Mental Health Professionals Join Calls For Boycott Of Advertising Agencies
Health organisations should cut ties with advertising agencies that work for the fossil fuel industry to protest the role of greenwashing in delaying climate action, says a group of mental health advocates.
In an open letter, a dozen researchers and clinicians warned of the growing toll of despair suffered by displaced families, the disorientation and grief communities face after floods, drought and wildfires, and the anxiety of children facing a worsening climate crisis.
“Advertising and public relations firms that serve both the health sector and the fossil fuel industry are working at cross purposes.