World’s Central Banks Are Fueling The Climate Crisis
The world needs every weapon in its climate arsenal to tackle the unprecedented existential threat of climate change. Oil Change International (along with an...
A Mother’s Call For Climate Action
Carole Holmes is Co-Chair of GASP, Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet. As a grandmother she has deep concerns for the environmental health of...
Nuclear Power Is Not A Responsible Investment
Seventy-eight Public Interest Groups are calling on Canada’s biggest banks to drop investments in nuclear power, including so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) from their...
When Will My Bank (RBC) Divest From Fossil Fuels?
Did you know that there are roughly 7.5 million grandparents living in Canada? And many, like Lorraine Green (and myself), have become climate activists,...
Why You Must Fire Your Fossil Bank
Have you ever stopped to think how your bank uses your money — your savings, investment certificates, retirement funds? Is your bank stepping up...
What RBC Branch Managers Need To Know
On October 29th, 2021, Land defenders and grassroots activists took action at more than 30 RBC bank branches across Canada to stop RBC from...
Canada’s Fossilized Finance Sector: Big Five Fossil Banks
"Despite Canada’s climate change commitments, the country’s “big five” banks continue to finance and support the expansion of fossil fuel industries," writes Donald Gutstein...
Canada’s Big 5 Banks: The Climate Movement Is Coming For You In 2021
Since the Paris Agreement, Canada’s Big Five banks—RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC, Scotia—have financed fossil fuels over half a trillion dollars (C$641 billion) globally and...
What do Heat Waves, Wildfires and Banks Have in Common?
The recent leak of a draft of the next IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) warns that recovery from climate breakdown may be...
RBC Supports Expansion of Tar Sands Pipelines With “Sustainability” Loan
"In the lead up to the critically important COP26 climate summit, Canada’s largest bank, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) inked a new deal...