Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation

Episode 4 - Is it time to ban greenwashing adverts?

February 16, 2023 Stop Funding Heat Season 2 Episode 1
Episode 4 - Is it time to ban greenwashing adverts?
Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation
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Stop Funding Heat - Sounding the Alarm on Climate Misinformation
Episode 4 - Is it time to ban greenwashing adverts?
Feb 16, 2023 Season 2 Episode 1
Stop Funding Heat

Hello! Stop Funding Heat is back with four brand new episodes all about climate misinformation. In this episode we speak to Silvia Pastorelli of Greenpeace. We discuss the growing movement asking, isn't it time we banned greenwashing adverts, just like we did with tobacco?

The Stop Funding Heat podcast is produced by Stop Funding Heat: www.stopfundingheat.info

Read our latest report "Cashing in on Climate Delay - Big Tech's Role in Greenwashing the Fossil Fuel Industry" at www.stopfundingheat.info/greenwashing

Thanks to our guest today, Silvia Pastorelli! Read about the protest that took place at Leutzerath here:  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/24/eviction-lutzerath-village-destroyed-coalmine-a-photo-essay

References

Ryanair is the first non-coal company to enter top 10 emitters list in the EU https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/01/ryanair-new-coal-airline-enters-eu-top-10-emitters-list

Hyundai: "I expect you to save our planet" real advert https://adsofbrands.net/en/ads/hyundai-expecting-generation-one-2/13614

Toyota spoof advert: "Let's ruin everything" advert https://twitter.com/BrandalismUK/status/1614888011765846016

Exxon made breathtakingly accurate predictions about global warming decades ago. Article in Science https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0063 

Measuring the CO2 impact of adverts for cars and airlines, by Badvertising https://www.badverts.org/latest/new-report-advertising-climate-chaos-measuring-the-co2-emissions-associated-with-adverts-for-cars-amp-airlines 

5 'supermajor' oil companies spend $750 million per year on climate-related communication activities https://influencemap.org/report/Big-Oil-s-Agenda-on-Climate-Change-2022-19585


Show Notes

Hello! Stop Funding Heat is back with four brand new episodes all about climate misinformation. In this episode we speak to Silvia Pastorelli of Greenpeace. We discuss the growing movement asking, isn't it time we banned greenwashing adverts, just like we did with tobacco?

The Stop Funding Heat podcast is produced by Stop Funding Heat: www.stopfundingheat.info

Read our latest report "Cashing in on Climate Delay - Big Tech's Role in Greenwashing the Fossil Fuel Industry" at www.stopfundingheat.info/greenwashing

Thanks to our guest today, Silvia Pastorelli! Read about the protest that took place at Leutzerath here:  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/24/eviction-lutzerath-village-destroyed-coalmine-a-photo-essay

References

Ryanair is the first non-coal company to enter top 10 emitters list in the EU https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/01/ryanair-new-coal-airline-enters-eu-top-10-emitters-list

Hyundai: "I expect you to save our planet" real advert https://adsofbrands.net/en/ads/hyundai-expecting-generation-one-2/13614

Toyota spoof advert: "Let's ruin everything" advert https://twitter.com/BrandalismUK/status/1614888011765846016

Exxon made breathtakingly accurate predictions about global warming decades ago. Article in Science https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0063 

Measuring the CO2 impact of adverts for cars and airlines, by Badvertising https://www.badverts.org/latest/new-report-advertising-climate-chaos-measuring-the-co2-emissions-associated-with-adverts-for-cars-amp-airlines 

5 'supermajor' oil companies spend $750 million per year on climate-related communication activities https://influencemap.org/report/Big-Oil-s-Agenda-on-Climate-Change-2022-19585