by Comms Declare | May 25, 2023 | Articles
Out of the ruins of the World Wars, two fledgling industries sprouted, grew and took over the world: petroleum and public relations. In Australia, there are few better examples of this than Ampol’s founder, Sir William Gaston Walkley and his head of PR, Terry...
by Comms Declare | Feb 14, 2023 | Articles
I am writing as the founder of Comms Declare, a group of marcomms professionals that advocates for climate action. We are concerned that the Walkleys has Ampol as a sponsor. This association gives reputational cover to Australia’s largest transport fuel provider – a...
by Comms Declare | Jan 22, 2023 | Articles
We’re proud to announce that Republic of Everyone is Australia’s most climate-friendly agency. The pioneering sustainability and social impact creative agency is our Climate Comms Champion for 2022, following a survey that was sent to more than 100 Australian...
by Comms Declare | Jan 7, 2023 | Articles
How deep do the fossil fuel funds flow? Straight to the heart of Australia’s most prestigious journalism awards.The Walkley Awards were actually started by Ampol and named after its boss. Here’s a photo from the inaugural awards in 1956 featuring the...
by Comms Declare | Nov 22, 2022 | Articles
A campaign has been launched demanding that Chevron be dumped as sponsor of the National Australia Day Council (NADC). Chevron is the ‘diversity and inclusion’ partner of the NADC, which runs Australia Day events and Australian of the Year awards. Sign the petition...
by Comms Declare | Oct 8, 2022 | Articles
Ad Standards has dismissed a complaint from Comms Declare about a social media post on Ampol’s ‘carbon neutral’ fuel. The Facebook post shows an image of treetops with the words “Ampol Carbon Neutral” and claims Ampol can offset all the greenhouse gas emissions from...
