October 7, 2021
Mark Carney called out for allowing banks to greenwash
As the UN’s special envoy for climate finance, Canadian Mark Carney is one the most prominent leaders in the still new world of climate finance.
Updates
September 28, 2021
How Enbridge and RBC fake sustainability
The Toronto Star reported today that RBC is one of many banks who are backing tar sands pipeline company Enbridge with “sustainability” linked loans.
September 28, 2021
Will you join the “fossil banks” global day of action?
Over the last few years, a growing movement has been building momentum to stop the money pipeline to tar sands, oil and gas projects that will ruin our climate and violate Indigenous rights.
September 24, 2021
Youth uprising against fossil banks in Teen Vogue
The movement to force the world’s worst banks to stop funneling billions into fossil fuels and Indigenous rights violations is growing around the world.
September 18, 2021
Fossil banks blocked in NYC, Seattle
On Friday over 40 climate activists were arrested in New York City, shutting down JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America branches for spending tens of billions bankrolling tar sands oil expansion during the climate emergency.
September 9, 2021
Banks face “hot summer” of protest in UK, Europe
Banks in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland have been under increasing pressure from social movements due to their fossil fuel investments.
September 2, 2021
Report: Indigenous resistance has stopped at least 25% of annual U.S. & Canadian emissions
A new report from the Indigenous Environmental Network and Oil Change International finds that Indigenous resistance has stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least one-quarter of annual U.S.
August 30, 2021
Line 3 is cultural genocide at the hands of Enbridge, police and big banks
This article was written by Evelyn Austin of Bank on a Better Future and originally published in the National Observer.
August 12, 2021
New report: Canadian banks defying climate science by increasing fossil fuel finance
Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are telling their shareholders according to data in a new Greenpeace report.
July 28, 2021
RBC, TD Banks eagerly support abusive Myanmar regime
The military junta in Myanmar is one of the world’s worst regimes, murdering, arresting its citizens and committing war crimes including genocide with near total impunity.