Bank of America Faces Mounting Pressure Over Lack of Transparency on Continuing Support for Fossil Fuels: Calls for Accountability Grow from Bank’s Investors and from Frontline Communities
Protesters gather outside Bank of America Headquarters while climate resolutions seeking more disclosure on BOA lobbying and rates of fossil to clean financing receive strong shareholder support. April 24, 2024…
Get Bank of America Back On Track: Background for AGM 2024
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) Voices Support for Majority Action’s Exempt Solicitation Filing to Remove Clayton Rose, the Chair of Bank of America’s Enterprise Risk Committee and Responds to Bank of…
Complicit: Bank of America, Human Rights, and Fossil Fuel Expansion
The brutal reality of climate chaos is being lived by millions of people around the world today, with its greatest burden borne by mostly BIPOC and low-income communities. Our global…
Complicit: Bank of America’s Role in Fossil Fuel Expansion and the Violation of Human Rights
Bank of America’s current policies and financing practices enable it to profit from climate chaos by leveraging the hard earned dollars of the individual customers it claims to care about, despite its stated commitment to respecting human rights and mitigating climate change.
Why hundreds of activists marched on Bank of America during Climate Week
Every dollar spent on fossil fuels pushes our climate further into chaos and violates human rights by supporting the extraction, pollution, and destruction of lives and communities. Bank of America…
“Wall Street: Steer Clear of JBS” — NGOs Warn Financiers of Risks Ahead of Meatpacker Giant’s NYSE Listing
Citigroup, Bank of America, BlackRock, Vanguard and Other Banks Are Enabling Environmental Destruction and Human Rights Abuses Associated with JBS NEW YORK — Today, several leading climate, agriculture, and animal…
Climate Advocates Arrested Protesting Bank of America During NYC Climate Week
Hi-res photos available on request BofA targeted for its role as a top global funder of fossil fuels connected to human rights violations and climate chaos New York — Today,…
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…
Bank of America Climate Announcement All Future Aspiration and No Immediate Action
Bank of America today becomes the second of the big six U.S. banks to commit to net zero financed emissions by 2050. While this is a welcome first step, to…
Communities Speak Out Against Coal Plants
This morning, the EPA announced limits on carbon pollution from power plants. That’s a welcome step in fighting climate change—and it wouldn’t have happened without communities speaking out against coal plants….