Oil and gas is 'no longer who we are': DONG Energy seeks to rebrand as Ørsted following fossil fuel divestment

James Murray
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Management says company's abbreviation of Danish Oil and Natural Gas no longer makes sense for an organisation that just sold its fossil fuel operations

Fresh from completing the sale of its upstream oil and gas business, renewable energy giant DONG Energy has today unveiled plans to rebrand as Ørsted in a tribute to the Danish scientist who discovered...

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