{"id":66200,"date":"2023-12-07T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=66200"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:39:33","slug":"report-greenwashing-big-oil-gas-the-fossil-fuel-deception-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/publication\/66200\/report-greenwashing-big-oil-gas-the-fossil-fuel-deception-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Greenwashing big oil &amp; gas: the fossil fuel deception playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As countries discuss a way forward on the increasingly urgent climate crisis at COP28, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/14cf92b2-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-1-1.pdf\">new report<\/a>&nbsp;by Greenpeace Canada and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) exposes widespread greenwashing practices fossil fuel companies use to maintain social license and avoid accountability for the harms they cause. \u2018<em>Greenwashing big oil &amp; gas: the fossil fuel deception playbook<\/em>\u2019 breaks down the sophisticated greenwashing tactics that fossil fuel companies use to mislead the public into believing they are acting responsibly.<\/p>\n\n<p>These pervasive industry tactics enable companies to sidestep accountability and perpetuate the illusion of responsibility by obscuring the truth about their products\u2019 environmental and health impacts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/14cf92b2-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-1-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Greenwashing big oil &amp; gas: the fossil fuel deception playbook .\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d8ff3a56-95c6-4b9a-8b3e-4e6f6f659f1c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/14cf92b2-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greenwashing big oil &amp; gas: the fossil fuel deception playbook <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/14cf92b2-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-1-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d8ff3a56-95c6-4b9a-8b3e-4e6f6f659f1c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>For readers seeking actionable steps, it concludes with a section on taking meaningful action. For example, it provides a roadmap for reporting misleading ads on X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram and to Ad Standards Canada.<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/d2f14771-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-2-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Take Action Against Fossil Fuel Greenwashing.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ac3cb68d-3804-48d1-8986-c49797b38d9e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/d2f14771-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-2-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take Action Against Fossil Fuel Greenwashing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2023\/12\/d2f14771-greenwashing-toolkit-doc-2-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ac3cb68d-3804-48d1-8986-c49797b38d9e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>With COP28 discussions intensifying urgency of climate action, rising consumer costs due to high fossil fuel prices, the Competition Bureau\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/canadian-gas-association-competition-bureau-investigation-1.6647619\">ongoing investigation<\/a>&nbsp;into the Canadian Gas Association\u2019s misleading claims about gas, and pending federal changes to the&nbsp;<em>Competition Act<\/em>, this report is a timely catalog of big oil and gas\u2019 playbook and offers concrete steps that government and the public can take to rein in harmful greenwashing claims.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a 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