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Duncan Meisel
Aug 28, 2023

Beyond greenwashing: B Corps' moral imperative to reject Big Oil

"It's hard to run an agency. Not every client you take on is going to be a passion project, still, no agency should be taking on fossil fuel clients, especially not the B Corps, and definitely not in the hottest year of human history," writes Clean Creatives' Duncan Meisel.

Photo: Duncan Meisel, Clean Creatives

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