Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak at a climate event
Posted on 08/08/2023 9:52:52 AM PDT by lowbridge
Greta Thunberg will no longer appear at a large Scottish book festival this week, saying she does not want to be "associated with events" connected to the fossil fuel industry.
The climate activist was set to appear at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, starting August 12, for an event called "Greta Thunberg: It's Not Too Late to Change the World," but said Friday she would no longer attend, accusing the main sponsor, Baillie Gifford, an investment management firm based in the UK, of "greenwashing."
Greenwashing refers to a phenomenon of companies or firms that outwardly market themselves as environmentally conscious but, in practice, fail to live up to those standards. An example is when critics accused Coca-Cola and the United Nations of greenwashing the 2022 COP27 climate talks, citing plastic pollution from the company's products.
Fast-fashion companies like H&M and Zara also get accused of greenwashing for promoting recycling initiatives while millions of tons of their polyester and nylon clothes end up in landfills.
"As a climate activist I cannot attend an event which receives sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, who invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry," Thunberg said in a statement released through the festival's website. "Greenwashing efforts by the fossil fuel industry, including sponsorship of cultural events, allow them to keep the social license to continue operating. I cannot and do not want to be associated with events that accept this kind of sponsorship."
In response to Thunberg's statement, Baillie Gifford said it was not "a significant fossil fuel investor" and that "only 2% of our clients' money is invested in companies with some business related to fossil fuels."
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Is that a threat or a promise?
I’m so relieved!
Is Greta still flying around the world on jets?
Her carbon footprint is probably greater than most small African countries.
Useful Idiots are never happy when they find out they have been used.
How dare you!
It’s called....take the money and run...but what is she hiding??
Who?
Better like this: “Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak!”
"only 2% of our clients' money is invested in companies with some business related to fossil fuels."
...and yet the profit will far exceed any green energy investment earnings.
Cow. Deer. Ewe.
is that all it took?
sheesh.
Good!
Take a long walk off a short pier, scoldilocks.
Nice thought but I'm seriously skeptical.
Good choice!
I doubt she will be missed
She's just a snot nosed kid in my book...
I hope a promise!
As am I!
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