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Campaigns and research organisation working for an end to fossil fuel funding of art and culture.
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Great to see @britishmuseum.bsky.social finally cut financial ties with tobacco giant JTI.
As ASH Chair @copddoc.bsky.social says "It is completely unacceptable that the industry, which kills millions of people every year, is trying to launder its reputation...”
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As ASH Chair @copddoc.bsky.social says "It is completely unacceptable that the industry, which kills millions of people every year, is trying to launder its reputation...”
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
British Museum drops tobacco sponsor after claims of WHO breach
Money from Japan Tobacco International could have put institution at odds with agreement to not promote tobacco products
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Great to see @britishmuseum.bsky.social finally cut financial ties with tobacco giant JTI.
As ASH Chair @copddoc.bsky.social says "It is completely unacceptable that the industry, which kills millions of people every year, is trying to launder its reputation...”
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
As ASH Chair @copddoc.bsky.social says "It is completely unacceptable that the industry, which kills millions of people every year, is trying to launder its reputation...”
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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The British Museum has ended its relationship with sponsor Japan Tobacco International (JTI), one of the largest tobacco product manufacturers in the world.
British Museum axes tobacco sponsor as activist group amps up pressure to also drop BP - Arts Professional
The British Museum has ended its relationship with sponsor Japan Tobacco International (JTI), one of the largest tobacco product manufacturers in the world.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The British Museum has ended its relationship with sponsor Japan Tobacco International (JTI), one of the largest tobacco product manufacturers in the world.
BREAKING: The British Museum’s controversial partnership with tobacco manufacturer JTI is OVER!
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
- Yet this wasn’t the Museum finally making an ethical choice; instead the sponsorship was ended after an intervention by the Department of Health.
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- Yet this wasn’t the Museum finally making an ethical choice; instead the sponsorship was ended after an intervention by the Department of Health.
British Museum drops tobacco sponsor after claims of WHO breach
Money from Japan Tobacco International could have put institution at odds with agreement to not promote tobacco products
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
BREAKING: The British Museum’s controversial partnership with tobacco manufacturer JTI is OVER!
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
- Yet this wasn’t the Museum finally making an ethical choice; instead the sponsorship was ended after an intervention by the Department of Health.
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
- Yet this wasn’t the Museum finally making an ethical choice; instead the sponsorship was ended after an intervention by the Department of Health.
INTRODUCING: ‘Tickets are Now On Sale’, a new short film of a play by acclaimed playwright Caryl Churchill, featuring BAFTA-winning actor Siobhán McSweeney and BAFTA-nominated actor Samuel West.
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TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE | Siobhán McSweeney and Samuel West in Caryl Churchill's play on sponsorship
YouTube video by Culture Unstained
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October 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
INTRODUCING: ‘Tickets are Now On Sale’, a new short film of a play by acclaimed playwright Caryl Churchill, featuring BAFTA-winning actor Siobhán McSweeney and BAFTA-nominated actor Samuel West.
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"Fossil fuel companies ... seek to reinforce their social licence and influence consumer behaviour by associating themselves with progress, positivity and public good.”
MPs speak out for a ban on fossil fuel advertising & sponsorship: www.desmog.com/2025/07/07/m...
MPs speak out for a ban on fossil fuel advertising & sponsorship: www.desmog.com/2025/07/07/m...
MP Cites DeSmog Reporting to Bolster Call for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising
Labour MP Jacob Collier cited DeSmog investigations into the strategies used by oil and gas companies to delay climate action in opening remarks to a parliamentary debate on whether the UK government ...
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July 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Fossil fuel companies ... seek to reinforce their social licence and influence consumer behaviour by associating themselves with progress, positivity and public good.”
MPs speak out for a ban on fossil fuel advertising & sponsorship: www.desmog.com/2025/07/07/m...
MPs speak out for a ban on fossil fuel advertising & sponsorship: www.desmog.com/2025/07/07/m...
TODAY: MPs will, for the first time, debate a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. For our health, for climate, for human rights, for Palestinian liberation - we must stop promoting and enabling some of the most destructive companies on the planet.
July 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
TODAY: MPs will, for the first time, debate a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. For our health, for climate, for human rights, for Palestinian liberation - we must stop promoting and enabling some of the most destructive companies on the planet.
Culture, education and academic boycott of the Science Museum until Adani & BP are dropped as sponsors!
🎨👩🔬✍️ We - writers, academics, performers, artists, scientists, musicians, culture workers - refuse to contribute to Science Museum events and activities and will refuse contracts with the museum…
🎨👩🔬✍️ We - writers, academics, performers, artists, scientists, musicians, culture workers - refuse to contribute to Science Museum events and activities and will refuse contracts with the museum…
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Culture, education and academic boycott of the Science Museum until Adani & BP are dropped as sponsors!
