Fossil Ad Ban South Africa

In celebrating women today, let's remember those in frontline communities impacted by mining and extractive industries.

Their struggles, solutions, and voices in the fight for climate justice deserve recognition.

Happy Women’s Day!

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𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘀 - show climate leadership by joining the Fossil Free Declaration. ✍️

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 - tag your favourite athletes & teams to encourage them to join. 📢

Polluting sponsors are everywhere in sport - let's change that. 👇

Mining companies often promise jobs when they enter a community. But people with limited skills are usually excluded and left without any economic opportunities.

Sign the pledge to help expose the lies: tinyurl.com/2h55bvsk

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Climate change is making Africa’s debt burden worse – new debt contracts could help State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.

READ | "Any sustainable debt solution must acknowledge that Africa in particular, and the global south generally, should not pay to fix a climate crisis they didn’t create." @theconversation.com

Link: tinyurl.com/yc7xh6m4

"Without dedicated, long-term monitoring, we would have no baseline to track climate change and a poor understanding of the weather systems and ecosystems in this important part of the world."

Thank you to everyone who joined our greenwashing workshop in Mpumalanga with Caroline Eco Green and Womxndla Community Development.

End greenwashing. Ban fossil fuel ads. Sign the pledge: tinyurl.com/sb2vbrmd

📸: Bongekile Zwane

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We launched the latest Planet A Investment Guide last year 📖 Turns out ESG funds often outperform traditional ones, but many financial advisors still don’t know this.

Want your investments to fund a sustainable future? Visit www.fossilfreesa.org.za/resources to learn more 🌿

Take a look at some more pictures from our AGM and 10th birthday event earlier in July 📸 If you'd like to stay up to date with our upcoming events, keep an eye on our page or visit our website: www.fossilfreesa.org.za 🌿

Fossil Ad Ban Pledge Let's ban fossil fuel ads - to save our health, our economy, our planet and future. Fossil Ad Ban is a campaign of Fossil Free SA, an environmental NGO focused on fossil fuel divestment and raising aw...

Think you can’t be influenced by advertising? Think again.

Fossil fuel companies use manipulative marketing to appear environmentally responsible, but they are driving the climate crisis.

Sign the pledge to stop the lies: forms.gle/sAYMSnvogW3H...

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"A 2021 InfluenceMap report identifying “the world’s most obstructive corporates and industry associations holding back Paris Agreement-aligned climate policy” cited Toyota as the third most obstructive company globally, after ExxonMobil and Chevron."

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations | Harj Narulla Countries are now bound under international law to reduce emissions or pay damages to affected nations – a clear statement that the status quo is not sufficient

READ| "The court specifically targeted the fossil fuel industry in its ruling and held that countries failing to take action to protect the environment from greenhouse gases ... may commit an “internationally wrongful act.”" @theguardian.com

📰 : tinyurl.com/4cxkhjev

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A night of joy, meaningful conversation, and collective resistance toward a just, fossil-free future. ✊

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The climate claims vs reality graphic reveals the lies behind fossil fuel PR. Learn more in South Africa’s first-ever greenwashing report.

Smoke and Mirrors: Decoding Fossil Fuel Advertising in South Africa

🔗 tinyurl.com/48br8m34

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How does greenwashing impact communities near coal mines & fossil fuel plants? At our Smoke and Mirrors launch, we shared insights from our Mpumalanga workshop last year on how companies market to those most affected.

📖 Read the report: tinyurl.com/FABreport1
🎥 Full video: youtu.be/a_2-MfyzR5Y

Air pollution from coal power plants put Mpumalanga communities at risk. Our Fossil Ad Ban campaign, Carolina Eco Green and Womxndla Community Development held a greenwashing workshop to expose fossil fuel harms and false promises of prosperity.

#FossilAdBan #FossilAdBanSA #StopGreenwashing

READ | "The data is unambiguous: fossil fuels are a dead end. A genuinely green economy is the only meaningful growth story left. South Africa’s financial planners can either guide clients through this transition or explain why they didn’t."

