Press Releases & Media Infos

Seven oil companies excluded for producing unacceptable levels of emissions
Five coal companies excluded for surpassing coal production thresholds
Four companies placed on observation list for potential future exclusion

Invitation to Digital Press Conference on May 18^th

Two days before the leading German private bank Deutsche Bank holds its annual general meeting, Urgewald, together with experts from Guyana and Japan, will shed light on recent fossil financing projects of the bank that contradict its commitment to the Paris Climate Accord.

Barclays has invested $118 billion in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement
The bank is Europe’s biggest investor in fossil fuel companies
Standard Chartered is UK bank with biggest investments in coal companies

World’s second-largest insurer excludes coal companies from 2023 on
Companies with 25% coal share of revenue or 50 mill annual production affected
Allianz catches up with AXA, but doesn’t overtake this time

• Bank almost doubled its investments in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement
• HSBC is Europe’s second largest investor in fossil fuels
• Shareholders are asking HSBC to publish the CO2 footprint of its portfolios

• Fossil activities abroad contradict the company’s and Finland‘s climate targets
• Human Rights issues in Fortum’s coal supply chain
• Growing responsibility for heavily fossil-loaded utility Uniper