John,

We did it!

Last Thursday, some of the world’s biggest banks met in Paris for a
‘Climate Finance Day’, a huge public relations stunt designed to convince
investors that the financial institutions are climate-friendly.

But we know these banks do not care about our climate, just their profits
-- the likes of HSBC, BlackRock and AXA finance tens of billions of
dollars to agribusiness corporations that destroy the Amazon rainforest.

Thanks to SumOfUs members like you, our friends at Reclaim Finance,
Canopée and Friends of the Earth were there to call out their
Amazon-killing investments with a huge billboard, right at the entrance of
the event!

[1]Activists from Reclaim Finance, Canopée and Friends of the Earth in
front of the entrance of the Climate Finance Day event Activists from
Reclaim Finance, Canopée and Friends of the Earth in front of the entrance
of the Climate Finance Day event 

Our friend Lucie from Reclaim Finance, who attended the event, said the
billboard was THE topic of discussion for participants. As people filed
into the building, journalists and clients alike were snapping photos of
the action and sharing it on social media.

Our message was unmissable -- and you can bet HSBC, BlackRock, AXA and the
rest of the Amazon-destroying banks are worried.

This action was just the first public warning to Amazon-wrecking banks. So
far, only 5 financial institutions have told us they’re ready to take
action on soy deforestation, and none of them have committed to actually
stopping financing to the companies clear cutting the Amazon.

[2]Activist holding a banner "Deforestation: Stop complicity", in front of
the billboard broadcasting the names of the financial actors
involved.Activist holding a banner "Deforestation: Stop complicity", in
front of the billboard broadcasting the names of the financial actors
involved.

Indigenous communities have nurtured the Amazon for thousands of years.
They’re paying for these investment deals with their lives. And with your
ongoing support, we can keep powering this campaign to help save these
communities.

[ [link removed] ]John, will you support this
fight with a one-off gift? 

Activists from Reclaim Finance, Canopée and Friends of the Earth in front
of the entrance of the Climate Finance Day event 

Stay tuned, we'll tell you more very soon!



Thanks for all that you do,
Leyla, Angus and the team at SumOfUs


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More information:

[ [link removed] ]'Total destruction': why fires are tearing across South America. The
Guardian. 9 October 2020.
[ [link removed] ]Complicity in Destruction II. Amazon Watch. 1 April 2019.

 

 

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