On January 14th, 2020 BlackRock and its CEO Larry Fink made a series of declarations on climate change and its potential impact on our global economy and the finance sector. Fink’s 2020 letters to CEOs and BlackRock’s own shareholders were filled with all the right language alongside a few exciting, if initial, steps that BlackRock […]
On January 14th, 2020 BlackRock and its CEO Larry Fink made a series of declarations on climate change and its potential impact on our global economy and the finance sector. Fink’s 2020 letters to CEOs and BlackRock’s own shareholders were filled with all the right language alongside a few exciting, if initial, steps that BlackRock […]
Our partners Reclaim Finance and Urgewald today released a new report exposing BlackRock’s continued, high level of support for the coal industry. This comes a year after CEO Larry Fink committed BlackRock, the largest investor in the world, to investing sustainably, including a promise to exit thermal coal. Instead, research on BlackRock’s holdings has revealed […]
350.org co-founder and long time supporter of our work targeting the funders of the climate crisis Bill McKibben compared BlackRock to a major league baseball player who was recently voted M.V.P., but in truth it’s batting average is barely above bush league. To continue the baseball analogy, BlackRock finally stepped up to the climate plate […]
2020 was a difficult year in countless ways, but one of the things that fuels my determination as we head into the new year is the momentum we’ve gained in tackling one of the most important yet underappreciated sources of climate destruction: Wall Street. For years, a small but mighty base of activists worldwide have […]
On December 10th, just two days before the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, 18 NGOs released a new report titled “Five Years Lost – How Finance is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget” exposing the role of financial institutions in funding 12 of the most devastating fossil fuel projects that are currently planned or […]
On the same day as the EU’s own Ombudswoman released a report confirming the EU was in conflict when it awarded a green finance contract to BlackRock, a new report was released highlighting the many ways this “BlackRock Model” is flawed. The story was covered in the Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters, and […]
As the outgoing Trump administration rushes last minute plans to drill in the Arctic, a powerful new video is making the rounds talking about the funders standing behind the oil companies. Singling out BlackRock, whose CEO Larry Fink says the right things on climate change and limiting investments in fossil fuels, yet remains the top […]
Did you recently show up at a BlackRock’s office demanding climate justice? Did you call Larry Fink and ask him to vote for the climate and stop investing in fossil fuels? Share the campaign on social media? Watch the webinar from October 20 and learn more about the strategy and tactics behind the BlackRock’s […]