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Australia

B&T Magazine —

2021 – Climate Change “Ad Hack” Campaign Calls Out Top London Ad Agencies For Supporting Fossil Fuels

B&T Magazine —

2021 – Queensland Teen Inspires Spoof HSBC “Subvertising” Campaign In UK

Canada

CBC —

2015 – Fake ads mocking corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks pop up in Paris

CBC Radio (Interview) —

2012 – Poet Robert Montgomery on hijacking over 35 billboards across England

France

La Réclame —

2020 – Des activistes antipub parodient des publicités automobiles

Germany

Der Spiegel —

2015 – Klimakonferenz in Paris streetart von Brandalism

DW —

2012 – ‘Brandalism’ street art takes aim at advertising

International

Euronews —

2021 – Artists hijack billboards to protest the greenwashing of ‘Europe’s dirtiest bank’

It's Nice That (Interview) —

2021 – How one organisation is calling out the hypocrisy of fossil ads with its own spoof versions

CNN —

2018 – The Hackers Using Street Ads to Protest

VICE (Interview) —

2015 – 600 Fake Ads Flood Paris to Protest Climate Talks

Buzzfeed —

2012 – Guerilla Group Hijacks 30 UK Billboards, Pre-Olympics

Huffington Post —

2015 – Brandalism campaign points out the paradoxes of the Paris climate conference

Collosal —

2015 – Brandalism: 82 Artists Install 600 Fake Ads Across Paris to Protest the COP21 Climate Conference

The World Post —

2015 – World leaders bombarded by art protest at Paris climate talks

Business Insider —

2016 – Inside the anti-advertising movement that’s recruiting ad agency workers to destroy billboards

Reuters —

2012 – Londoners complain of strict Olympics branding code (VIDEO)

Italy

La Republica —

2015 – Parigi, false pubblicità per denunciare gli sponsor di Cop21

La Republica —

2012 – Gran Bretagna, la street art contro la pubblicità

Spain

El Diario —

2021 – Así desafían colectivos de artistas los mensajes engañosos de las empresas de energías fósiles

El Espanol —

2015 – El activismo toma las marquesinas de París

UK

The Conversation —

2021 – Artists are not at the negotiating table at COP26 but art is everywhere. What can they accomplish through their work?

Campaign —

2021 – To boycott or not to boycott: how agencies should work with high-carbon clients

The Drum —

2021 – ‘Fight for the soul of the industry’: adland under scrutiny from watchful green activists

The Drum —

2021 – London’s biggest ad agencies targeted in anti-advertising climate protests

VICE —

2021 – Climate Activists ‘Hack’ More Than 200 Billboards To Protest Alleged Greenwashing

The Big Issue —

2021 – ‘Stop fossil fuels or get out our city’: Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank

The Guardian —

2021 – Activists target Liverpool FC sponsor Standard Chartered over fossil fuel links

Ecologist —

2020 – Activists hijack HSBC climate advertising

Street Art News —

2020 – Brandalism take over 100 UK billboards in anti-car protest

Morning Star —

2020 – Taking back the billboards

Marketing Week —

2018 – Beware the ‘subvertisers’ if your deeds don’t match your message

Campaign —

2018 – Shell Protesters Create Ads Decrying Brands Sustainability Marketing

Product Magazine —

2018 – ‘Earth For Sale’: Brandalism Subverts Shell Campaign

Guardian —

2018 – From Trump to Brexit: how bad graphics triumphed over slick design

The Independent —

2015 – ‘Brandalism’ activists post satirical adverts around Paris to protest climate change

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

AdWeek —

2015 – 600 fake outdoor ads in Paris blast corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks

Guardian —

2015 – Anti-advertising: the hijacked bus stops of Paris – in pictures

Guardian —

2015 – Paris Climate Summit: survey reveals ‘greenwash’ of summit sponsors

BBC —

2015 – Eco activists Brandalism launch Paris ad takeover

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

Telegraph —

2015 – The climate activists who secretly replace adverts with artwork

Channel 4 'Random Acts' —

2012 – Brandalism (A Short Film)

Campaign —

2012 – Guerrilla art group sabotages outdoor ads

Independent —

2012 – Brandalism: Street artists hijack billboards for ‘subvertising campaign’

USA

Forbes —

2020 – Glitzy SUV Adverts Subverted On 100 Billboards By Guerilla Eco-Warriors

Bored Panda —

2015 – Artists Fill Paris With 600 Fake Ads To Protest Corporate Sponsorship Of Climate Conference

Mother Jones —

2015 – The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Bankrolling the Paris Climate Talks

Washington Post —

2015 – Activists flood Paris with ads mocking corporate sponsors of climate change talks

CNBC —

2015 – Climate activists ‘brandalize’ Paris ads

New York Times —

2015 – Chasing a Climate Deal in Paris

MTV News —

Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

MTV News —

2015 – Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

Forbes —

2012 – Brandalism At The London Olympics

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Activists have blasted Toyota’s sponsorship of the upcoming Olympic Games with more than 100 ad-hacks in prominent locations in Paris and five other major French cities. The guerilla artworks highlight the automaker’s greenhouse gas emissions, which are higher than many fossil fuel companies, and criticise the Olympic organising committee for accepting sponsorship from major polluters.

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