Amid Climate Activists’ Calls for Divestment, London’s Southbank Centre Severs Ties with Shell

With growing calls by activists for arts institutions to take accountability for their connections to funders with ecologically unfriendly businesses, one major London center has dropped a controversial sponsor. The Southbank Centre, which comprises the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, the National Poetry Library, and other cultural venues, will end its corporate membership deal with Shell. The British Film Institute has also declined to renew its contract with the oil company.
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