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Reuters Plus & Reuters Events

Background

Reuters Plus is the in-house advertising studio for the news outlet Reuters and has created campaigns for fossil fuel clients, including Aramco,1“Powered by How podcast,” Reuters Plus, Archived May 6, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. the UAE’s state oil company ADNOC,2“Welcome to Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, August 23, 2023. Archived April 16, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog. Shell,3 “After making the first carbon credit trade in 2003, Shell is using carbon credits as part of its journey towards becoming a net zero emissions energy business by 2050. Learn more: https://reut.rs/4b3DI9t Produced by Reuters Plus for Shell,” Reuters Plus LinkedIn Account, February 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0XqcN and BP.4“BP is putting low carbon hydrogen at the heart of its decarbonisation strategy, with plans to expand its dedicated hydrogen division and take 10% of global core markets for hydrogen by 2030,” Reuters Plus LinkedIn Account, March 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0nU2U Created in 2017,5“John Toth announces launch of Reuters Plus,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, June 15, 2017. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/XCnNk Reuters Plus operates separately from the Reuters newsroom.6Amy Westervelt, Matthew Green, and Joey Grostern. “Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers,” DeSmog, December 5, 2023. However, Reuters Plus also relies on the credibility of the Reuters news organization to attract clients; its website declares “the world listens to Reuters.”7“Reuters Plus Content Studio,” Reuters Plus, Archived March 29, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hvTRW 

Reuters Plus video for Shell screenshot
Many of Reuters Plus’ videos for fossil fuel clients talk about the energy transition. Source: Reuters Plus YouTube account8“Decarbonisation: From What to How,” Reuters Plus, January 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/lnVNE

Reuters Plus offers a wide range of services to clients, including content creation and strategy, research and analysis, and targeted distribution.9“Reuters Plus Content Studio,” Reuters Plus, Archived March 29, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hvTRW Content created by Reuters Plus appears on the Reuters news site under a “Sponsored Content” heading.10“Reuters,” Reuters, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived March 29, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/U2qU3 The content is marked as Reuters Plus and includes a disclaimer stating that the article is Reuters Plus content.11“The Road to Renewables,” Reuters Plus, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7NCFb 

Reuters Plus also offers clients the opportunity to work with Reuters Events, an events company that hosts conferences and industry events launched in 2019.12“Thomson Reuters Acquires FC Business Intelligence,” Thomson Reuters, October 4, 2019. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/dHGgE Reuters Events allows clients to sponsor industry conferences. According to the Reuters website, “Reuters event sponsors benefit from seeing their own profile amplified through sharing a stage with renowned world leaders.”13“Sponsorship,” Reuters Agency, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. Clients can also speak at sponsored panels, which Reuters journalists may moderate, and Reuters staff may interview them.14“Readers for Sale: The Media’s Role in Climate Delay,” Drilled Media and DeSmog, December 2023. 

Reuters published guidelines for its advertised content in July 2020.15“Reuters Global Advertising and Sponsorship Guidelines,” Reuters Agency, July 2020. Archived March 25, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. These guidelines state, “Sponsorship of editorial content and events must be approved by the Editor-in-Chief or their designee who will determine whether sponsorship is permissible based on the guidelines below.” The guidelines also state that “advertising must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines and must not be false or misleading” and that “Sponsored content must be editorially independent content that is just as valuable, unbiased, and reliable as all other Reuters news content.”

Oil & Gas Industry Events

Reuters Events hosts several annual events for the fossil fuel industry, including the “Data Driven Oil & Gas” conference.16“Our Portfolio,” Reuters Events, April 2024. Archived April 18, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YOYgI. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. According to Reuters Events, the 2023 conference addressed “key pain points holding back drilling and production maximisation.”17“Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2023,” Reuters Events, June 2023. Archived June 12, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/9kxe5 Reuters Events advertised that large delegations from ExxonMobil, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron were attending the conference.