🎨👩🔬✍️ We - writers, academics, performers, artists, scientists, musicians, culture workers - refuse to contribute to Science Museum events and activities and will refuse contracts with the museum…
🎨👩🔬✍️ We - writers, academics, performers, artists, scientists, musicians, culture workers - refuse to contribute to Science Museum events and activities and will refuse contracts with the museum…
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Education union calls on schools to boycott London's Science Museum over ‘image-laundering’ sponsorship deals
Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy
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Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy
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June 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Education union calls on schools to boycott London's Science Museum over ‘image-laundering’ sponsorship deals
Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy
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Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy
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News | Opposition to philanthropy is ‘imagined’, say climate campaigners
Anti-oil group @cultureunstained.bsky.social says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues
Anti-oil group @cultureunstained.bsky.social says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues
Opposition to philanthropy is ‘imagined’, say climate campaigners - Museums Association
Anti-oil group says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues
www.museumsassociation.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
News | Opposition to philanthropy is ‘imagined’, say climate campaigners
Anti-oil group @cultureunstained.bsky.social says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues
Anti-oil group @cultureunstained.bsky.social says sponsorship could be a 'win-win' if museums adopt ethical red lines, as debate on the issue continues
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If you're a teacher please support the boycott of the Science Museum until they drop BP & Adani as sponsors. This action is supported by NEU and continues the calls by @cultureunstained.bsky.social to stop fossil fuel companies sponsoring culture.
www.educationclimatecoalition.co.uk/sciencemuseu...
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Science Museum Boycott — Education Climate Coalition
www.educationclimatecoalition.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you're a teacher please support the boycott of the Science Museum until they drop BP & Adani as sponsors. This action is supported by NEU and continues the calls by @cultureunstained.bsky.social to stop fossil fuel companies sponsoring culture.
www.educationclimatecoalition.co.uk/sciencemuseu...
www.educationclimatecoalition.co.uk/sciencemuseu...
Our Co-Director Juliette unpacks the significance of recently unearthed BP memos which expose the polluter’s cynical agenda for sponsoring art and culture… 🛢️📋👀https://bylinetimes.com/2025/06/04/bp-sponsorship-british-museum/
#britishmuseum @sciencemuseum.org.uk
#britishmuseum @sciencemuseum.org.uk
'BP's Cynical Greenwashing Sponsorship Tactics Over British Cultural Institutions Has Now Been Exposed'
These internal memos reveal how fossil fuel companies use cultural sponsorship as a means of cultural and political control, argues Juliette Daigre
bylinetimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our Co-Director Juliette unpacks the significance of recently unearthed BP memos which expose the polluter’s cynical agenda for sponsoring art and culture… 🛢️📋👀https://bylinetimes.com/2025/06/04/bp-sponsorship-british-museum/
#britishmuseum @sciencemuseum.org.uk
#britishmuseum @sciencemuseum.org.uk
Revealed! BP’s internal memos show why BP *really* sponsors arts and culture… www.desmog.com/2025/05/20/r...
REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action
BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.
www.desmog.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Revealed! BP’s internal memos show why BP *really* sponsors arts and culture… www.desmog.com/2025/05/20/r...
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100,000 signatures to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships — thank you to everyone who signed ! Now onwards to a debate . . . govpetition.uk/700024
May 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
100,000 signatures to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships — thank you to everyone who signed ! Now onwards to a debate . . . govpetition.uk/700024
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📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 for a tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's petition has now passed the halfway mark toward its goal of 100,000 signatures, at which point it will be considered for Parliamentary debate. 💪
✍️ Sign the petition here:
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's petition has now passed the halfway mark toward its goal of 100,000 signatures, at which point it will be considered for Parliamentary debate. 💪
✍️ Sign the petition here:
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
petition.parliament.uk
April 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 for a tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's petition has now passed the halfway mark toward its goal of 100,000 signatures, at which point it will be considered for Parliamentary debate. 💪
✍️ Sign the petition here:
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's petition has now passed the halfway mark toward its goal of 100,000 signatures, at which point it will be considered for Parliamentary debate. 💪
✍️ Sign the petition here:
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In the UK I'm petitioning for a ban of fossil fuel ads and sponsorships– for too long these corporations have had unlimited £££ to greenwash their dirty reputations in schools , sports and everywhere in between – it must change govpetition.uk/700024
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
govpetition.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In the UK I'm petitioning for a ban of fossil fuel ads and sponsorships– for too long these corporations have had unlimited £££ to greenwash their dirty reputations in schools , sports and everywhere in between – it must change govpetition.uk/700024
cc @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social Still “committed to working with funders who are also on a journey to decarbonise”? Can we talk again about #BP?
April 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
cc @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social Still “committed to working with funders who are also on a journey to decarbonise”? Can we talk again about #BP?
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A poorly argued piece here from #BritishMuseum Director Nick Cullinan which is sprinkled with inaccuracies, straw man arguments and mischaracterisations of activism.
We can - and should - have ethical standards for cultural sponsorship.
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We can - and should - have ethical standards for cultural sponsorship.
www.ft.com/content/4e4e... @cultureunstained.bsky.social 1/x
Think twice before attacking corporate sponsorship of the arts
Activists should ask themselves what will replace the funding that is lost
www.ft.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A poorly argued piece here from #BritishMuseum Director Nick Cullinan which is sprinkled with inaccuracies, straw man arguments and mischaracterisations of activism.
