Greenpeace is calling foul on NZ Rugby\u2019s decision to sign a sponsorship deal with the oil and plastic polluting petrochemical giant INEOS.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIn the thick of the climate crisis, it\u2019s gutting to see NZ Rugby sign a sponsorship deal with an oil and gas polluting conglomerate like INEOS that is responsible for driving us deeper into the climate crisis, and fouling the oceans with plastic pollution,” says Greenpeace campaigner Juressa Lee.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cJust in the past weeks we\u2019ve seen deadly flooding and fires driven by climate change and it\u2019s just a taste of what the climate crisis has in store, especially for our coastal M\u0101ori and Pacific communities.
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\u201cMany of our rugby players are of Maori and Pacific descent, and come from communities which are on the frontline of sea level rise and extreme storm events, and they shouldn’t be expected to wear the brand of a climate polluter like INEOS.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cAs a M\u0101ori and Pasifika person myself, I feel let down. New Zealand Rugby have presented us with an ugly dilemma. Our island nations are on the front line of rising sea levels and extreme weather and we want action on climate, but we also want to see our people living their dreams donning the black jersey, but now they will carry the INEOS brand, and INEOS is one of the world\u2019s worst oil and plastic polluters. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cOil companies like INEOS know that their time has come and that the world is turning away from fossil fuels and plastic. They are desperate to associate themselves with popular brands like the All Blacks and with New Zealand\u2019s good name – but we shouldn\u2019t let them get away with it,\u201d says Lee.<\/p>\n\n
In the past few weeks, over 13,000 people have signed a petition calling on NZ Rugby to walk away from the INEOS deal.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cI think most New Zealanders will be very disappointed that NZ Rugby has chosen to soil the silver fern with the likes of INEOS\u201d, says Lee.<\/p>\n\n
<\/p>\n\t\t\t Sign on now to stop NZ Rugby from making a sponsorship deal with the devil and smearing the silver fern in oil.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Greenpeace is calling foul on NZ Rugby\u2019s decision to sign a sponsorship deal with the oil and plastic polluting petrochemical giant INEOS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":16611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,27],"p4-page-type":[7],"class_list":["post-16833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenpeace","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-plastics","p4-page-type-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\n