Stance on Climate Change

In April 2020, Thomson Reuters, the parent company of Reuters, announced that it will work towards net-zero emissions by 2050 as a member of the Science Based Targets initiative, a UN-backed organization that assists companies in setting climate targets.18(Press Release). “Thomson Reuters Aims for Net-Zero Emissions by 2050,” Reuters, April 22, 2020. Archived February 24, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/gsCY0 Neither Reuters Plus nor Reuters Events have climate targets separate from the parent company. 

In 2013, Media Matters for America reported that news coverage of climate change declined 50 percent at Reuters after Paul Ingrassia joined as a senior editor in 2011.19Suzanne Goldenberg. “Reuters’ climate-change coverage ‘fell by nearly 50% with sceptic as editor’,” The Guardian, July 26, 2013. Archived April 5, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ADHQ8 While climate coverage declined at other major publications from 2011 to 2013, former Reuters Asia Climate Change Correspondent David Fogarty published a blog post alleging that Ingrassia told him he was a climate skeptic. In an email comment to DeSmog, Ingrassia denied cutting climate coverage. 

Funding

Reuters Plus’ parent company, Thomson Reuters, generated approximately $6.8 billion USD  in revenue in 2023.20“Revenue of Thomson Reuters worldwide from 2008 to 2023,” Statista, April 5, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Research by DeSmog and Drilled estimated that Reuters’ revenue from fossil fuel advertisers from October 2020 to October 2023 was at least $8.4 million, with Aramco alone spending $3 million. Because these estimates from the marketing intelligence service Media Radar focus on U.S. ad spend data and exclude creative service fees from Reuters Plus, they undercount Reuters Plus’ revenue from fossil fuel clients.21“Readers for Sale: The Media’s Role in Climate Delay,” Drilled Media and DeSmog, December 2023. 

Key People

Fossil Fuel Clients

YearClientCampaignCitation
2024ShellDecarbonisation: From What to How22“Decarbonisation: From What to How,” Reuters Plus, January 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/lnVNE
2023AramcoPowered by How23“Powered by how podcast,” Reuters Plus, 2023. Archived May 6, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
2023MasdarFuture Energy Talks24“Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus, December 6, 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/78IpQ
2023Zayed Sustainability Prize/MasdarSense & Sustainability25“Sense and Sustainability,” Reuters Plus, December 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/kA7BY
2023ShellCollaboration Counts26“Collaboration Counts,” Reuters Plus, May 7, 2023. Archived May 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u5O2K
2023BP27“BP is putting low carbon hydrogen at the heart of its decarbonisation strategy, with plans to expand its dedicated hydrogen division and take 10% of global core markets for hydrogen by 2030,” Reuters Plus LinkedIn Account, March 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0nU2U
2022ShellTowards Net Zero 205028“Towards Net Zero 2050 – Rethinking Shell,” Reuters Plus, November 18, 2022. Archived March 7, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Af8TA
2022MasdarAbu Dhabi Sustainability Week29“Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week,” Reuters Plus, January 2022. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QLnGK
2021BPWhat does Paris consistency look like for the energy sector?30“Tomorrow at 3pm BST join Spencer Dale, Chief Economist at bp in discussing what 2030 Paris consistency looks like for the #energysector. Stay tuned. In partnership with @bp_plc,” Reuters Plus Twitter Account, September 23, 2021. Archived September 23, 2021. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
2021ChevronFireside Chat with Pierre R. Breber31“The future of energy is lower carbon,” says Pierre Breber, VP and CFO of Chevron. Learn more about the actions Chevron is taking for a more sustainable future here: http://ow.ly/RKuL50FNnrC. Paid for and created by @Chevron,” Reuters Plus X Account, August 13, 2021. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
2020ShellMake the Future32“Reuters Plus Showreel,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, December 10, 2020. Archived April 22, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.
2019BPEnergy Outlook 201933“BP Energy Outlook 2019 Reuters Content Studio,” Reuters, September 23, 2019. Archived December 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Bw8uQ

