Culture Unstained put together submission stating oil company ‘falls short’ in response to climate crisis
A group of climate scientists, archaeologists and those familiar with the museum industry have written to the British Museum’s board of trustees to urge them to sever a sponsorship deal with BP, arguing that it goes against the museum’s own policies and that a renewal would damage its reputation.
Other signatories include Willow Coningham, from the UK Student Climate Network; Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, which represents many British Museum staff; Paul Ekins, a professor of resources and environmental policy at UCL and the former co-director of the UK Energy Research Centre; Jonathon Porritt, the founder director of Forum for the Future; Hilary Jennings, the director of the Happy Museum Project; and Dr Chris Garrard, the co-director...
The submission also calls for George Osborne, the museum chair, and Philipp Hildebrand, a board member, to recuse themselves from discussions on BP sponsorship “due to their conflict of interest” – BP is a client of Osborne’s banking firm Robey Warshaw, while Hildebrand is the vice chair of BlackRock, one of BP’s largest shareholders.
Harrison said the British Museum’s relationship with BP was “clearly out of step” with the rest of the cultural sector.
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