Quick update on the #KCB11

▶️Finally, they've been granted cash bail
▶️More updates about the proceedings to follow
▶️ We must not forget they were in jail for nearly 3months. That's 85 days away from family & loved ones. Months stolen for peacefully opposing #EACOP! #StopEACOP

‪During the two-day greenwashing workshop, the community gathered with a shared commitment to protect their land and future, highlighting their resilience and determination in the face of adversity.

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G20 must act to stop greenwashing by fossil fuel companies - POWER Up As the climate crisis intensifies with increased flooding, wildfires and food insecurity around the country, a new report has exposed deceptive tactics that fossil fuel companies use in South Africa t...

LISTEN | Lazola Kati, @fossiladbansa.bsky.social Campaign Manager, spoke on Power FM about how fossil fuel companies use greenwashing to make misleading environmental claims while ignoring their role in driving the climate crisis.

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Air pollution from coal power plants put Mpumalanga communities at risk. @fossiladbansa.bsky.social, Carolina Eco Green and Womxndla Community Development held a greenwashing workshop to expose fossil fuel harms and false promises of prosperity.

#FossilAdBan #FossilAdBanSA #StopGreenwashing

"Wonder Modise,chairperson of the West End Mining and Rehabilitation (WERM) Trust,who has been negotiating with Sibanye about old and abandoned mining infrastructure in the area, argues that the community had rights to the village and homes after Sibanye left them abandoned and neglected for years."

"An advert is not just an advert," Lazola Kati, Campaign Manager at @fossiladbansa.bsky.social.

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Join Lazola Kati, Campaign Manager at @fossiladbansa.bsky.social for a webinar hosted by Cornerstone Climate and Mishcon Purpose.

The session will spotlight South Africa, Africa's largest greenhouse gas emitter.

Register here: lnkd.in/epJAXxAA

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Sign the Petition Urge the UK Government to Withdraw Support for TotalEnergies' Harmful Gas Project in MOZ

Stand with the 600,000 people displaced by the LNG TotalEnergies project and demand that the @ukgovernment.bsky.social withdraw funding.

Sign the petition: chng.it/JmWkS4NWYz

Fossil fuel companies use sponsorship to greenwash their image, but communities in Mpumalanga suffer from poor air quality.

Sign the pledge to expose the greenwashing that lets fossil fuel companies pose as providers of prosperity.

The pledge: tinyurl.com/4tnmpa4n

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READ: Cape Town is a food-insecure city, and this challenge becomes even more severe during winter. Here are five impactful ways you can help make a difference.

G20 must act to stop greenwashing by fossil fuel companies Misleading marketing allows companies such as Astron Energy, BP, Engen, Sasol, Shell and TotalEnergies to avoid taking measures to address the climate crisis

In a Mail & Guardian article, Lazola Kati, Campaign Manager at ‪@fossiladbansa.bsky.social‬, says the G20 must take a firm stand against greenwashing by banning deceptive fossil fuel ads.

Read here: tinyurl.com/z7zsxy8r

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🎉 Our 2024-2025 Annual Report is officially live!

It reflects on the work we've done over the past year, where we've grown, and how our work is evolving to reflect a more holistic approach to build support for a truly Just Transition.

You can read the report via our website here: lnkd.in/d9dyJvG9

South African sustainable environmental non profit organisation for life beyond fossil fuels

South African sustainable environmental non profit organisation tackling climate action, greenwashing, fossil fuel free advocacy

fossil free south africa work campaigns mobilising universities for climate leadership, climate action through finance advocacy, challenging greenwashing, resource development

fossil free south africa major achievements, total energies greenwashing complaint with the advertising regulatory board, UCT divesting from fossil fuels, supporting the launch of south africa's only fossil fuel free equity fund, lobbying with Archbishop Desmond Tutu's support, City of Cape Town pledging to divest from fossil fuels after our campaign with 350 Africa.

New look, same mission 🌍 We've officially launched our refreshed branding! We’re reintroducing ourselves 👋🏼 — from calling out greenwashing to mobilising climate leadership to finance advocacy, we're driving climate action. Discover our story below & visit the link in our bio to get involved 🌱