Film director Richard Curtis says the bank is 'financing and profiting from climate chaos'.
The director of Four Weddings and a Funeral is calling on Wimbledon to end its new sponsorship deal with Barclays over the bank's support for fossil fuel projects.
As the 2023 Championships get under way on Monday, Curtis is among those to sign an open letter to the AELTC. "Put simply, Barclays is financing and profiting from climate chaos, and accepting a sponsorship deal from them is an endorsement of these actions," the letter said. "We do not believe sponsorship from Europe's largest funder of fossil fuels is consistent with this approach," the letter states.In a statement the All England Club said it welcomed Barclays as "the latest addition to our family of official partners".
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