The financial sector regulator plans to close the loopholes on greenwashing both in advertising and in companies’ climate disclosures

The corporate ESG push amplified the fiction that companies are the most effective driver of societal change, and let governments off the hook

A verdict against TotalEnergies in France could open the door to legal action against the oil giant in South Africa and other African countries

A ruling by South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board is another blow to TotalEngergies’ efforts to recast itself as a defender of environmental rights