Kate Mackenzie: A legacy of greenwashing haunts BP’s end-of-oil vision

BP plans to cut its oil and gas output by about 40% over the next decade and increase its renewable energy generation capacity twentyfold. 

BP is probably the first oil major that has made concrete plans for the end of oil—or at least the shrinking of its role. 

The company announced a big strategic pivot last month that would see it turn from an “integrated oil company” to an “integrated energy company”.