We have known for years that Big Oil companies like BP sponsor iconic arts institutions in the UK as a way of greenwashing their image and helping the company with its “social licence to operate”.
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“No more false solutions. We don’t have time”
There were two different actions over the last few days in Paris, with the same underlying message: as we enter the so-called business end of the COP21 talks, there can be no more false solutions to climate change.
“Filthy Foxes” Guard the Paris COP Hen House
With less than one week before Paris climate talks, known officially as the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21), the campaign group Corporate Accountability International has released a report exposing the “filthy” track record of some of the corporations sponsoring the talks.
Boycott BP’s Baku Games
There are two scandals going on in world sport right now: the one you have heard about and the one that you haven’t.
Ghost of Brent Spar Haunts Shell
Twenty years ago the oil giant Shell was embroiled in two separate controversies, which still haunt the company to this day.
Big Oil’s Front Groups Exposed
It has often been called the heart of public relations: but the third party technique is simple – it is putting your words in someone else’s mouth.
Big Coal’s “Fake” Social Media Campaign
As more and more of us search for news and information online, PR companies and their clients are increasingly trying to manipulate what you read.
“I was spied on by BP”
I discovered recently that I was being spied on by BP.
Campaign Update: Taking Aim at the Industry’s Spin Machine
Baker Hughes, a fracking giant, is distributing hundreds of pink drill bits to drilling sites around the world in “honor” of breast cancer awareness month. Along with our allies, we took action.
Activists Challenge BP’s Secret Sponsorship of the Arts
A three and a half year battle by activists to find out more details of BP’s secretive sponsorship deal with Britain’s iconic art institution, the Tate, will finally be resolved on Thursday this week.