Book festival activists are making absurd demands over Baillie Gifford

[Nearly Sane]

Picking targets that don't appear that bad is almost guaranteed to lose support.


https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/article/2024/jun/04/book-festival-activists-baillie-gifford-divestment-fossil-fuels

[jeremyp]

Picking targets that don't appear that bad is almost guaranteed to lose support.


https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/article/2024/jun/04/book-festival-activists-baillie-gifford-divestment-fossil-fuels

They need to remember that Baillie Gifford does not need to sponsor these festivals, but the festivals do need sponsors. This is something of an own goal.

[Nearly Sane]

They need to remember that Baillie Gifford does not need to sponsor these festivals, but the festivals do need sponsors. This is something of an own goal.

Indeed, and that Baillie Gifford are not a particularly egregious offender will make a lot of companies think it's not worth the effort.

[Nearly Sane]

Baillie Gifford pull out of sponsoring literary festivals


https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/06/baillie-gifford-cancels-all-remaining-sponsorships-of-literary-festivals