Barclays shareholders may have been unsurprised to find that the 2021 Notice of AGM arrived with a 1,000-word statement from the board aiming to persuade them not to vote for the Market Forces resolution that would require the bank to begin taking real action on climate change, rather than more gree [...]
For the second year running, a group of over 100 Barclays shareholders has filed a resolution calling for the bank to take stronger action to tackle its financing of fossil fuels. Despite the board’s formal opposition to a similar resolution from a group led by ShareAction last year, nearly a quarte [...]
After years of sustained pressure from students and alumni, as well as from other groups, Trinity College has committed to fully divesting from fossil fuels across its portfolios. Currently holding around £15m of investments in companies involved in the extraction or production of fossil fuels, the [...]
A new survey of 2,000 Barclays and HSBC customers, carried out by ICM Unlimited, has revealed that while 80% were unaware their banks invested in fossil fuels, a significant number - 11% of the Barclays customers - would be 'very likely' to consider switching banks having been presented with the f [...]
Barclays shareholders may have been unsurprised to find that the 2021 Notice of AGM arrived with a 1,000-word statement from the board aiming to persuade them not to vote for the Market Forces resolution that would require the bank to begin taking real action on climate change, rather than more gree [...]
For the second year running, a group of over 100 Barclays shareholders has filed a resolution calling for the bank to take stronger action to tackle its financing of fossil fuels. Despite the board’s formal opposition to a similar resolution from a group led by ShareAction last year, nearly a quarte [...]
After years of sustained pressure from students and alumni, as well as from other groups, Trinity College has committed to fully divesting from fossil fuels across its portfolios. Currently holding around £15m of investments in companies involved in the extraction or production of fossil fuels, the [...]
A new survey of 2,000 Barclays and HSBC customers, carried out by ICM Unlimited, has revealed that while 80% were unaware their banks invested in fossil fuels, a significant number - 11% of the Barclays customers - would be 'very likely' to consider switching banks having been presented with the f [...]