University Funding

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Dear The Glasgow School of Art,

I'm writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to ask that you please disclose to me the level of fossil fuel funding the university has received covering the whole of the previous calendar year (so academic years 21 / 22 and also all of 22 / 23 - going into 2023 and future agreements) from the following companies please.

The companies I'm looking for are all oil, gas, and coal companies, if you split by sector and are able to provide more, that would be greatly appreciated.

This would include grants, research agreements, gifts, sponsorship, hospitality, and donations from the following companies please:

BP, Shell, Total, Equinor (Statoil), Eni, Chevron, Exxon (ExxonMobil), ConocoPhilip (Conoco), BHP Group, Enbridge, Chesapeake Energy, Petrofac, Kellas Midstream, Kuwait Petroleum, OEUK, Dong Energy, Cheniere, Premtech, Aker BP, Glencore, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, Petro-Canada, E&P, OMV, Inpex, Ithaca Energy, Enquest, Woodside, Chrysaor, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), Hewett Petroleum, Institute of Gas and technology, Balmoral Offshore, Airpac Bukom, Abbot Group, Capricorn Energy, Enterprise Oil, Melrose Resources, Rovotics, Senergy, Scottish Power, Trident, Zenocean, Schlumberger, Stena Drilling, Anglo-American, Tokyo Gas.

I'd also like the same for direct investments or shared investments in fossil fuel companies please, if both direct and shared (as in pooled funds) is too much to ask, then just direct investments will be fine.

A simple spreadsheet format will be fine for the purposes of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Max Colbert

Foicoor, The Glasgow School of Art

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Foicoor, The Glasgow School of Art

Dear Max

Ref: FOI/22/23/96

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by Glasgow School of Art on 9 August 2023.

We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 5 September 2023, pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.

Kind Regards

Academic Quality Office
Glasgow School of Art | 167 Renfrew Street | Glasgow G3 6RQ

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Foicoor, The Glasgow School of Art

Dear Max,

Ref: FOI/22/23/96

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by Glasgow School of Art on 9 August 2023.

The response below was received from the Development Director, the Director of Finance and the Director of Strategy & Marketing:

There is no income received in the period asked for from any of the companies listed the request

This concludes our response to your Freedom of Information request.

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