The climate movement has spent the better part of two decades demanding banks stop financing fossil fuels

Now they're also demanding ambitious clean energy financing targets - along with investors

Watch this space 👀

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A group of HSBC investors wants the bank to set a funding target for renewable energy over concerns its current green pledges are too vague trib.al/zdbqNmV

Our Banks Team have arrived at HSBC's AGM to face the board of directors to ask the bank to end its support of fossil fuel expansion and set sector-based green finance targets.

They are also joined by investors from EQ Investors | B Corp and Jesuits in Britain.

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A shareholder's resolution led by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace calls for Citigroup to examine its efforts to respect the human rights of Indigenous people in the projects it finances and invests in.
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Barclays still finances *fracking* in the US 😣 which ruins communities

Add your name to this letter and pile the pressure on the bank to stop

Next week ShareAction will hand the letter to Barclays Bank directors at shareholder meeting
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'This is a clear message to Citi that human rights violations are bad for business'
Sister Susan Francois tells Dan Stockman that CSJP Sisters will continue holding Citi to account over its impact on Indigenous communities - via NCR
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If the world sped up its efforts to tackle climate change, top fossil fuel bank Citi could lose billions.

No wonder Citi is warning AGAINST a rapid energy transition. 🤑🤑

Reminder that it's up to US to force banks to put people & planet over profit.

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✍️ They have committed to adopt a public Ethical Sponsorship Policy that rules out EVER taking money from fossil fuel companies of the banks that finance them such as HSBC UK, Barclays Bank and Santander UK 🤢

.Barclays Bank likes to show off about how they're financing tonnes of green energy

But what do they consider 'green'?

NEW OIL AND GAS

Anything else think this is absolutely ridiculous?

Hey Bank of England Financial Conduct Authority - can you just regulate them already?
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Great work by Sister Susan Francois, CSJP and CSJP Sisters to pressure
Citi to reform their appallingly bad record on climate and Indigenous rights. #Faiths4Climate

The biggest funder of oil & gas in the Amazon @Jpmorgan Chase agreed to meet the delegation TOMORROW & canceled days before. The leaders traveled thousands of miles to discuss the bank's investments in Petroperú S.A., which harm the Amazon & its people.
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“Indigenous peoples face continuous threats for standing against the destruction of their ancestral lands in the Amazon, yet Citi supports companies like Petroperú, known for severe oil spills & undermining rights.” Mary Mijares, Amazon Watch Campaigner
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#Barclays are on the wrong side again ⚽️
Climate & anti-war campaigners call on the Women’s Super League Barclays Women's Super League to urgently reconsider its sponsorship deal with @Barclays which funds climate wrecking fossil fuels & Israeli arms
@Fred_Daly #KickOutBarclays #DropBarclays
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'It shows that a substantial number of shareholders will be holding Citi accountable'
Sister Susan Francois tells Allissa Kline that investor nuns CSJP Sisters won't be backing down on pursuing Indigenous rights at the bank - via American Banker americanbanker.com/news/citi-well…

Tiwi Traditional Owner Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri, says:

'What Santos is doing, funded by Citi Group, is damaging to the creatures and its environment but also to our people, in particular the Munupi people and our spiritual connection.' 2/2

1 in 4 Citi shareholders have voted against the big bank for violating Indigenous human rights via its funding of coal, oil and gas globally, including climate-wrecking expansion by Santos

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It's beyond time. Citi and others have climate strategies that completely overlook methane and rely on underreported numbers. Methane's impact is too significant to ignore. It's time for real action. Learn more at naturalgasvscoal.org. #ClimateChange #MethaneEmissions

1 in 4 @citi shareholders supported our #indigenousrights proposal. We will continue to useinfluence for present & future generations impacted by oil, gas & coal projects. We are guided by Pope Francis call to #ecologicaleconomics that responds to cry of Earth & impacted communities

BREAKING: Citi’s investors demand the bank protect Indigenous Peoples’ rights.

Today, 26% of investors voted for Ask Citi to reveal the effectiveness of its Indigenous Rights policies.

Even investors know that oil and gas extraction on Indigenous lands is a bad investment.