Leadership

Role20242023202220212020
Arif Durrani34“Arif Durrani,” LinkedIn. Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 18, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.Director of Reuters PlusYYY
Alessandra Galloni35“Leadership Team,” Reuters Agency, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QXTkzEditor-in-Chief, ReutersYYYY
Paul BascobertPresident of Reuters NewsYYY
Josh LondonChief Marketing Officer and Head of Reuters ProfessionalYYYYY
Oke OkaroChief Product Officer, ReutersYY
Sue BrooksHead of Product Development and Agency Strategy, Reuters NewsYYYYY
Alphonse HardelGlobal Head of Business Development and Strategy, ReutersY
Jane BarrettGlobal Editor, Media News Strategy, ReutersYYYYY

Board of Directors Thomson Reuters (parent company)36“Board of Directors,” Thomson Reuters, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Yv35r 

Role20242023202220212020
David ThomsonChairmanYYYYY
Steve HaskerPresident and Chief Executive OfficerYYYYY
Kirk E. ArnoldDirectorYYYYY
Ed ClarkDirectorYYYYY
LaVerne H. CouncilDirectorYYY
Michael E. DanielsDirectorYYYYY
Kirk KoenigsbauerDirectorYYYYY
Deanna OppenheimerDirectorYYYYY
Simon ParisDirectorYYYYY
Kim M. RiveraDirectorYYYYY
Barry SalzbergDirectorYYYYY
Peter J. ThomsonDirectorYYYYY
Beth WilsonDirectorYYY
Y= Yes, on the board of directors for the indicated year

Actions

March 2024

Drilled reporter Amy Westervelt spotted on March 13, 2024, that the link to the “Powered by How” podcast that Reuters Plus made for Saudi Aramco in 2023 was broken and that the podcast had disappeared from streaming platforms.37Joey Grostern. “Financial Times, Reuters Pull Saudi Aramco-sponsored Climate Content,” DeSmog, April 23, 2024.,38“Powered by how podcast,” Reuters Plus, 2023. Archived May 6, 2023. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.  

A Reuters spokesperson told DeSmog on March 19, 2024, that the podcast had been “temporarily removed” for unspecified updates.39Email to DeSmog,” March 19, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

Using the Wayback Machine web page archiving tool, DeSmog was able to establish that “Powered by How” had still been online on February 27, 2024.40“Powered by How,” Reuters Plus. Archived February 27, 2024. 

On March 22, 2024, the Reuters spokesperson issued a longer statement to DeSmog saying: “The Powered By How podcast is not a Reuters editorial product and Reuters news staff had no role in the production of this content. It was created by Reuters Plus, the brand marketing studio of Reuters. It has been temporarily removed while updates are being made. These updates are not due to any concerns with the content; the content itself is not being updated.”41Email to DeSmog,” March 22, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

The Reuters spokesperson declined to say when they had removed the podcast, what kind of updates were made, or when it would be restored.42Joey Grostern. “FT, Reuters Pull Saudi Aramco-sponsored Climate Content,” DeSmog, April 24, 2024.

February 21, 2024

The Telegraph reported43Jonathan Leake. “Saudi Aramco and FT accused of running misleading ‘sustainable’ fuel adverts,” The Telegraph, February 21, 2024. Archived April 22, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Rxr4M that the  environmental think tank New Weather Institute had filed a complaint with the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority concerning ads created by the Financial Times’ in-house ad studio for Aramco.44“Technologies shaping the future of transport,” Financial Times, Archived April 23, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zNw9f In its complaint, New Weather Institute alleged that the ads misled consumers by presenting the world’s largest oil company as a climate leader. New Weather Institute did not include Reuters in this complaint.45“New Weather Institute complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority Re: Saudi Aramco and Financial Times ‘advanced fuels’ adverts,” New Weather Institute, March 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. 

The link to the “Delivering Under Pressure” page produced by the FT’s in-house ad brand studio for Aramco stopped working soon after the complaint was filed on February 20, 2024, according to Andrew Simms, co-director of the New Weather Institute. The FT and Aramco did not respond to requests for comment.46Joey Grostern. “FT, Reuters Pull Saudi Aramco-sponsored Climate Content,” DeSmog, April 24, 2024. 
Simms wrote a comment for DeSmog outlining the rationale for raising the complaint.47Freddie Daley and Andrew Simms. “Greenwashing Through Sport,” DeSmog, February 21, 2024.

