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The F-List 2024

Australia/NZ

The F-List exposes the marketing and advertising agencies that spin for fossil fuels in a climate crisis.

By highlighting these often-hidden partnerships, the F-List sheds light on how the fossil fuel industry uses PR tactics to downplay environmental impacts and delay climate action.

The creative industries have helped fossil fuels for too long  it’s time to stop the promotion of pollution.

F-List 2024

Australia

Agencies with clients whose primary business is the extraction, processing, transportation, or sale of oil, gas or coal.

Adenium – NSW Minerals Council

/alt/shift – Origin Energy

Anacta Strategies – Glencore, Jera

Atomic 212 – Origin, BHP

Australian Public Affairs (Havas) – Santos

Barton Deakin (WPP) – Equinor, Nucoal, Santos

Bastion – Alinta, Australia Gas Industry Group

Bespoke Approach – BHP

Big Red (BRX) – BHP, AGL

BMF – Alinta

The Brand Agency (WPP) – Woodside, Kleenheat

Brookline Advisory – Tamboran

Buck – Alinta

Cahill and Bailey – JERA Australia

Carat (Dentsu) – Alinta Santos Tour Down Under

CHEP – Australian Gas Networks

The Civic Partnership – United Petroleum

CMAX Advisory – Senex Energy Australian Energy Producers

Counsel Communications – Jera

Counsel House – Inpex, NSW Minerals Council

Crisis&Comms Co – Hancock Coal, GVK Coal Developers, Idemitsu Kosan, M Resources

Deloitte Digital – Energy Australia

Dentsu Creative Public Relations – Hydrogen Engineering Australia

DPG Advisory Solutions – Wollongong Resources

FTI Consulting – Vermilion Oil & Gas  Asia Natural Gas & Energy Association (ANGEA)

Govstrat – Baralaba Coal Company, Energy Developments Ltd

GRACosway (Clemenger group/Omnicon) – Santos, AGL, BHP, Glencore, Tas Gas, Shell Energy, Halliburton Energy, Arrow Energy

GR Connect – Bowen Coking Coal

Hardhat – Engie (Simply Energy)

Hawker Britton (WPP) – Equinor, Shell, Woodside, Senex

Headline Advisory – Minerals Council of Australia

HERO – Engie (Simply Energy)

Horizon GR – Victorian Hydrogen & Ammonia Industries

Houston Group – Ampol

Initiative (IPG) – Jemena, Energy Australia, Kleenheat

iProspect – Ampol

Insight Strategy – APA Group

Jeanes Holland and Associates – Victorian Hydrogen & Ammonia Industries

Marketforce (Clemenger group/Omnicom) – Alinta

Match & Wood – Synergy

M&C Saatchi – Origin Energy

MCM Strategic – Ampol

Mediabrands Content Studio (IPG) – Jemena

Milner Strategic Services – Bowen Coking Coal

Northstar Public Affairs – Ampol, Idemitsu Kosan

Nous – Shell

OMD – BHP, Chevron

PolicyWonks – Galilee Energy, Kestral Coal Resources, Bowen coking coal, Fox Resources, Hancock Energy

Primary Communication Partners – Gas Industry Alliance, Elgas

Purple (WPP) – Australia Gas Infrastructure Group, DomGas Alliance, Inpex, Pilot Energy, Korea Southern Power, Impala Terminals

Republic PR – Bowen Coking Coal

Richardson Coutts – Bengalla Mining

Saatchi & Saatchi – Ampol

Saint Mob – NSW Mining

SEC Newgate – Chevron, Malabar Coal, Whitehaven Coal, APA Group,  BHP, South32

Special – Origin Energy

Spoke Corporate – Invictus Energy, Carnarvon Energy

Spring Street Advisory – Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, GB Energy, ENGIE, Globird Energy, Lochard Energy, Total Energies

Strategic Political Counsel – APA Group

Taylor Connect – TasGas

TG Public Affairs – Port Waratah Coal, Viva Energy, LETA, Engie, Shell

TLA Worldwide – Ampol

UM Media – AGL

Wahoo Advertising – Glencore

Willard Public Affairs – Caltex

F-List 2024

New Zealand

Agencies with clients whose primary business is the extraction, processing, transportation, or sale of oil, gas or coal.

BCG2 – Gas NZ

Chemistry – Z Energy (Ampol)

DDB Group (Omincom) – Mobil

Eyes & Ears – Genesis Energy

Kantar – BP

MBM – Z Energy (Ampol)

Motion Sickness – Frank Energy

PHD Media – Frank Energy, Genesis Energy

The Purpose Business – Z Energy (Ampol), Frank Energy, Genesis Energy

Rainger & Rolfe – BP

Saatchi & Saatchi (Publicis Groupe) – Z Energy (Ampol)

Spitfire – Rock Gas

The Lumery – BP

Wright Communications – Z Energy (Ampol) 

The Australian New Zealand F-list is researched by Comms Declare and Clean Creatives. 

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It's time for communicators to come clean.

I declare my work as a communicator will not support any activities, organisations or individuals that promote:
• the growth of fossil fuels
• the continuation of high greenhouse gas pollution as ‘business as
usual’
• deception, distraction or spin around science or climate actions.

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