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11.05.2022 - 22:27 / etcanada.com
Coldplay is being accused of “greenwashing.”
Last week, the band announced a partnership with Finnish oil company Neste to supply sustainable and low carbon fuel for their Music of the Spheres World Tour.
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The news was quickly met with criticism, including from Transport & Environment senior director Carlos Calvo Ambel.
“Neste is cynically using Coldplay to greenwash its reputation. This is a company that is linked to the kind of deforestation that would appal Chris Martin and his fans. It’s not too late, they should drop their partnership with Neste now and focus on truly clean solutions instead,” Ambel told The Guardian.
“Coldplay’s commitment to reduce its emissions is no doubt well-intentioned,” he added. “But teaming up with a company linked to deforestation makes them useful idiots for greenwashing.”
According to the report, while Neste claims to produce sustainable biofuels, “the firm’s palm oil suppliers cleared at least 10,000 hectares of forest in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia between 2019 and 2020.”
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In a statement, to People, Coldplay responded to the criticism, acknowledging possible room for improvement, but defending the partnership with Neste.
“When we announced this tour, we said that we would try our best to make it as sustainable and low carbon-impact as possible, but that it would be a work in progress. That remains true. We don’t claim to have got it all right yet,” the band said.
“Before we appointed Neste as supplier of these biofuel products, we received their guarantee that they do not use any virgin materials in
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Coldplay have issued a statement following criticism of some of the partners they have chosen to work with in order to reduce the CO2 emissions on their latest world tour.“When we announced this tour, we said that we would try our best to make it as sustainable and low carbon-impact as possible, but that it would be a work in progress”, they said. “That remains true.
Coldplay have reacted to a claim that they’re being used as “useful idiots for greenwashing” while they pursue their eco-friendly ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour.The band’s plan to minimise their and their fans’ carbon footprint has been welcomed, although criticism has surfaced regarding companies that they’ve partnered with for help.Last week Coldplay announced a partnership with Finnish oil company Neste to cut their touring emissions by half. Neste claims to be the world’s largest producer of sustainable biofuels but the firm’s palm oil suppliers cleared at least 24,710 acres of forest in countries including Indonesia and Malaysia between 2019 and 2020 [via Friends Of The Earth].Carlos Calvo Ambel, a senior director of the Transport and Environment campaign group (T&E) said: “Neste is cynically using Coldplay to greenwash its reputation.“This is a company that is linked to the kind of deforestation that would appal Chris Martin and his fans.
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