AXIS Capital Adopts New Fossil Fuel Policy
Slowly but surely, the U.S. insurance industry is starting to acknowledge its role in driving climate change, and taking steps to stop. Last month, AXIS Capital became the second U.S….
Fifteen environmental NGOs demand that sustainable palm oil watchdog does its job
BANGKOK: As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest palm oil certification system, meet in Bangkok for their 17th annual meeting, the world is in the midst…
130 Banks Just Launched the Principles for Responsible Banking: Will Banks Finally Change for the Better?
130 banks including Citi and MUFG (parent of Union Bank) just committed to align their financing with the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Wow. Does that mean they are going to totally transform their financing for the better and stop financing deforestation, fossil fuels, and human rights violations? If not, this is going to be just one more greenwashing exercise…
Tell Liberty Mutual to ditch fossil fuels!
Did you know that Liberty Mutual is abandoning its customers that live in wildfire-affected areas across the western U.S., while simultaneously investing more than $6 billion in fossil fuels and…
Join Rainforest Action Network at the Global Climate Strikes!
I’ve been out in the streets taking action for people and the planet for almost 20 years. I’ve participated in hundreds of protests and taken action around the world, but…
5 Reasons RAN is Taking on the Insurance Industry
You may be wondering, what the heck does insurance have to do with climate change? Well, the insurance industry is supposed to protect us from risk. But when it comes…
Japan’s largest bank MUFG adopts new policies to protect forests and the climate, but controversies abound
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group and the world’s fifth largest bank by assets, has just released an updated Environmental and Social Policy Framework that will govern…