Tag: Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered has been getting it from all sides today, ahead of its annual shareholders meeting tomorrow. The bank’s ongoing financing of fossil fuels has been called out in some creative and inspiring ways.

Climate strikers were out in force last week for the latest global strike, and Standard Chartered was firmly in their sights.
 
At protests around the world, strikers called out the bank for its continued involvement with fossil fuel companies.

UK banks are still funnelling billions into fossil fuels according to new research, while Barclays and HSBC remain among the worst in the world.

The latest Banking on Climate Chaos report reveals that 60 banks have provided $3.8 trillion to the fossil fuel industry in the last five years.

Activists from around the world have published another impassioned open letter to Standard Chartered’s CEO, Bill Winters, criticising him and the bank for their continued support of coal companies.

A young activist from the Philippines has taken aim at Standard Chartered in a passionate letter about the bank’s continued support for fossil fuel companies. The letter heralds the start of a major campaign on the bank’s role in coal, oil and gas.