Nectar swaps BP for Esso amid criticism by climate campaigners
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4G9HK)
UK petrol station loyalty shifts as Nectar card is criticised for encouraging fossil fuel use
A major UK consumer loyalty programme has been criticised by environmental campaigners for making Esso - whose parent company ExxonMobil has been under fire for its track record on climate change - its new fuel partner.
Petrol company BP has axed its 16-year partnership with the Nectar loyalty card, which means that from Saturday the 20 million holders of the card - owned by Sainsbury's - will no longer be able to earn points with BP and will instead pick up Nectar points at Esso-branded sites when filling up their tank.
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