John,

Société Générale brags about its so-called coal ‘exclusion policy’, but behind the scenes, it’s bankrolling one of the world's most corrupt, climate-wrecking coal giants: Adani.

Rings a bell? Yes, it’s the same Adani Group convicted of bribery and fraud, trashing reefs, stealing Indigenous land, and suing journalists for telling the truth.

The Washington Post recently exposed that major American and European banks are refusing to finance Adani, showing that the mobilisation against Adani is working, but Société Générale seems to treat dirty coal as a business opportunity.

Adani is in hot water, and there is no better time to corner Société Générale, expose its complicity in environmental crimes, and make its hypocritical choice backfire–publicly.

Tell Société Générale: stop sponsoring coal and Adani’s destruction

In 2020, Société Générale made a clear commitment to "no longer provide products and services to companies that develop new mining projects, power plants or infrastructure related to thermal coal". Since then, media, activists and climate researchers have uncovered Adani’s plans to double its coal-power production; exposed its lies about its renewable energy targets; and revealed its routine transfer of its money from its green entity to coal operations.

Still in 2024, Société Générale underwrote a $409 million bond issue for Adani Green Energy. Société Générale’s multi million-dollar arrangement for Adani has not only helped it burn record volumes of coal but also enabled the Adani Group to go after human rights defenders and journalists.

Société Générale’s loyalty for Adani is not forever. It can end where our collective power begins.

Société Générale really cares about its green image, and with enough public pressure, we can turn its decision of financing the world’s largest private coal mining group against them.

Sign the petition to make Société Générale cut off Adani’s money supply.