The British Museum and Science Museum are defending their sponsorship deals with BP following the company's recent announcement to abandon climate targets in favor of fossil fuel production growth. Campaigners criticize these partnerships as ethically wrong and damaging to the museums' reputations. BP's CEO envisions significant market growth with increased fossil fuel investments, prompting concern from advocacy group Culture Unstained. They argue the museums' ongoing relationships with BP signal complicity in environmental harm, calling for reevaluation of their funding arrangements.
BP has abandoned any pretence of caring about its massive climate impacts as it recommitted to oil and gas. The British Museum and Science Museum are similarly complicit by continuing their partnerships.
The British Museum has faced renewed scrutiny of its relationship with BP since signing a 10-year, 50m partnership to fund one of the biggest redevelopments in its history.
Campaign group Culture Unstained insists that the British Museum and Science Museum must urgently reconsider their sponsorship deals, highlighting the ethical conflict and harm to their reputations.
Murray Auchincloss from BP stated the new strategy could double the company's market value by the end of the decade, reflecting a shift back to fossil fuels.
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