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2021

City A.M., Feb 25, 2021
Vanguard and BlackRock uncovered as largest investors in coal industry

S&P Global, Feb 25, 2021
Banks provided 11% more money to coal-related companies since 2016 – report

Politico, Feb 25, 2021
Beyond the Beltway - Coal Case

Responsible Investor, Feb 25, 2021
Vanguard named as ‘world’s largest coal investor’ in report

Montel, Feb 25, 2021
US remains largest investor in coal – report

Financial News, Feb 25, 2021
Vanguard, BlackRock singled out for $170bn coal exposure

The Korea Herald, Feb 17, 2021
S. Korean sovereign wealth fund still has coal exposure, despite cut

Bloomberg, Feb 17, 2021
BlackRock's Latest Climate Instructions Come With a New Threat

New York Times, Feb 8, 2021
Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds

HuffPost, Jan 27, 2021
The World’s Long, Messy Breakup With Coal

New York Times, Jan 26, 2021
BlackRock Chief Pushes a Big New Climate Goal for the Corporate World

Financial Times, Jan 23, 2021
BlackRock’s sustainability ‘report card’ one year from Fink’s annual letter

The Guardian, Jan 13, 2021
BlackRock holds $85bn in coal despite pledge to sell fossil fuel shares

 

2020

Bloomberg, Dec 10, 2020
Banks Keep Funneling Billions Into Polluting Energy Projects

The Straits Times, Dec 11, 2020
12 big fossil fuel projects threaten global climate fight, green groups say

The Guardian, Nov 12, 2020
Almost half of thermal coal firms set to defy climate pledge – report

Mercom India, Sep 23, 2020
IFC Asks Clients to Not Invest in Companies That Do Not Want to Exit Coal

The Daily Star, Sep 23, 2020
Global climate activists urge Japan to stop financing coal plant in Matarbari

Financial Times, May 13, 2020
Norway’s oil fund sells out of Glencore, Anglo American and RWE

 

2019

The New Economy, December 18, 2019
Insurance companies are refusing to back coal projects over environmental concerns

PhilStar, December 15, 2019
Banks urged to phase out financing for coal projects

Reuters, December 11, 2019
Credit Suisse to stop financing new coal-fired power plants

The Japan Times, December 7, 2019
Report names Japan's top three mega-banks as the world's biggest lenders to coal plant developers

The Straits Times, December 6, 2019
Banks gave $1 trillion to groups planning new coal power plants: Report

The Economic Times/Reuters, December 6, 2019
Banks gave USD 745 billion to groups planning new coal power plants: NGOs

Forbes, November 30, 2019
Axa’s Vow To Stop Insuring Coal Hits At Industry’s Soft Underbelly

Euractiv, November 28, 2019
French insurer AXA vows to stop insuring fossil fuel-dependant companies

Best known for its successful coal divestment campaigns on the Norwegian Government Pension Fund and Allianz, Urgewald has focused its recent efforts on the coal industry’s expansion plans throughout the world, creating a customizable database targeted toward the needs of investors and insurers.

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Selected Voices

"Urgewald has been relentless in building rigorous and effective tools. The Global Coal Exit List makes coal divestment easy and more impactful."

Tom Kruse, Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Tom Sanzillo, Director of Finance, IEEFA institute

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Marc Pfizenmaier, Sustainability Analyst, GLS Bank (Germany)

"The data Urgewald provides has never been available in such a complete form before now. It offers a thorough insight into the coal industry worldwide and helps us understand, who is behind this dirty industry."

Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, The Green Party