Tag: Protests

The message was beamed loud and clear as a set of stunning projections near the summit venue in Cornwall. It was recently revealed that UK banks and financial companies are responsible for more emissions than most countries, so action to curb loans, investments and underwriting in fossil fuel companies is needed more than ever.

Barclays’ annual general meeting is on the horizon, giving shareholders and investors the chance to push the bank towards defunding fossil fuels. The question is: will they seize this opportunity, even though Barclays has told them to vote against?

In just a few weeks, HSBC shareholders will vote on a climate resolution at the bank’s AGM. If it passes, HSBC will be committed to putting plans in place to end its fossil fuel funding.

On Friday, hundreds of people took over a street in San Francisco outside the head offices of Wells Fargo, a major US bank. Their mission: to paint a huge banner on the tarmac, protesting the bank’s role in funding the climate crisis.

In recent weeks, stickers have been plastered on Barclays branches across the UK, drawing attention to how the bank is continuing to fund the climate crisis.
 

The stickers – catching the eye with Barclays’ signature blue colour scheme – appeared on every branch in London, as well as several in Bristol and on a number of standalone cash machines.

Sheffield,
Inverness,
Rochdale,
Bath,
Bristol,
Exeter,
Worthing,
Hertford,
Newbury,
Cardiff,
Manchester,
the flagship Piccadilly Circus branch in London,
Balham,
Clapham Junction,
Kendal,
St.