'We have to take responsibility': Advertising execs call for crackdown on 'greenwashing' at Net Zero Festival

Cecilia Keating
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Speakers at BusinessGreen conference discuss critical role communications and ad industry must play in turning climate targets into action

The advertising sector stands at a crossroads, with positive green moves from some agencies and a growing crackdown by regulators on misleading environmental claims overshadowed and undermined by laggards...

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