Description
Who: City Council of Glen Eira, Australia
What: implemented a ban on fossil fuel sponsorships
When: February 2023
Glen Eira City Council has implemented a ban on fossil fuel sponsorships. Its Philanthropic Partnership Policy now states they will not accept partners or donors involved in the:
- fossil fuel industry, or
- practices or products which cause unacceptable damage to the natural environment.
Councillor Josh Fergeus put up the motion, and told the council: “Allowing advertising of fossil fuel products on council land runs counter to, not only to our stated objectives, but to our moral and ethical obligations.”
“Fossil fuel companies have known for decades and decades that they’re destroying our climate and they’ve donated, obfuscated and litigated themselves out of doing anything other than doubling down and making things worse and worse.”
