Barclays shamed in new XR 'Money Rebellion' launch

A compelling video launching a new Extinction Rebellion (XR) campaign features an NHS GP denouncing Barclays for their funding of fossil fuels and companies profiting from ecosystem destruction. Challenging the bank to make amends, Sarah Benn and other activists have used Barclaycards to make donati [...]

January 2021
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Santa Claus and FCA put Barclays on 'naughty list'

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have united in condemning new Barclays wrongdoing. The FCA levied a £26 million fine on the bank for its failure "to act with due skill, care and diligence" towards customers in difficulty. Far from being an isolated trans [...]

December 2020

A picture paints a thousand lies

It all sounds truly heartfelt. "The extra detail and targets we are sharing today are another step towards achieving our net zero ambition," announces the letter from Barclays' Group Chairman, lauding the promised detail update on its widely-scorned professed green ambitions announced earlier in the [...]

December 2020
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Barclays on podium of European 'extinction banks'

Last year, the world's largest investment banks provided over $2.6tn of finance linked to the destruction of ecosystems and wildlife, detailed in the new Bankrolling Extinction report  - with Barclays in the top 3 European banks concerned, alongside HSBC and BNP Paribas. Coupled with growing publi [...]

November 2020

Barclays shamed in new XR 'Money Rebellion' launch

A compelling video launching a new Extinction Rebellion (XR) campaign features an NHS GP denouncing Barclays for their funding of fossil fuels and companies profiting from ecosystem destruction. Challenging the bank to make amends, Sarah Benn and other activists have used Barclaycards to make donati [...]

January 2021
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Santa Claus and FCA put Barclays on 'naughty list'

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have united in condemning new Barclays wrongdoing. The FCA levied a £26 million fine on the bank for its failure "to act with due skill, care and diligence" towards customers in difficulty. Far from being an isolated trans [...]

December 2020
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A picture paints a thousand lies

It all sounds truly heartfelt. "The extra detail and targets we are sharing today are another step towards achieving our net zero ambition," announces the letter from Barclays' Group Chairman, lauding the promised detail update on its widely-scorned professed green ambitions announced earlier in the [...]

December 2020
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Barclays on podium of European 'extinction banks'

Last year, the world's largest investment banks provided over $2.6tn of finance linked to the destruction of ecosystems and wildlife, detailed in the new Bankrolling Extinction report  - with Barclays in the top 3 European banks concerned, alongside HSBC and BNP Paribas. Coupled with growing publi [...]

November 2020
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