Irresponsible Science?

The Association for Science Education (ASE) has no listed investments in arms or fossil fuels but maintains corporate links through sponsored educational projects and partnerships. Specifically, 15% of sponsors for its largest programme, School Science, are fossil fuel companies, and 17% of sponsors for the Optoelectronics College are military industrial organisations. The ASE lacks a formal environmental or ethical investment policy.

• The ASE does not hold listed investments such as equities or bonds, with its only financial assets being in an interest-bearing bank deposit account, meaning it holds no investments in the arms or fossil fuel industries.
• The ASE lacks both a formal environmental policy and an ethical investment policy, although some of its educational materials provide information on environmental issues.
• Two of the ASE's nine main school education programmes involve the arms or fossil fuel sectors. In the School Science programme, 15% of the 26 sponsors are fossil fuel companies, while in the Optoelectronics College, 17% of the 18 sponsors are military industrial organisations.
• The ASE has maintained partnerships with major fossil fuel corporations; BP was listed as a partner in 2017, and ExxonMobil was listed as a partner in 2019.
• The ASE's event sponsorship income is not derived from the arms or fossil fuel industries.
• While the ASE is noted for a higher level of financial transparency regarding corporate involvement in school programmes compared to other institutions, this detailed information is only available in reports submitted to the Charity Commission rather than the abridged versions on its website.

APA

Scientists for Global Responsibility (n.d.). Irresponsible Science? https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/1-Association_of_Science_Education.pdf

Chicago

Scientists for Global Responsibility. Irresponsible Science? n.d. https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/1-Association_of_Science_Education.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{scientistsforglobalresponsibilityndirresponsible, author = {{Scientists for Global Responsibility}}, title = {{Irresponsible Science?}}, institution = {Scientists for Global Responsibility}, url = {https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/1-Association_of_Science_Education.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }