It’s the latest in a series of environmentally focused rulings by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, which has also nixed ads from Lufthansa, HSBC and Unilever.
This is completely wrong. It was banned because of environmental damage that it was projecting. The ASA has teeth as a regulator and does actually ban advertising that is harmful or misleading.
See the guardian article which this Bloomberg one was clearly based on for the actual story.
This is completely wrong. It was banned because of environmental damage that it was projecting. The ASA has teeth as a regulator and does actually ban advertising that is harmful or misleading.
See the guardian article which this Bloomberg one was clearly based on for the actual story.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/22/toyota-suv-adverts-banned-in-uk-on-environmental-grounds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other