Standard Bank faces complaint over alleged greenwashing
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Lawyers for Human Rights filed a complaint with the Advertising Regulatory Board regarding Standard Bank. The complaint was made on behalf of the StopEACOP coalition and Fossil Free South Africa. It focuses on the bank's claims about sustainability and climate. The group points to the bank's financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Lawyers for Human Rights, acting for Fossil Free South Africa and the StopEACOP coalition, have complained to the Advertising Regulatory Board over Standard Bank’s climate and sustainability claims, citing its financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.