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They also make £0.5-1bn in annual revenue from North Sea oil.

It's an achievement for sure but it's like the Marlboro Man boasting he's quit smoking while still selling cigarettes to everyone else.

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I'm not sure how valid an argument that is. If the Scotts didn't sell it, consumers would just buy it elsewhere. As non-fossil picks up, the demand and profit will just go down. Perhaps it's actually better to have the Scotts pump it up and transport the products to UK houses than getting it from across the planet. And oil is more than something you burn: the plastic itself is actually a carbon store (less CO2 to go in the air), we just have a problem keeping it out of nature and the production process needs electrification iirc (maybe there are also GHG byproducts, I don't recall atm).

I don’t understand the hate. Sure Scotland isn’t carbon neutral, but this is still an impressive figure.

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