Put your money where your mouth is by banking green(er) Banking on Your Values When we deposit our money with a bank, those banks use our dollars to finance loans to other companies and collect interest. Where our banks lend our money matters and has consequences for personal and for companies’ carbon footprints. 24% of …
Debunking JPMorgan Chase’s Misleading Claims from its 2023 Letter to Shareholders JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders ahead of its annual general meeting is a masterclass in myths about what banks can and should do to reduce climate change and secure their bottom lines. 1. There’s a trade-off between climate action and …
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QUARTZ by Tim McDonnell Banks Can’t Stomach Genuine Climate Targets A Much-Lauded Climate Alliance for Financial Institutions Launched a Year Ago is Already Falling Apart  At last year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, one number grabbed a lot of headlines: $130 trillion, the sum total of assets managed by global financial institutions that had committed …
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What About Foundations? Michael Kavate – Inside Philanthropy Published July 12, 2022 https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/7/12/corporations-assets-have-a-huge-carbon-footprint-what-about-foundations Microsoft, Apple and other companies have invested millions to electrify their operations and otherwise cut their emissions. Yet all those efforts may be outweighed by the carbon footprints of the money they have in the bank, according to a report released in …
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Climate activists are infuriated after the Supreme Court's latest ruling limiting the EPA's authority to set clean air and climate standards for the private industry. pic.twitter.com/W9pjEf8UKC — ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) July 1, 2022
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