100+ creators, experts, and advocates demand Edelman drop all fossil fuel clients

A group of over 100 sustainability experts and advocates is publicly demanding that Edelman, the world's largest PR firm, drop all fossil fuel clients, including ExxonMobil and Shell. The signers argue that Edelman's work for these companies spreads climate denial and misinformation, which obstructs government action and contradicts the firm's stated commitment to the Paris Agreement.

• The signers allege that Edelman, the world's largest PR firm, works extensively with fossil fuel companies such as Shell and ExxonMobil, as well as organizations that promote the agenda of major polluters and deny climate change.
• The document claims that Edelman performs more work for fossil fuel interests than any other PR agency globally and that its marketing activities actively contribute to fossil-fuel emissions.
• The authors argue that Edelman's representation of fossil fuel clients renders its corporate commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement fraudulent.

APA

Alhassen, M., Ali, M. S., Antonelli, P., Arnold, J. S., Avent-deLeon, K., Baird, M., Barber, A., Bastida, X., Boeve, M., Bonneau, A. M., Britton, E., Bush, S., Cain, M., Chalabi, M., Coates, T.-N., Cousteau, P., Cousteau, A., Cross, D., Cuba, C., ... Yellin, D. (n.d.). 100+ creators, experts, and advocates demand Edelman drop all fossil fuel clients. Clean Creatives. https://cleancreatives.org/edelmandropexxon

Chicago

Alhassen, Maytha, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Paola Antonelli, Jennifer S Arnold, Kai Avent-deLeon, Maggie Baird, Aja Barber, et al. 100+ creators, experts, and advocates demand Edelman drop all fossil fuel clients. Clean Creatives, n.d. https://cleancreatives.org/edelmandropexxon.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{alhassennd100, author = {Alhassen, Maytha and Ali, Mustafa Santiago and Antonelli, Paola and Arnold, Jennifer S and Avent-deLeon, Kai and Baird, Maggie and Barber, Aja and Bastida, Xiye and Boeve, May and Bonneau, Anne Marie and Britton, Easkey and Bush, Sophia and Cain, Michael and Chalabi, Mona and Coates, Ta-Nehisi and Cousteau, Philippe and Cousteau, Ashlan and Cross, David and Cuba, Carmen and Davis, Dana and Debnam-Carey, Alycia and Dixson-Decleve, Sandrine and Drew, Kimberly and Farwiza and Figueres, Christiana and Flemma, Jean and Flicker, Sarah Sophie and Flowers, Catherine and Forman, Zaria and Fortenberry, Dorothy and Fortin, Candice and Gennari, Anne Therese and Glazer, Ilana and Gleich, Caroline and Glover, Donald and Gonia, Pattie and Gregory, Tolmeia and Günsberg, Osher and Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, Marce and Hamel, Sonia W and Harries, Finn and Harris, Meena and Hoffman, Mara and Holmes, Anna and Houska, Tara and II, Jerome Foster and Isaacs, Natalie and Ivanova, Maria and Jackson, Christopher and Jacobson, Abbi and James, Aurora and Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth and Jovovich, Milla and June, Jean Godfrey and Klein, Naomi and Leive, Cindi and Leonard, Franklin and Liu, Juliet and Loach, Mikaela and Lubber, Mindy and Maher, Katherine and La Manna, Venetia and La Manna, Max and Marietta, Amy and Marietta, Marissa and Martin, Gina and Mayer, Aditi and McGhee, Heather and McKibben, Bill and McLaughlin, Nicole and Mendoza, Paola and Milano, Alyssa and Miltenburg, Anne and Moinian, Max and Moss, Dale and Nakate, Vanessa and Neubauer, Luisa and Nicholas, Chani and NoiseCat, Julian and Okonkwo, Chiké and Omond, Tamsin and Peck, Thania and Penn, Maya and Penn, Kal and Peoples, Lindsay and Perabo, Piper and Picardi, Phillip and Plank, Liz and Poehler, Amy and Popova, Maria and Pott, Julia and Pugh, Gwilym and Quitiquit, Sierra and Rigg, Kelly and Robertshaw, Allison and Rockefeller, Valerie and Rockefeller, Susan and Rodriguez, Favianna and Russell, Cameron and Rutherford, Chrissy and S, Allen and Sacks, Anna and Schumer, Amy and Shine, Tara and sicardi, Arabelle and Simpson, Sturgill and Singer, Lauren and Semaan, Céline and Vernon, Colin and Kim, Jungwon and Skolnik, Michael and Stanescu, Oana and Stillwell, Marquise and Tamblyn, Amber and Thurston, Baratunde and Toney, Heather McTeer and Tonkin, Phoebe and Tsui, Tori and Ullman, Raviv and Ushkowitz, Jenna and Valletta, Amber and Wijsen, Melati Riyanto and Wilkinson, Katharine and Wynn-Grant, Rae and Yamin, Farhana and Yarbrough, Jessica DeFino and Jr., Lennox Yearwood and Yellin, Dustin}, title = {{100+ creators, experts, and advocates demand Edelman drop all fossil fuel clients}}, publisher = {Clean Creatives}, url = {https://cleancreatives.org/edelmandropexxon}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }