HSBC claims to exclude coal but they've left the door open on extraction in Vietnam.
… in Vietnam. HSBC stunned the world of climate finance campaigners with their new policy on finance for coal, tar sands and Arctic … most carbon intensive fossil fuels from its finance regimen. This came in the same few …
Banks are just as much to blame for the climate crisis as fossil fuel companies and corrupt governments. Campaigning for fossil free finance must be the climate movement's next step, writes CHRIS SALTMARSH
… for climate change - and demand fossil free finance Chris Saltmarsh | 4th September 2018 Comment Fossil Free Finance Climate Change Banks Fossil Fuels … governments. Campaigning for fossil free finance must be the climate movement's next …
Banks like Barclays won't drop their investments in fracking and other fossil fuels if we ask nicely.
… time. As soon as possible.” Fossil fuel finance Some campaigners suspected that … popularity falling off a cliff edge in the finance and insurance sectors and its … budge on its deep commitment to fossil fuel finance. Bank accounts Alongside the carrot of …
Will the Barclays Bank revised energy policy constitute ambitious action on climate change - or business-as-usual?
… the boundaries of climate action in private finance - in the same year that HSBC has … plentiful. Hence it's loophole allowing it to finance coal in the emerging markets of … leaders can demonstrate to the rest of the finance world that climate breakdown is a …
The jailing of anti-fracking protestors demonstrates a deep alliance between the state, finance and capital
… a deep alliance between the state, finance and capital For the first time … bound up with fossil capital and private finance which stand to profit so much from a … industry. Indeed, it is only fossil capital, finance and their representatives in the Tory …
The banks' support for fossil fuel extraction and climate breakdown could instigate the next crash with unprecedented costs for innocent people ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis.
… 17th September 2018 | Comment Thought Leader Finance Financial Crisis Banks Fossil Fuels … than ideal, but the proposal for fossil free finance is part of a wider program of radically transforming the role that finance plays in society. It must be an …
Indigenous Environmental Network's lawsuit blocked construction of Keystone XL.
… Comment Keystone XL Pipeline Fossil Fuels Finance Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan … relationship between fossil capital, private finance and the state. Alongside Keystone XL … it out of the hands of private companies and finance. Grassroots opposition has often …
Pride parades should kick out corporate fossil fuel funders such as Barclays.
No Pride in Barclays Chris Saltmarsh | 2nd August 2019 Comment Barclays Fossil Fuels Protest People & Planet Thought Leaders Barclays pride Pride parades should kick out corporate fossil fuel funders …
… manufacturing, transport, water, housing and finance. So, what is the role of cooperatives … sectors like energy, transport, water and finance it is clear that there is very little …