A UK trade minister successfully lobbied for BP, Premier Oil and Shell in order to address the companies’ concerns about environmental regulation, taxation and rules governing use of local firms in Brazil, according to a diplomatic telegram obtained by Greenpeace. Greg Hands travelled to Brazil in daily to support efforts by UK firms to win business in the South American country. Hands “directly” raised the firms' concerns with Brazil’s deputy minister for mines and energy, Paulo Pedrosa. Greenpeace has accused the UK Department for International Trade of operating as a “lobbying arm of the fossil fuel industry”.
A UK trade minister successfully lobbied for BP, Premier Oil and Shell in order to address the companies’ concerns about environmental regulation, taxation and rules governing use of local firms in Brazil, according to a diplomatic telegram obtained by Greenpeace. Greg Hands travelled to Brazil in March to support efforts by UK firms to win business in the South American country. Hands “directly” raised the firms' concerns with Brazil’s deputy minister for mines and energy, Paulo Pedrosa. Greenpeace has accused the UK Department for International Trade of operating as a “lobbying arm of the fossil fuel industry”.