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To: Claire O'Neill, Chief Executive of Belfast City Marathon
Drop Moy Park from Belfast City Marathon
Don't allow Moy Park to sportwash its environmental crimes, including the pollution of Lough Neagh by sponsoring Belfast City Marathon.
Why is this important?
Moy Park, the North's first £2 billion company , is making record profits while poisoning our precious waterways that feed into Lough Neagh. Nutrient pollution from industrial factory farming is one of the main causes of the blue-green algae suffocating Lough Neagh.
In 2024 the Save Lough Neagh campaign held a protest against Moy Park’s sponsorship on the Antrim loughshore. BBC Spotlight uncovered hundreds of pollution incidents from Moy Park, and how little punishment they received. The company has a history exploiting workers, such as underpaying minimum wage workers, and even scandals over a worker’s death.
The Lough supplies most of the city's drinking water - big agricultural corporations, such as Moy Park, are putting our right to water at risk.
This is greenwashing at its very worst - using the Belfast Marathon, and the tens of thousands of people who run and cheer on their loved ones from across the city, to distract from their brutal business practices.
Follow the Save Lough Neagh campaign on:
In 2024 the Save Lough Neagh campaign held a protest against Moy Park’s sponsorship on the Antrim loughshore. BBC Spotlight uncovered hundreds of pollution incidents from Moy Park, and how little punishment they received. The company has a history exploiting workers, such as underpaying minimum wage workers, and even scandals over a worker’s death.
The Lough supplies most of the city's drinking water - big agricultural corporations, such as Moy Park, are putting our right to water at risk.
This is greenwashing at its very worst - using the Belfast Marathon, and the tens of thousands of people who run and cheer on their loved ones from across the city, to distract from their brutal business practices.
Follow the Save Lough Neagh campaign on:
We, the undersigned, call on you and the organisers of Belfast City Marathon to drop Moy Park as a sponsor of Belfast City Marathon and Half-marathon today.