HSBC climate ads misled consumers over bank's environmental impact, ASA rules

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Adfree Cities

In a landmark ruling, the Advertising Standards Authority rules bank failed to put its climate investments in broader context of its continued financing of polluting industries

HSBC has been rapped by the UK advertising watchdog over an advertising campaign that promoted the bank's climate and nature investments without highlighting its significant role in funding fossil fuel...

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