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Over 200 businesses struggle to meet emissions reduction targets. SBTi revises its Net-Zero Standard, enabling extended use of carbon offsetting for Scope 3 emissions.

Deinfluencers have been around for a few years, hoping to stop you from buying overhyped products

A new movement has emerged in recent years: de-influencing. What started as a backlash to advertising could now have a surprising and real-world impact on the environment.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with sustainability expert Solitaire Townsend about the rise of de-influencers on social media, who spread awareness about the harms of overconsumption on the environment.

The Bolloré family’s business empire — which includes Havas, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies — has longtime ties to the fossil fuel industry.

WATCH: Sustainability expert and chief solutionist at Futerra chats to BusinessGreen about the challenges facing the net zero transition and how she maintains her positivity about overcoming them

Does being an effective agency mean helping sell more products or can it mean helping mitigate climate emergency?

WATCH: Influential figures including Chris Skidmore MP, Farhana Yamin, Solitaire Townsend and Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers discuss the pathway forward at the Net Zero Festival 2023

Catch up on all the latest news, top speakers and in-depth discussion from day one of BusinessGreen's biggest Net Zero Festival yet

It’s that time of year again. The Drum and the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) have partnered for a sixth year to celebrate marketers. You can nominate your pick here until October 11.