polluting sponsorship in sport.

Watch our latest interview with Sofie about the declaration. 👇

Sofie Junge Pedersen: Why I’ve joined the Fossil Free Declaration — Cool Down

As part of our Fossil Free Declaration series, Danish footballer Sofie Junge Pedersen reflects on the growing intersection between sport and sustainability. Drawing on her experiences across Europe’s ...

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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Raducano forced to retire ill in Wuhan Open's first round amid extreme 34C humid heat.

And guess who is sponsoring the climate-vulnerable tournament?

Yup - that's right - Saudi Arabia's O̶i̶l̶ Public Investment Fund. 🛢️🫰

Wuhan Open: Emma Raducanu retires in first round against Ann Li

British number one Emma Raducanu looks devoid of energy and appears to struggle with the hot and humid conditions before retiring in China.

www.bbc.com

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