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...
by Comms Declare | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles
Fossil fuel companies use STEM education as a way to build credibility and social licence, and recruit future staff, while glossing over their role in global warming. This is against the Paris Agreement, which calls for all countries to improve climate change...
by Comms Declare | Aug 14, 2022 | Articles
Dear Mr Crowe and Mr Massola I am writing on behalf of Comms Declare, a group of communications professionals promoting climate action. We are asking you to please drop Woodside, Shell, Nexus APAC and Hawker Britton as sponsors of the Midwinter Ball and refuse...
by Comms Declare | Aug 3, 2022 | Articles
Fossil fuel companies have a proud tradition of lobbying against environmental laws and taxes that may dent their enormous profits. Following the 2022 federal election, Labor-aligned lobbyists are enjoying their time in the sun. One of the world’s largest coal...
