Barclays boycott grows

Barclays’ new climate communications director may face a challenging 2024, trying to stem the tide of customers leaving the bank in protest at its fossil fuel financing. Following Christian Aid’s high-profile exit, others following suit include Sheffield Cathedral, Greenbelt Festival and the Communi [...]

December 2023
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Barclays branches glued shut across country

Around 50 branches of Barclays across the country have been glued shut overnight by activists led by Money Rebellion. Staff and bypassers were greeted with posters on branch entrances decrying the bank’s ongoing financing of fossil fuel companies driving the climate crisis, activity that places Barc [...]

November 2023

Bank hiring prompts greenwash alert

Following Christian Aid’s decision to abandon Barclays, continued pressure on the National Trust and others to do the same, high-profile condemnation of Wimbledon’s links to it, an AGM dominated by environmental criticism, and other protests too numerous to mention,the bank could be forgiven for wor [...]

September 2023
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Major charity drops fossil bank

Following a campaign led by Christian Climate Action, major charity Christian Aid has announced it will no longer bank with Barclays, citing the bank’s “weak commitment” to reducing its notorious fossil fuel financing activities. Such a high-profile defection comes as an embarrassment and reputation [...]

July 2023

Barclays boycott grows

Barclays’ new climate communications director may face a challenging 2024, trying to stem the tide of customers leaving the bank in protest at its fossil fuel financing. Following Christian Aid’s high-profile exit, others following suit include Sheffield Cathedral, Greenbelt Festival and the Communi [...]

December 2023
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Barclays branches glued shut across country

Around 50 branches of Barclays across the country have been glued shut overnight by activists led by Money Rebellion. Staff and bypassers were greeted with posters on branch entrances decrying the bank’s ongoing financing of fossil fuel companies driving the climate crisis, activity that places Barc [...]

November 2023
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Bank hiring prompts greenwash alert

Following Christian Aid’s decision to abandon Barclays, continued pressure on the National Trust and others to do the same, high-profile condemnation of Wimbledon’s links to it, an AGM dominated by environmental criticism, and other protests too numerous to mention,the bank could be forgiven for wor [...]

September 2023
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Major charity drops fossil bank

Following a campaign led by Christian Climate Action, major charity Christian Aid has announced it will no longer bank with Barclays, citing the bank’s “weak commitment” to reducing its notorious fossil fuel financing activities. Such a high-profile defection comes as an embarrassment and reputation [...]

July 2023
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