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Sadiqās āEnergy Revolutionā must go beyond Borisās dodgy deal with Big Energy
This week, Sadiq Khan announced that the first stage of Energy for Londoners would be continuing Borisās controversial License Lite scheme. Platform is part of the Switched on London campaign, so we’re cross-posting 3 reasons why this is not the āEnergy Revolution Londonā needs. With London lagging behind other major European cities on clean energy,…
28 Jul 2016 mika -
Statement: protest will escalate with BP’s newly announced sponsorship deals
Contact:Ā Anna Galkina / 07942044472 /Ā anna@platformlondon.org Today BP announced new headline sponsorship agreements with the British Museum, Royal Opera House, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Shakespeare Company, providing the institutions with an average of only Ā£375,000 a year each. This is less than the price of the average 2 bedroom flat in London, and 25% less…
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āUnprecedented Changeā? What does a corporation in transition look like? – notes from the Shell AGM 2016
āInnovation and care are in our DNAā, says the soft female voice-over that accompanies the new promotional video by Shell. We, the attendees at the corporationās 2016 Annual General Meeting in the Circus Theater, Scheveningen, sit comfortably in our red velvet seats watching the massive screen above the heads of the Shell directors on the…
9 Jun 2016 james -
Information Commissioner in U-turn over Tate’s BP secrecy
Press release: Information Commissioner in U-turn over Tate’s BP secrecy * Information Commissioner argued in court hearing today that Tate failed to show how disclosing sponsorship details would harm its commercial interest. * The art museum is refusing to publish sponsorship fees despite ending the deal with BP.[1] Tate representative argued that commercial confidentiality bound…
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We’re taking Tate to the Information Tribunal over #BPsecrets
Next Wednesday, we’re taking Tate to the Information Tribunal for refusing to reveal details of BP sponsorship. The disputed information is the amounts BP gave after 2006 and until 2012. This is despite a previous court ruling, and despite the fact that the sponsorship deal is ending in 2017. Thanks to a heap of internal…
5 May 2016 anna -
Ffos-y-Fran and Nant Llseg – the struggle to #keepitintheground
On the morning of 3rd May 2016 there was a successful occupation at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine in South Wales by Reclaim the Power. This blog was written in the build up to that action. Weāre heading for our tent in the incessant drizzle, weaving between clusters of newly sprouted tents and trying hard to…
5 May 2016 james -
Media advisory: Tate to defend its BP secrecy in court, 11 May (hearing details)
MediaĀ advisory: Tate to defend its BP secrecy in court, 11 May (hearing details) * Art museum refusing to make public sponsorship details despite ending the deal with BP.[1] * Hearing scheduled for 11 May 2016. * British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Royal Opera House believed to be reconsidering their sponsorship deals with BP by…
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Drawing Red Lines – from Paris to Ffos-y-fran
I watched the twitter feed and followed the news early last December filled with a mixture of excitement at what unfolded in Paris and mild envy of companions who were immersed in the ebb and flow of events around COP 21, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. As the reports of the…
29 Apr 2016 james -
āYou come from the premise that we are guilty alreadyā – notes from the BP AGM 2016
Bob Dudley, Chief Executive, who appears tired, pale and jowly, looks up from his notes and addresses a set of questions that have been put to the Board. This particular set from delegates at the Annual General Meeting of BP, are grouped together under the bracket of āconcerned with climate changeā. He peers out at…
20 Apr 2016 james
