Planet Tracker: Advertisers working with fossil fuel clients hold significant investment risk

Cecilia Keating
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To mitigate financial risk, investors should request advertising companies disclose the emissions impact of their work with polluting clients, think tank argues

Major advertising firms have once again come under fire for working with polluting clients, amid fresh estimates today that the combined carbon footprint of the work of five ad agency holding companies...

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