Baillie Gifford ends all literary festival sponsorships over investments backlash

The company has not released a new statement since its partnership with Edinburgh International Book Festival ended.

#BaillieGifford #books #literature #Gaza #climate

https://howtobe247.com/baillie-gifford-ends-literary-festival-sponsorships-investments/

Noreen Masud:
"I pulled out of Hay Festival over its links to Baillie Gifford. And it worked

While my day at Hay last year was one of the best of my life, I couldn’t ignore its links to Israeli war crimes."

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/baillie-gifford-hay-festival-edinburgh-international-books-noreen-masud-israel-gaza-genocide/

#BaillieGifford
#Hay
#Edinburgh
#Literature
#GazaGenocide

#Edinburgh #InternationalBookFestival ends #BaillieGifford partnership

‘Suspension’ of sponsorship comes after series of festival drop-outs due to firm’s links to #Israel and #FossilFuel companies
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/30/edinburgh-international-book-festival-ends-baillie-gifford-partnership

Fossil Free Books urges Baillie Gifford to divest from fuels and controversial investments in Israel

"We continue to call on Baillie Gifford to divest from the fossil fuel industry."

#FossilFreeBooks #BaillieGifford #Israel #books

https://howtobe247.com/fossil-free-books-urges-baillie-gifford-to-divest-from-fuels-and-israeli-settlements-controversial-investments/

"Johannesson, along with fellow authors Mikaela Loach and Mohamed Tonsy, disrupted Loach’s Saturday event as they called on the festival to drop its main sponsor, #BaillieGifford, after revelations that it has billions invested in #FossilFuels, prompting the climate activist #GretaThunberg to cancel her own #BookFestival appearance.

There was no demand for refunds as the audience of 180 exited the auditorium chanting in unison."

#EdinburghFestival #FringeFestival
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/20/climate-crisis-and-trans-rights-edinburgh-festival-2023

#GretaThunberg accuses #EdinburghBookFestival sponsor of ‘#greenwashing’

#ClimateActivist pulls out of event, saying sponsor #BaillieGifford invests heavily in #FossilFuels industry

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/04/greta-thunberg-accuses-edinburgh-book-festival-sponsor-of-greenwashing #EdinburghFestival #Edinburgh #Books

Climate activist #gretathunberg will now not attend the #Edinburgh Intl Book Festival because it receives sponsorship from the #bailliegifford investment firm, which “invests heavily in the #fossilfuel industry,” says Ms Thunberg. The sponsorship of cultural events allows the fossil fuel industry to maintain “social license to continue operating”— a form of #greenwashing — while still exacerbating the #climatecrisis we are experiencing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66407059