Press Releases & Media Infos

Press Release

Moscow, Kuzbass | February 1st 2021 ,

New report calls reveals extraordinary pollution, high mortality and illness rates
Call for urgent measures against disastrous consequences of expanding coal production
Up to 70% of Russia's coal is mined in Kuzbass region, mostly exported

Press Release

New York, Berlin | January 26th 2021 ,

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink today published his annual letter to its clients, focusing for the second year in a row on climate announcements, including a request for all companies to adopt “net zero” compatible business plans

Media Briefing

Beijing, Berlin | January 25th 2021 ,

China releases paper on International Development Cooperation in the New Era
Vision on foreign aid does not exclude financing coal power plants
NGOs criticize that economic assistance is not linked to principle of "Do no harm"

Press Release

Paris, Berlin, January 13th 2021 ,

New report reveals BlackRock’s high levels of coal exposure and climate inaction - with $85bn worth of assets managed by BlackRock invested in coal companies
Findings come on anniversary of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s commitment to sustainability, and just days before Fink’s annual letter for 2021
BlackRock coal policy affects just 17% of industry
The policy applies to less than a third of BlackRock’s assets under management, as it ignores passive management

Press Release

Paris | December 10th, 2020 ,

NGO report highlights companies pushing forward 12 new fossil fuel mega-projects
Affiliated emissions would use up most of the remaining carbon budget
Financiers provided $1.6 trillion in loans and underwriting to these companies since January 2016
As of August 2020, investors owned $1.1 trillion in bonds and shares in these companies

Press Release

Berlin | Nov 12th 2020 ,

More than half of the companies on the GCEL 2020 are based in Asia
Net-zero goals increase pressure on financial institutions in China, Japan, and South Korea
Investors, banks, and insurers in risk undermining their countries’ respective net-zero goals

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