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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Turning COP into a venue for greenwashing Oil and gas did not show up to the COP party uninvited. According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. They are granted pavilions, theyre given official space for their greenwashing. As former U.S.

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How Big Oil's spin doctors are influencing influencers

Corporate Knights

Cancelling oil industry greenwash There’s a growing consensus that the PR companies involved in greenwashed campaigns need to be held to account. It dismissed a petition that circulated at COP26, asking it to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. As climate awareness grew, Big Oil’s advertising budgets exploded.

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Mythbusting sustainable business practices

Envirotec Magazine

Getting any advice is difficult as carbon consultants are busy post COP26 and we, like many businesses nationwide, have limited in-house capacity to do it ourselves – although we’re making changes there! Since COP26, prices have skyrocketed, so buying as much as possible in advance is advised. There’s no urgency to buy credits now.