'Precedent setting': Shell, Petronas, and Repsol rapped over green ads

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'Precedent setting': Shell, Petronas, and Repsol rapped over green ads

ASA rules series of ads from oil and gas giants fail to provide sufficient details on their net zero plans and continued polluting activities.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today ordered that a series of ads from three of the world's largest oil and gas companies should be withdrawn, in a ruling designed to set a precedent for...

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