Article 5HPSJ Activists target Liverpool FC sponsor Standard Chartered over fossil fuel links

Activists target Liverpool FC sponsor Standard Chartered over fossil fuel links

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Alex Mistlin
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Posters demand red card' for football club's sponsor as hoax website announces' end of UK bank's support for coal

More than 50 billboards and bus stop adverts drawing attention to the Liverpool FC sponsor Standard Chartered's links to the fossil fuel industry have appeared across the city, as a number of activist groups targeted the bank ahead of its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

One poster design installed outside Anfield, featuring the Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and player Mohamed Salah, reads: Give Standard Chartered the red card."

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