Seen a Sharklays sticker?

Our partner organisations are using stickers to raise awareness of how Barclays is driving the climate crisis, calling out some of the bank's worst actions. You can read details of what's behind each sticker below.

A vast, unwanted new coal mine in Australia

Ten years ago, billionaire mining giant Adani bought a licence to dig the largest coal mine in Australia’s history. So far, only people power has stopped this climate-wrecking coal from being dug up.  Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will unlock the Galilee Basin - one of the world's biggest untouche [...]

November 2020
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Ecosystem destruction

The destruction of ecosystems and wildlife around the world is starkly portrayed in David Attenborough's Extinction: The Facts, along with the disastrous consequences of biodiversity collapse. Banks like Barclays funnel money into the huge companies profiting from this destruction, as highlighted by [...]

November 2020

Global injustice

Barclays may not be the only bank with origins in financing slavery, but it is certainly distinguished by the substantial connections it had to South Africa's apartheid regime, such as purchase of defence bonds and a Barclays director on the government-appointed defence advisory board. Some have sug [...]

November 2020
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Move your money out of wrecking the climate

In 2020, under increasing pressure, Barclays introduced policies claiming to help tackle the Climate Crisis and bring its activities in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. The policies are considered largely meaningless and with no real effect. In fact, the authors of Banking on Climate Change 2020, [...]

November 2020

A vast, unwanted new coal mine in Australia

Ten years ago, billionaire mining giant Adani bought a licence to dig the largest coal mine in Australia’s history. So far, only people power has stopped this climate-wrecking coal from being dug up.  Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will unlock the Galilee Basin - one of the world's biggest untouche [...]

November 2020
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Ecosystem destruction

The destruction of ecosystems and wildlife around the world is starkly portrayed in David Attenborough's Extinction: The Facts, along with the disastrous consequences of biodiversity collapse. Banks like Barclays funnel money into the huge companies profiting from this destruction, as highlighted by [...]

November 2020
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Global injustice

Barclays may not be the only bank with origins in financing slavery, but it is certainly distinguished by the substantial connections it had to South Africa's apartheid regime, such as purchase of defence bonds and a Barclays director on the government-appointed defence advisory board. Some have sug [...]

November 2020
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Move your money out of wrecking the climate

In 2020, under increasing pressure, Barclays introduced policies claiming to help tackle the Climate Crisis and bring its activities in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. The policies are considered largely meaningless and with no real effect. In fact, the authors of Banking on Climate Change 2020, [...]

November 2020
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