FACT SHEET: WAVEMAKER AND CHEVRON’S MISLEADING CLIMATE COMMUNICATION

The document alleges that Wavemaker has spent over two decades helping Chevron mask its environmental and human rights record through misleading advertising. It highlights Chevron's toxic waste dumping in the Ecuadorian Amazon and pollution in Richmond, California, as evidence of the company's actual impact, contrasting these with its public image campaigns.

• Wavemaker has maintained a long-term relationship with Chevron since approximately 2003, including a $60 million global media account renewed in 2019 for three years.
• Chevron is accused of dumping 16 billion gallons of toxic waste in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990, affecting over 30,000 Indigenous and rural residents.
• In Richmond, California, Chevron's refinery is linked to high rates of respiratory illness and child hospitalizations; the company paid $160 million in fines in 2018 for Clean Air Act violations.
• Chevron's political spending is described as contradictory to its public image, with the company providing over four times more campaign funding to US politicians with poor civil rights records according to a Global Witness study.

APA

Clean Creatives (n.d.). FACT SHEET: WAVEMAKER AND CHEVRON’S MISLEADING CLIMATE COMMUNICATION. https://cleancreatives.org/wavemaker

Chicago

Clean Creatives. FACT SHEET: WAVEMAKER AND CHEVRON’S MISLEADING CLIMATE COMMUNICATION. n.d. https://cleancreatives.org/wavemaker.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cleancreativesndfact, author = {{Clean Creatives}}, title = {{FACT SHEET: WAVEMAKER AND CHEVRON’S MISLEADING CLIMATE COMMUNICATION}}, institution = {Clean Creatives}, url = {https://cleancreatives.org/wavemaker}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }