2023-08-30 00:16:57
“The Dirty Game of Fossil Fuels”. With a video specifically targeting the French oil giant, TotalEnergies, Greenpeace intends to denounce the sponsorship of large fossil fuel companies during major sporting events, such as the 2023 Rugby World Cup. All to “restore their image” , according to the environmental association, which therefore publishes a clip this Wednesday morning showing the Stade de France drowned under a tide of oil.
“These multinationals produce the equivalent of a stadium filled with oil every 3 hours and 37 minutes and thus make our planet habitable”, continues Greenpeace in this video, which therefore features the enclosure which will host the opening match. between France and New Zealand on September 8 as well as the World Cup final. Comedian and radio columnist Guillaume Meurice carries the message by being the voice-over of the clip produced by Greenpeace.
According to Greenpeace, the parent organization of the 2023 Rugby World Cup asked him by letter not to publish this video under penalty of legal action. Asked, World Cup Rugby did not respond on Tuesday evening. TotalEnergies is one of the official sponsors of the competition. But is not one of the “major partners” displayed on the official tournament website, unlike Societe Generale, Mastercard, Capgemini, Emirates or Defender.
In 2019, TotalEnergies was a candidate for the sponsorship of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. But Anne Hidalgo, mayor of the capital, had expressed her concern in a letter addressed to the Organizing Committee. Without quoting the company, she recalled Paris’ commitment to “make this project exemplary from an environmental point of view. TotalEnergies will ultimately remain outside of these Olympics.
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