January 2024

Reuters Plus launched a podcast series for Shell called “Decarbonisation: From What to How.”48“Decarbonisation: From What to How,” Reuters Plus, January 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/lnVNE

December 2023

Screenshot of a video created by Reuters Plus, Future Energy Talks
Source: Reuters Plus YouTube Account49“EP 8 | Pioneering innovation in clean energy,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, December 6, 2023.

Reuters Plus ran an advertising campaign for Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and Masdar, the United Arab Emirates’ clean energy and sustainability initiatives.50“Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: Join The ADSW Special Edition At Cop28,” Reuters Plus, December 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QLnGK Reuters Plus released an interview with Masdar CEO Mohamed Al Jameel Al Ramahi as part of its Future Energy Talks podcast.51“Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus, December 6, 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/78IpQ The podcast episode, which Masdar sponsored, positioned Masdar as a renewable energy leader. 

The Zayed Sustainability Prize was granted at COP28 on December 1, 2023.52“Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony at COP28 UAE,” Zayed Sustainability Prize, December 1, 2023. Archived December 1, 2023. Reuters Plus created an ad campaign to highlight the prize and its 2023 winners.53“Sense and Sustainability,” Reuters Plus, December 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/kA7BY According to marketing intelligence service MediaRadar, the campaign ran in Hong Kong and Singapore.

On December 6-7, 2023, Reuters Events hosted its Energy Transition MENA 2023 event in Dubai alongside COP28. The event tagline was “Seize the Unique Business Opportunity of COP28.” After the event, Reuters Events said on its web page that all major state-owned and international energy and utility leaders attended the event and that the event offered “Unprecedented Access to the Most Exclusive Regional Decision Makers.”54“Energy Transition MENA 2023,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JhXBB Nabors Industries, an oil and gas drilling company, sponsored the event.55“Energy Transition MENA 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ycLrg Fossil fuel industry speakers at the event included representatives from ADNOC, Luberef (part of Aramco), Bapco Energies, and Masdar City.56“Energy Transition MENA 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mUKt6 Other major fossil fuel companies, such as Shell and TotalEnergies, attended the event.57“Energy Transition MENA 2023,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JhXBB

December 5, 2023

DeSmog published a joint investigation with Drilled into commercial ties between the media and the fossil fuel industry.58Amy Westervelt, Matthew Green, and Joey Grostern. “Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers,” DeSmog, December 5, 2023. The story referenced “Powered by How,” the podcast produced by Reuters Plus for Aramco earlier in the year. 
The story was accompanied by a Drilled-DeSmog report entitled Readers for Sale: The Media’s Role in Climate Delay.59“Readers for Sale: The Media’s Role in Climate Delay,” Drilled Media and DeSmog, December 2023.

August 2023

Reuters Plus launched the podcast Future Energy Talks for Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s state-run renewable energy initiative.60“Welcome to Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, August 23, 2023. Archived April 16, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog. The podcast series cast Masdar as a leader in renewable energy.

Source: Reuters Plus YouTube Account61“Welcome to Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, August 23, 2023. Archived April 16, 2024. Archived .mov available at DeSmog.

May 16, 2023

Reuters published a video interview between Editor at Large Axel Threlfall and Shell’s Anna Mascolo.62“Investment underscores net zero ambitions – Shell’s Moscalo,” Reuters, May 16, 2023. Archived December 9, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/UHBUx During the interview, Mascolo said Shell would be carbon neutral in the next two decades. Threlfall said Shell sponsored the video, “but only with the agreement that we stick to the Reuters Trust principles, giving us complete editorial independence.” Reuters also said the video was produced independently by the Reuters newsroom. 

March 28-29, 202363“Hydrogen 2023,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mXXCg 

Reuters Plus filmed “Collaboration Counts,” a video advertisement series for Shell featuring interviews with Shell employees about hydrogen and clean energy technology.64“Collaboration Counts,” Reuters Plus, May 7, 2023. Archived May 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/u5O2K Reuters Plus filmed the video series at Hydrogen 2023, a Reuters Events conference in Amsterdam. 

