by EmilieTricarico | Jan 17, 2024 | Badvertising, Blog
Company: BWM Location: Brussels, November 2023 Following a recent flurry of adverts for electric vehicles (EVs) by some of the world’s largest carmakers, one could be mistaken that these companies are taking decarbonisation as a serious matter. The reality is rather...
by Veronica Wignall | Nov 23, 2023 | Badvertising, Blog
A second ban on ads for Repsol within just five months has raised eyebrows and serious questions about the ability of advertising regulation to keep greenwashing in check. Back in June, when the ASA banned a suite of ads for three of the world’s largest oil and gas...
by Andrew Simms | Jun 1, 2021 | Car Free Megacities, Initiatives
Great cities set the tone for modern living and a new campaign for Car Free Megacities is aiming to improve the music of our urban streets as well as clear their air. The campaign is writing to the mayors of Paris, New York and London to ask if they will...
by Andrew Simms | Apr 7, 2021 | Badvertising, Blog
New study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in towns and cities and calls on ad agencies to drop polluters We are far less in control of the things that we buy, such as cars, than we think. In a new study, Mindgames on wheels we show how marketing created...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather’s Andrew Simms took part. The survey’s predictions often prove highly accurate. Like last year, the uncertainty of Brexit still...
