#neste

Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

London band Coldplay, who have been playing music together for more than two decades, have been dubbed “useful idiots for greenwashing” for partnering with Neste, a Finnish oil company, to cut the band’s touring emissions in half, reported The Guardian.

Neste claims to be the largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in the world, according to its website. However, the company’s suppliers of palm oil razed at least 24,710 acres of forest, mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia, in 2019 and 2020, a study commissioned by Friends of the Earth Netherlands 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. It’s not too late, they should drop their partnership with Neste now and focus on truly clean solutions instead,” said senior director of the Transport and Environment (T&E) campaign group Carlos Calvo Ambel, as The Guardian reported. “Coldplay’s commitment to reduce its emissions is no doubt well-intentioned. But teaming up with a company linked to deforestation makes them useful idiots for greenwashing.”