March 2023

Reuters Plus posted a link to a Reuters article discussing BP’s decarbonization strategy on its LinkedIn page in 2023.65“BP is putting low carbon hydrogen at the heart of its decarbonisation strategy, with plans to expand its dedicated hydrogen division and take 10% of global core markets for hydrogen by 2030,” Reuters Plus LinkedIn Account, March 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/0nU2U Reuters Plus added its commentary to the linked article in the LinkedIn post. “BP chief executive Bernard Looney has vowed to expand renewables and shrink the role of oil and gas,” wrote Reuters Plus. 

February 13, 202366“Episode 1: How can the energy transition power a brighter tomorrow?” Aramco Life, February 13, 2023. Archived April 19, 2024.

Reuters Plus launched an eight-part podcast series for Aramco, “Powered by How.”67“Powered by how podcast,” Reuters Plus, 2023. Archived May 6, 2023. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.  This podcast discussed the role of oil companies in reaching net zero emissions.68“Readers for Sale: The Media’s Role in Climate Delay,” Drilled Media and DeSmog, December 2023. “Powered by How” was presented by Nisha Pillai, an award-winning broadcast journalist and former BBC World News Presenter, who referred to Saudi Aramco as a “leading global energy producer” during episodes. At the start of episode one, Pillai explains that Reuters Plus produces the podcast in partnership with Saudi Aramco but does not explain that Reuters Plus is an advertising studio. 

The podcast featured authoritative guests, including Tim Gould, the International Energy Agency chief energy economist, and Jennifer Wilcox of the US government Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.

Source: LinkedIn.69 “Introducing a new 8-part series podcast focused on the energy industry,” Reuters Plus LinkedIn Account, 2023. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.

January 2023

Reuters Plus recorded a video series at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week to highlight the UAE sustainability initiative.70“Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week: Join The ADSW Special Edition At Cop28,” Reuters Plus, January 2023. Archived March 25, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/QLnGK

November 18, 2022

Reuters Plus published an article for Shell as part of the campaign “Towards Net Zero 2050 – Rethinking Shell.”71“Towards Net Zero 2050 – Rethinking Shell,” Reuters Plus, November 18, 2022. Archived March 7, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Af8TA The article said that the world needs to rapidly transition to a net zero energy economy “as we strive to meet the Paris Climate Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” The advertisement continued to say that Shell is working on hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS). 

October 3, 2022

Reuters Events held a two-day annual conference, Reuters IMPACT, with the theme “Mobilizing Global Business To Deliver on Climate Action.”72“Apply to Attend: Mobilizing Global Business to Deliver on Climate Action,” Reuters Events, Archived June 13, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BI5K1 At the conference, Chevron sponsored a panel featuring Barbara Harrison, Chevron’s Vice-President of Offsets & Emerging at Chevron’s New Energies.73“If we want to accelerate the #energytransition, we must find solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors. #ReutersIMPACT Watch the full @Chevron session: https://bit.ly/3TCgnlJ,” Reuters Events X Account, October 20, 2022. Archived October 20, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. Before Harrison took the stage, a moderator introduced the panel, saying, “The last few years, the world’s oil majors are moving in two different directions. Invest billions in renewables, shrink oil and gas output, or invest in climate-oriented projects like carbon capture and small nuclear plants.” During the panel, Harrison said Chevron was working to decarbonize its “own base assets” while helping other industries like cement decarbonize.

October 4-6, 2021

Reuters Events held a conference called Reuters IMPACT.74“Reuters IMPACT agenda from 2021,” Reuters Events, 2021. Archived April 15, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/JOzsj On the event agenda was an “exclusive interview” with Tengku Muhammad Taufik, the President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Petronas, a Malaysian oil company. Two Reuters editors, Gavin Maguire (Editor in Charge, Commodities & Energy, Asia) and Florence Tan (Deputy Editor, Commodities and Energy, Asia) moderated the interview. 

