President of Western Australian football team Fremantle Dockers says he has no plans to end the sponsorship deal with Woodside Energy despite pressures to cut ties with the oil and gas giant.
The comment comes after an open letter signed by six people pushing for climate change action received extensive media coverage.
Those signing the letter include Western Australian Premier Carmen Lawrence, author Tim Winton, former Fremantle player Dale Kickett, former football manager Gerard McNeill, former Woodside climate adviser Alex Hillman and scientist Bill Hare.
The letter criticised Woodside for pressing ahead with its Scarborough gas development, “doubling down on fossil fuels” in the last year, purchasing BHP’s oil and gas assets and “becoming one of the top ten largest fossil fuel companies in the world.”…