Get Finance Out Of Fossil Fuels

Follow the Money and Change Where It's Going

Banks, insurance companies, and other big financial players are key levers for stopping the destruction of our communities and climate and instead taking us to a renewable future. Right now, these financial players are continuing to finance endless fossil fuel growth, investing in gas, oil, and coal projects, and creating climate disasters, which are impacting millions of people a year. These big finance firms are also why so many can’t afford homes, get medical treatment, or struggle to keep their lights on. And these same giants whisper in the ears of the government and media, influencing politics and policy, and slowing the energy transition we so desperately need. Along the way, their continued funding of fossil fuels and lack of investment in renewables means we’re not seeing enough finance in a clean energy future. This has to change.

We’re fighting for finance out of fossil fuels and into a just transition.

Big finance is funding fossil fuels -- but should be financing our renewable future.

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Banks

Banks are backing the fossil fuel industry: in 4 years, the world’s 60 largest banks invested $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel projects and companies. While many of us do our part to slow climate change, banks use our money to prop up the very companies making climate change worse. Banks should stop funding fossil fuels and instead fund our communities and renewable energy.

Asset Managers

Global asset managers manage your pension, 401K, and our future. They're currently supplying fossil fuel companies with a steady stream of capital. But, if we want a safe and secure future, our assets should be invested in clean energy and our communities.

Investors

Real climate action from investors is more pressing and important than ever. More often, we’re seeing climate-fuelled extreme weather events debilitating communities across the world and leaving death and destruction in their wake. If climate chaos, enabled by the investment industry, is allowed to wreak havoc on this world, shareholders will have a lot more to worry about than just their profits drying up. Shareholders should be demanding more clean energy policies and financing.

Insurance Companies

The fossil fuel industry depends on insurance coverage for building and maintaining its coal mines, power plants and pipelines. Insurance companies are supposed to protect us from catastrophic risks. Yet when it comes to the largest threat to humanity – climate change – insurers are perpetuating dependence on fossil fuels by insuring new coal, oil, and gas projects.

Regulators and governments

Governments and regulators need to hold companies responsible for their fossil fuel investments and force them to instead invest in communities. These same actors also need to provide public funding for clean energy.