Close to $60bn invested in fossil fuels by North American insurers
(Note: This article first appeared in Reinsurance News) Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez Top North American insurers invested $59.7bn in fossil fuels, with $30.8bn in oil and gas holdings as of 2019, according…
Today’s EPA Decision and the Reckless Violence of the New Supreme Court
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down yet another shocking decision in a string of recent dangerous and devastating decisions — backing coal companies in the midst of a…
Ukrainians Call For Fossil Fuel Transition, Not Expansion
This op-ed first appeared in the International Business Times By Svitlana Romanko AND Pallavi Phartiyal Ukraine is on the frontlines of a devastating war exacerbated by fossil fuels. A number of Ukrainians are…
Indonesia pulp giants’ net-zero pledges are misleading, warn civil society
By excluding their forestry operations, the pulp companies do not report the biggest source of their emissions; mill expansions are set to increase these emissions Ahead of a stakeholder meeting…
New Report: Despite ‘No Deforestation’ Rhetoric, Major Brands and Banks Failing to Stop Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Annual analysis reveals that as threats facing Indigenous communities in rainforest regions increase, demand-side companies are failing to reform supply chains Major multinational brands and banks are failing to stop…
BREAKING: Four Climate Advocates Arrested In Protest At P&G Headquarters
Event Calls Out Company for Connections to Climate Crisis, Deforestation, and Human Rights Abuses **High-res photo and video available upon request Cincinnati, OH – This morning, concerned local Cincinnati residents…
Banks have to stop financing oil expansion. If they don’t, their net-zero commitments are greenwash.
This op-ed was first featured on Marketwatch. By Jason Opeña Disterhoft U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called on banks and other financial firms to stop financing the expansion of fossil…
Chubb Shareholders Reject Management Recommendations on Key Climate and Director Votes
Newly-released vote tallies demonstrate broad investor concern on fossil fuel underwriting and emissions reductions Zurich, Switzerland // New York City, USA (May 24, 2022) – At the May 19 annual…
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Mars, Incorporated’s First-Ever Statement on Human Rights Defenders
Mars, the multinational corporation and maker of confectionery, pet food, and other products, just recently released its first official statement on Human Rights Defenders. Civil society has long pressured the…
At Chubb AGM, Insurance Giant Faced Demands for Climate Action on the Ballot and in the Streets
Action in Zurich Depicting Chubb CEO Greenberg Smearing the Planet with Fossil Fuels Shareholders pass resolution for transparency on emissions reductions, but stop short of calling for an end to…
