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"Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting has earned a
slap on the wrist from Australia’s advertising watchdog for greenwashing gas,
by making “false, misleading and not substantiated claims” that the fossil fuel
is “clean.”
The finding by industry-run regulatory body Ad Standards was over a recruitment
ad in the Rupert Murdoch-owned
Weekend Australian in October 2024, in which
Hancock asserted “Our clean gas keeps the lights, and factories, hospitals, and
shops open from Tokyo to Toowoomba.”
Ad Standards said the miner broke its new environment code because the use of
the term “clean gas” without any evidence to back it up was misleading.
“The majority of the Panel considered that most members of the community would
understand ‘clean’ in combination with an energy source to mean that the energy
source does not produce emissions or have a negative impact on the
environment,” the community panel’s final decision read.
“The Panel considered that the advertiser had provided information on why gas
is cleaner than other energy sources, and not why it is completely clean.
“Without further disclaimers explaining the limitations of the word “clean” in
this context, the advertisement was misleading or deceptive or likely to
mislead or deceive.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
