Sponsorship

Portsmouth Council becomes 'first in the UK' to restrict ads for single use plastics

Marketing

Portsmouth Council becomes 'first in the UK' to restrict ads for single use plastics

Portsmouth Council has followed Edinburgh and Sheffield in restricting ads that harm the environment

clock 16 February 2026 • 3 min read
Winter Olympics and sponsors to drive 5.5 square kilometres of snow cover loss, study warns

Climate change

Winter Olympics and sponsors to drive 5.5 square kilometres of snow cover loss, study warns

Trio of Winter Olympics sponsorship deals with polluting firms will add 40 per cent to the Games' carbon footprint, new forecasts claim

clock 18 January 2026 • 5 min read
Greenpeace 'floods Stade De France with oil' in protest at Rugby World Cup 'sportswashing'

Marketing

Greenpeace 'floods Stade De France with oil' in protest at Rugby World Cup 'sportswashing'

Campaign targets TotalEnergies sponsorship of Rugby World Cup with call to kick fossil fuel advertising out of major sporting events

clock 30 August 2023 • 4 min read
'A very bad line-call': Campaigners urge Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship

'A very bad line-call': Campaigners urge Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship

Letter backed by Emma Thompson, Brian Eno, and other high profile figures argues Wimbledon's sponsorship agreement with Barclays is at odds with the Championship's commitment to sustainability

clock 03 July 2023 • 5 min read
Sport Sponsors Climate Pledge: New initiative aims to link sponsorship deals to emissions reductions

Marketing

Sport Sponsors Climate Pledge: New initiative aims to link sponsorship deals to emissions reductions

ChangeNOW and 17 Sport unveil new co-ordinated effort to tie sponsorship to efforts to decarbonise the sports industry

clock 26 May 2023 • 3 min read
University of Cambridge poised to drop BP from name of institute, claim climate activists

Marketing

University of Cambridge poised to drop BP from name of institute, claim climate activists

But campaigners warn universities ‘must go further than merely renaming buildings’ if they want to stop 'aiding and abetting Big Oil'

clock 26 July 2022 • 3 min read

Marketing

'Floating on a sea of high carbon sponsorship': Sports bodies urged to cut ties with polluting sectors

Study warns major polluters are the ‘new tobacco’ in sports sponsorship, counting 250 deals between high-carbon industries and industry

clock 22 March 2021 • 4 min read