Reuters then published a news story about this interview, written by Florence Tan.75Florence Tan, “REUTERS IMPACT-Malaysia’s Petronas plans to scale up CCS at Kasawari gas field,” Reuters, October 6, 2021. Archived April 15, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. The news story focussed on Petronas’s plans to scale up a CCS facility in Malaysia. In the article, Tan quotes Taufik as saying, “The reality is, in any projections, even IEA’s most aggressive projections of renewables displacement, we will still need hydrocarbons to be part of the energy mix,” and “Many of us, my counterparts and I, believe that CCS will be part of the solution to decarbonise the extraction of hydrocarbons.” The article did not provide any commentary from experts on the viability of CCS as a climate solution, nor did it explain how the fossil fuel industry uses such projects to justify new oil and gas extraction globally. 

October 2019

Digiday nominated Reuters Plus for a Marketing and Advertising Europe award for its campaign advertising BP’s Energy Outlook 2019 report.76“The Economist, Merkle and Reuters Plus nominated at Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe,” Digiday, October 1, 2019. Archived November 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TFJb4 On its website, Reuters Plus explained that BP wanted the advertising campaign to target “influential C-suite audiences” and focus on BP’s role in “the future of energy.”77“BP Energy Outlook 2019 Reuters Content Studio,” Reuters, September 23, 2019. Archived December 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Bw8uQ Reuters Plus set up an interview between Reuters presenter Angeline Ong and BP Chief Economist Spencer Dale and promoted the interview live on Twitter and Reuters.com. Reuters Plus reported that the video received 6.9 million views, 3.6 million of those from watching the interview live. 

