March 6, 2023
University campuses across Canada reject RBC
Last week, 11 campuses across Canada held actions at RBC on-campus branches, demanding they stop destroying our climate and violating Indigenous rights.
Updates
February 16, 2023
Barclays Bank ditches Canadian oilsands finance
Yesterday, Barclays, Europe’s largest financier of tar sands companies, announced its commitment to end financing of tar sands producers, as well as ban further financing of new oil sands pipelines.
February 6, 2023
RBC is Canada’s biggest backer of toxic Adani bonds
One of the biggest business stories of 2023 has been the collapse in value of India’s Adani Group, and the wealth of its CEO Guatam Adani, after accusations of fraud.
January 27, 2023
New York Pension joins campaign to push RBC on climate
One of the world’s biggest investors is tired of RBC’s greenwash on climate, and has filed shareholder resolutions at RBC and other US Wall Street firms demanding they set stricter emissions reduction targets.
January 24, 2023
Banks funding for renewables is shockingly low – especially RBC
A new report released today shows how shockingly low major banks’ funding of the green energy transition really is.
December 15, 2022
HSBC to Phase out Oil and Gas finance – huge win
Thanks to pressure from thousands of people, UK banking giant HSBC is going to stop lending money to new fossil fuel fields, anywhere in the world.
December 9, 2022
Two Bad Fossil Banks as One – RBC tries to buy HSBC
RBC recently announced they intend to acquire the Canadian banking arm of HSBC Bank for $13B.
December 6, 2022
Universities continue revolt against RBC destroying their future
There has been a lot of activism on campuses across Canada this past year, as more and more students and even faculty realize that friendly-sounding RBC is actively investing on a future they don’t want to live in.
November 25, 2022
While no Canadian banks will get to NetZero, RBC is the worst
A new report out this week by climate concerned investor group slammed Canada’s banks for their failure to have credible plans to get to net zero emissions.
November 19, 2022
40 RBC actions in support of Wet’suwet’en
In the wake of drilling under the sacred Wedzwin Kwa river, Gidimt’en Checkpoint Land Defenders asked settlers on a massive 800 person zoom call to organize actions at RBC Branches on Nov 5 to support the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their fight against the Coastal GasLink pipeline.