Investors Increase Pressure on Japanese Companies to Take Urgent Climate Action
Market Forces Kiko Network FoE Japan Rainforest Action Network Japan’s largest banks and power companies have faced a record number of shareholders backing proposals calling for greater action and transparency…
Bank of America is the Latest Bank to Set 2030 Emissions Targets With No Plan for Absolute Reductions or Phasing out Fossil Fuel Finance
Today, Bank of America announced new 2030 targets to reach its commitment to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The interim targets set goals to reduce the emissions intensity from its…
Shareholders send MUFG a stark climate warning
June 29, 2021: June 29, 2021: At its AGM today in Tokyo, 23% of shareholders issued a major climate warning to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) management by voting in…
During Bank AGM, Climate Movement Challenges JPMorgan Chase’s Promises of ‘Paris Alignment’
Groups issue analysis of Chase’s newly released 2030 ‘carbon intensity’ targets as nationwide protests target top Chase decisionmakers NYC — At today’s JPMorgan Chase annual general meeting, CEO Jamie Dimon…
Chasing Down Chase
JPMorgan Chase is the world’s worst fossil fuel banker — but the pressure to change is mounting. This year, CEO billionaire Jamie Dimon, and the rest of the bank’s senior management team got a warning from their shareholders they can’t afford to ignore.
From Appalachia to London, Barclays Bank Takes Heat for Coal Financing
There is nothing quite like giving one of world’s biggest banks a bad day. A bad week is even better. Today, protestors swamped Barclays’ annual shareholder meeting in London, calling…
Reportback: Divestmentment Students Pay Brian Moynihan a Visit
This is a guest blog by students Camila Bustos (Brown University) and Alli Welton (Harvard University). Earlier this month, we traveled from our universities in New England down to Charlotte,…
It’s Bank of America’s Annual Shareholder Meeting: Time to Voice Discontent
I know you care—in the past couple months, you’ve already taken multiple online actions to urge Bank of America to stop funding the coal industry. And as you are reading this,…
Chevron’s New Low: 20 Global Community Leaders Rejected, 5 Arrested at AGM
The Chevron Corporation and it’s CEO John Watson hit a new low in disrespecting human rights and showing it’s true colors to how they regard the communities they pollute and…