In February, the Uppsala Region, with just over 400,000 residents, implemented a fossil fuel ad ban. As a result, 4.6 million residents—nearly half of Sweden’s population—will no longer be exposed to fossil fuel advertising on public transportation and in many other settings.
Read MoreGenoa adopted a ban on advertising for high carbon products on council-controlled sites on 21 April 2026.
Read MoreGlobal examples of ‘best practice’ local and municipal policies to restrict highly polluting advertising and sponsorships.
Read MorePortsmouth councillors in south England approve new advertising policy which will prohibit ads for polluting and unhealthy products on council-controlled property.
Read MoreNearly 90 Olympians and Paralympians, alongside more than 40 athletes hoping to compete at future Olympic Games, have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) requesting a formal dialogue on sponsorship policy and urging the organisation to exclude fossil fuel companies from future Games.
Read MoreAs the Milano–Cortina Winter Olympics kick off tomorrow with fireworks, flyovers and forced optimism, the climate contradiction at the heart of the Games has now become impossible to ignore.
Read MoreNew polling shows Winter Olympics fans want fossil fuel sponsors dropped as concern over snow loss surges
Read MoreJoin the call for Sadiq Khan to introduce a Low Carbon Advertising and Sponsorship Policy, for cleaner air, better health, and to remove unfair fossil fuel influence on politics and people.
Read MoreThe City of Stockholm announcedon October 8 that a ban on fossil fuel advertising in the city will be introduced from the summer of 2026.
Read MoreAfter 17 years of partnership, Vasaloppet, one of the world's most prestigious cross-country ski races, and the oil company Preem have officially parted ways.
Read MoreIn a complaint submitted today, the New Weather Institute and Badvertising have asked the UK advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to investigate its own ads for allegedly breaching rules around misleading advertising, which it is charged with enforcing.
Read MoreA former president of major advertising company WPP has been appointed as non-executive director on the Foreign Office supervisory board. Karen Blackett will now have influence over UK foreign policy, raising questions about the political influence of the ad industry.
Read MoreA powerful new investigation by journalist Matt Rendell, commissioned by the Badvertising campaign for ITV, reveals how fossil fuel sponsorship is casting a long shadow over cycling’s most iconic event. While riders push for glory, TotalEnergies is using the Tour to greenwash its image as its business operations fuel climate breakdown and land injustice.
Read MoreIn a letter to the UK Government, over 100 leading companies with business worth more than £100 million from across the advertising industry have called for, “a national ban on all advertising and sponsorship from fossil fuel companies”.
Read MoreThe Hague’s world-leading local law against fossil fuel advertising on outdoor advertising spaces has survived a legal challenge, and paved the way for other Dutch cities to follow suit.
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