Tag: RBC
#RBCisKillingMe: Stop Funding Fossil Fuels and Respect Indigenous Rights
#RBCisKillingMe is a global day of action to shine the light on RBC, Canada's largest fossil bank and one of the world's largest funders...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Banking On Climate Chaos: World’s Top 60 Banks Pump USD 3.8 Trillion In Fossils...
Despite a massive global drop in fossil fuel demand and production during the pandemic, banks’ 2020 fossil fuel financing numbers still remained above 2016...
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...
BankSwitch: Your Savings Could Save Earth
The pressure on the financial sector—banks, pension funds, insurance companies—to join the global movement to tackle the climate crisis is mounting. And the number...
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...