One of South Australia\u2019s biggest tourism and sporting events, the Tour Down Under, begins today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Santos, a major fossil fuel company and carbon emitter in the Asia-Pacific region, has been the naming rights sponsor of Australia\u2019s premier cycling event since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greens spokesperson for Resources and Tourism, Yamatji-Noongar woman, Senator Dorinda Cox said:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Tour Down Under is an internationally-regarded, much-loved event that showcases the natural beauty of South Australia and draws tourists to the state, like the cycling grand tours of Europe. I call on Events South Australia to look for alternative sponsorship arrangements that better align with the protection of that natural environment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSantos is a huge contributor to climate change, yet its sponsorship of important events like the Tour Down Under goes unchallenged.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHolding the long-standing naming rights sponsorship of the Tour Down Under demonstrates how fossil fuel companies use the soft power of sport to greenwash their operations and climate action credentials.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSaying no to new coal and gas projects and expansions, also means saying no to the invasive, greenwashing sponsorship deals that fossil fuel companies covet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLast year, we saw athletes and supporters from cricket, netball and Aussie Rules football speak out against sponsorship deals with fossil fuel companies that don\u2019t align with their values. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTennis Australia ended its partnership with Santos with years left on their deal after bushfires and poor air quality impacted the Australian Open. This proactive climate-first approach was welcomed by the broader community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTransitioning away from coal and gas sponsorship is not impossible, as the move away from tobacco sponsorship shows. It\u2019s time that we apply that same commonsense to fossil fuel companies sponsoring sporting, cultural and tourism events.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of South Australia\u2019s biggest tourism and sporting events, the Tour Down Under, begins today. Santos, a major fossil fuel company and carbon emitter in the Asia-Pacific region, has been the naming rights sponsor of Australia\u2019s premier cycling event since 2010. Greens spokesperson for Resources and Tourism, Yamatji-Noongar woman, Senator Dorinda Cox said: \u201cThe Tour … Continue reading “SANTOS\u2019 SPONSORSHIP OF TOUR DOWN UNDER IS UNWELCOME”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19805,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19804\/revisions\/19805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}