Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak at a climate event, accusing a sponsor of greenwashing by investing in companies tied to the fossil fuel industry

Yahoo ^ | August 7, 2023 | Hannah Getahun Mon

[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."

[Organic Panic]

Welcome to reality stupid. These corporations are using the “green” scams to fleece taxpayers and get government subsidies and mandates. Greta and her handlers are true believers when they are really puppets, They actually think Chinese solar panel companies bought politicians who force their solar panels on the taxpayer because they care for the climate.

[Huskrrrr]

The little twerp can’t take the heat (pun intended)

[butlerweave]

You don’t need no stinking Greta

[for-q-clinton]

She is such a hypocrite. She will fly to conferences creating more CO2 than if she just stayed home and did it on a zoom meeting.

[MDLION]

Greenwashing? Would be great if many of the eco-pagans engaged in just plain washing.

[chief lee runamok]

Greta Thunberg says she will no longer speak at a climate event, accusing a sponsor of
greenwashing by investing in companies tied to the fossil fuel industry

Seismic meters worldwide spiked as the entire civilizations clapped simultaneously.

[butlerweave]

Green means Scam now anyway

[Chode]

[DPMD]

So how will the attendees now treat their insomnia?

[hattend]

Nobody cares, Greta.

[hattend]

That’s about right.

[jerod]

That's the best thing about being semi-autistic... You can skip school and travel about the world preaching climate change, because leaning is real hard when you're autistic and as long as somebody tells me what to say, I should be fine. BTW... How do you like my plastic coat??? It was made for me by somebody who uses oil products to make cloths.

[NWFree]

She’s a retard

Get her some help

[x]

Is she a Hobbit?

Or just a garden gnome?

[Chode]

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