We can - and should - have ethical standards for cultural sponsorship.
www.ft.com/content/4e4e... @cultureunstained.bsky.social 1/x
We can - and should - have ethical standards for cultural sponsorship.
www.ft.com/content/4e4e... @cultureunstained.bsky.social 1/x
Adani-owned NDTV using image posted by Gautam Adani to promote Adani-sponsored gallery. 🤔
'The Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery' at the Science Museum in London, the UK, in the first year of its setting up saw 7 lakh visitors exploring revolutionary technologies that can make a low-carbon future a reality, the firm said
Read more: www.ndtv.com/india-news/a...
Read more: www.ndtv.com/india-news/a...
March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Adani-owned NDTV using image posted by Gautam Adani to promote Adani-sponsored gallery. 🤔
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Almost half of Europeans surveyed support an end to fossil fuel ads ✊🙌
If you want to see an end to fossil ads here in the UK, you can sign this petition from Chris Packham: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...
If you want to see an end to fossil ads here in the UK, you can sign this petition from Chris Packham: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...
Strong Support Among Europeans for Banning Fossil Fuel Ads, Study Finds
Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as many who oppose such a move, according to a new study. Climate campaigners a...
www.desmog.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Almost half of Europeans surveyed support an end to fossil fuel ads ✊🙌
If you want to see an end to fossil ads here in the UK, you can sign this petition from Chris Packham: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...
If you want to see an end to fossil ads here in the UK, you can sign this petition from Chris Packham: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...
“We have the solutions – but what stops us is the disinformation campaigns and lobby power of the fossil fuel industry” - Prof Stefan Rahmstorf
Yet the #ScienceMuseum is still promoting fossil fuel companies as part of the solution? 🤔
Yet the #ScienceMuseum is still promoting fossil fuel companies as part of the solution? 🤔
More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN WMO
- Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN
Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“We have the solutions – but what stops us is the disinformation campaigns and lobby power of the fossil fuel industry” - Prof Stefan Rahmstorf
Yet the #ScienceMuseum is still promoting fossil fuel companies as part of the solution? 🤔
Yet the #ScienceMuseum is still promoting fossil fuel companies as part of the solution? 🤔
Thank you Emma for taking a stand against the #ScienceMuseum 's unethical sponsorship deals, and all power to culture workers everywhere who are standing up to dodgy sponsorship and corporate capture of the arts
I won't play violin in Icebreaker's 15/3/25 performance at Bradford Science & Media Museum to protest SM's greenwashing sponsorship by Adani & BP, & Adani's complicity in violence by Israel against people in Gaza. @cultureunstained.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social Explanation emmawelton.net/news/
News – Emma Welton
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March 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thank you Emma for taking a stand against the #ScienceMuseum 's unethical sponsorship deals, and all power to culture workers everywhere who are standing up to dodgy sponsorship and corporate capture of the arts
A welcome shift - and one influenced not just by the amazing campaign against #Sackler funding but also the #fossilfreeculture movement’s scrutiny of oil sponsorship of the arts…
www.ft.com/content/d2a9...
www.ft.com/content/d2a9...
March 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A welcome shift - and one influenced not just by the amazing campaign against #Sackler funding but also the #fossilfreeculture movement’s scrutiny of oil sponsorship of the arts…
www.ft.com/content/d2a9...
www.ft.com/content/d2a9...
“This is the water that Shell has left for my people,” said the ruler of Ogale community in Ogoniland.
“This is poison, and they are spending $ millions…so that they will not clean my land.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/nigerian-king-faces-shell-london-high-court-decades-oil-spills
“This is poison, and they are spending $ millions…so that they will not clean my land.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/nigerian-king-faces-shell-london-high-court-decades-oil-spills
Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills
King Okpabi, ruler of Ogale, says Shell has caused chronic pollution, while oil firm argues it is not responsible
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“This is the water that Shell has left for my people,” said the ruler of Ogale community in Ogoniland.
“This is poison, and they are spending $ millions…so that they will not clean my land.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/nigerian-king-faces-shell-london-high-court-decades-oil-spills
“This is poison, and they are spending $ millions…so that they will not clean my land.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/nigerian-king-faces-shell-london-high-court-decades-oil-spills
Ogale farmer Chief Fortune Olaka…
“It has affected our land, affected our drinking water, affected our stream, affected our rivers, killed animals in our bush, killed our economic trees, damaged our stream and killed the fish that are in the stream today.
www.itv.com/news/2025-02...
“It has affected our land, affected our drinking water, affected our stream, affected our rivers, killed animals in our bush, killed our economic trees, damaged our stream and killed the fish that are in the stream today.
www.itv.com/news/2025-02...
www.itv.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ogale farmer Chief Fortune Olaka…
“It has affected our land, affected our drinking water, affected our stream, affected our rivers, killed animals in our bush, killed our economic trees, damaged our stream and killed the fish that are in the stream today.
www.itv.com/news/2025-02...
“It has affected our land, affected our drinking water, affected our stream, affected our rivers, killed animals in our bush, killed our economic trees, damaged our stream and killed the fish that are in the stream today.
www.itv.com/news/2025-02...