Burn! Oil Giant BP Dropped As Edinburgh Festival Sponsor After 34 Years

8 April 2016

 - The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) has dropped BP after 34 years of sponsorship following claims by campaigners that the energy giant’s environmentally harmful practices are being legitimized through cultural events.

EIF, one of the world’s biggest arts and culture festivals, confirmed via social media that it had ended its relationship with BP.

“The EIF has walked away from a 34-year partnership because being associated with BP was doing too much damage to its reputation,” Jess Worth from ‘BP or not BP?’ – a theatrical campaign group that has routinely staged creative protests against BP’s sponsorship of the arts – said.