Thinktank says funding from oil and gas firms is attempt to ‘divert attention from their role in fuelling the climate crisis’
Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn (£4.2bn) of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate”, according to a new report.
Almost no major spectator sport remains untouched by oil and gas money, according to research carried out by the New Weather Institute (NWI), a climate thinktank, which traced more than 200 sponsorship deals between sports teams and the industry.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/18/fossil-fuel-companies-sponsor-billions-in-global-sportswashing-deals
Author : Damien Gayle Environment correspondent
Publish date : 2024-09-17 23:01:41
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