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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

FOUND: Resource firms using sports to greenwash - What They Never Told You

A report estimates sports sponsorships by mining and resource companies are worth up to $18 million. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian sport accepts up to $18 million a year from fossil fuel companies despite mounting risks of reputational damage, a new study shows.

The report prepared by Swinburne University for the Australian Conservation Foundation is the first to quantify coal, gas and oil sponsorships in sport.

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