... he had been obsessed with branding the company and lowering its carbon footprint at the expense of BP’s real business, producing and selling oil.” #QotD

“[BP CEO John] Browne was distracted by his pet issues of climate change and environmentalism, and by his flirtations with the public spotlight.... he had been obsessed with branding the company and lowering its carbon footprint at the expense of BP’s real business, producing and selling oil.” 

~ Abrahm Lustgarten, from his 2012 book Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, quoted in the post "‘Beyond Petroleum’ Now ‘Big Promises’ at BP"
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