Reuters Events with Fossil Fuel Clients

DateEventLocationFossil Fuel Industry SponsorsFossil Fuel Industry Event SpeakersCitation
December 5-6, 2024Energy LIVEHoustonNot listed at time of writingShell78“Energy LIVE 2024 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xDLRm
Dominion Energy
Southern Company
Southern California Edison
Chevron
Uniper North America
June 26-27, 2024Downstream USA 2024TexasADNOCIndorama Ventrues79“Downstream USA 2024 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TCBXm
CITGO
Chevron Phillips Chemical
BASF
LyondellBasell
Chevron
PBF Energy
Dow
Phillips 66
SABIC
Marathon Oil
Flint Hills Resources
June 25-27, 2024Global Energy Transition 2024New YorkBaker HughesDominion Energy80“Global Energy Transition 2024 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DtWYM
SLBSouthern Company
General Electric VernovaPetrobras
Mitsubishi PowerRepsol
EnbridgeOMV
Omaha Public Power DistrictMitsubishi Power
Chevron
Enbridge
Oil India Limited
SLB
Phillips 66
ENGIE
General Electric Vernova
June 11-12, 2024Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2024TexasConocoPhillips81“Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2024 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Cx0iC
Devon Energy
Aker BP
Chevron
BP
Aramco
Murphy Oil Corporation
Shell
Equinor
Occidental Petroleum
Petrobras
Aera Energy
Ovintiv
ExxonMobil
Chesapeake Energy
Vitesse Energy
LyondellBasell
May 22-23, 2024Industrial Decarbonisation Europe 2024AmsterdamENGIECepsa82“Industrial Decarbonisation Europe 2024 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/zwJA4
“Industrial Decarbonisation Europe 2024 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Plastics EuropeLyondellBasell
TotalEnergies
Dow
Vattenfall
April 9-10, 2024Hydrogen 2024AmsterdamHydrogen CouncilHydrogen Council83“Hydrogen 2024 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Edxng
EDF84“Hydrogen 2024 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hfdEU
December 6-7, 2023Energy Transition MENA 2023DubaiInfinity PowerADNOC85“Energy Transition MENA 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ycLrg
NaborsMasdar City86“Energy Transition MENA 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mUKt6
Bapco energies
Dow
ENGIE
Luberef
EDF
Nabors
June 7-8, 2023Downstream USA 2023USGeneral Electric DigitalChevron Phillips Chemical87“Downstream USA 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived December 24, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/74HdJ
Dow88“Downstream USA 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived May 25, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/J3IuG
General Electric Digital
BP
LyondellBasell
Chevron
ExxonMobil
SABIC
Shell
Phillips 66
INEOS
Petronas
June 6-7, 2023Global Energy Transition 2023BP89“Global Energy Transition 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived April 17, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Enq58
OMV
Phillips 66
ADNOC
June, 2023Data Driven Oil and Gas USA 2023USABaker HughesChevron90“Data Driven Oil & Gas 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived June 12, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/o8XkC
HalliburtonRepsol91“Data Driven Oil & Gas 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2023. Archived June 12, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/C0hxZ
Murphy Oil Corporation
Chesapeake Energy
Apache (APA)
Equinor
Shell
Enerplus
Cenovus
Occidental Petroleum
Empresa Nacional del Petróleo
ExxonMobil
ConocoPhillips
BP
Ovintiv
November, 2023Reuters NEXT 2023New YorkChevronChevron92“Reuters NEXT 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/m9Z5U
Toyota93“Reuters NEXT 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
United Airlines
September 7-7, 2023Reuters IMPACT 2023LondonEasy Jet94“Reuters IMPACT 2023 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/yaiSs 95“Reuters IMPACT 2023 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/I17Rn
June 14-15, 2022Global Energy Transition 2022Sponsors not listedTotalEnergies96“Global Energy Transition 2022,” Reuters Events, 2022. Archived May 13, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Woodside Energy
June 14-15, 2022Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2022USABaker HughesBP97“Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2022 sponsors,” Reuters Events, 2022. Archived June 13, 2022. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ENI98“Data Driven Oil & Gas USA 2022 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2022. Archived June 13, 2022. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
TotalEnergies
Shell
Devon Energy
Chevron
Equinor
Occidental Petroleum
Marathon Oil
Aramco
June 8-9, 2022Downstream USA 2022TexasSABIC99“Downstream USA 2022 sponsors,” Reuters Events, 2022. Archived May 20, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Marathon Petroleum100“Downstream USA 2022 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2022. Archived May 19, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Dow
Indorama Ventrues
Phillips 66
LyondellBasell
BASF
Shell
Chevron
INEOS
PEMEX
April 19-20, 2022Responsible Business USANew YorkUnited Airlines101“Responsible Business USA 2022,” Reuters Events, 2022. February 15, 2022. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
October 4 – 6, 2021Reuters IMPACT 2021LondonPetronas102“Reuters IMPACT 2021,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/mpIBI
Enel Group
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
Equinor
Rio Tinto
Iberdrola
June 3-4, 2021Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics USAVirtualINEOS103“Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics USA 2021 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bORd3
BP104“Petrochemical Supply Chain & Logistics USA 2021 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FLjtO
Shell
January 11-14, 2021Reuters NEXT 2021VirtualChevron105“Reuters NEXT 2021 partners,” Reuters Events, 2021. Archived November 28, 2020. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
Tata Group106“Reuters NEXT 2021 speakers,” Reuters Events, 2021. Archived November 28, 2020. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.
August 25, 2020Decommissioning and AbandonmentVirtualRepsol107“Decommissioning and Abandonment Virtual 2020 sponsors,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/qwPIi
Petronas108“Decommissioning and Abandonment Virtual 2020 speakers,” Reuters Events, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/TqCXm
Oil and Gas UK
Shell
Noble Energy
NOIA
Endeavour

Thomson Reuters Corporation – the parent company.109“Company History,” Thomson Reuters, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/R3HZM

Reuters has a large number of partners and is a member of Covering Climate Now,110“Partners,” Reuters Plus, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/EL4r1 a collaboration of 400-plus news outlets aiming to support the media industry to report on climate change with rigor, visibility, and urgency.111 “Covering Climate Now,” Reuters Agency, Accessed April 17, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/OBeqf DeSmog is also a member of Covering Climate Now. 

In 2019, Thomson Reuters acquired the events business FC Business Intelligence, which became Reuters Events.112Michael Friedenberg. “Introducing Reuters Events,” Reuters, October 4, 2019. Archived April 18, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog. 

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Reuters Plus has offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Tokyo.113“Reuters Plus,” LinkedIn. Archived April 19, 2024. Archived .pdf available at DeSmog.

Reuters Events:114“Terms and Conditions,” Reuters Events, Archived December 7, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/E0rbd

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