BREAKING: BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) released a new memo justifying why the firm won’t be voting for key climate shareholder proposals this proxy season. This is a disappointing step backward from a self-proclaimed climate leader.

On Monday, August 1st at 11am join climate action hero Bill McKibben and Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine Brad Lander for an exciting online forum about BlackRock and other Wall Street behemoths financing of oil, gas and coal. RSVP here: bit.ly/NoBlackrock

Defund Climate Chaos. STOP FUNDING OUR DESTRUCTION. The fossil fuel and plastic industries have profited so much from pollution of the planet and it high time they are either taxed heavily or Stopped 🛑 #PeopleNotProfit

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Looking for someone to blame for the extreme heat currently scorching much of the world? Banks like Chase, Citi & Bank of America should be near the top of your list. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

From Wall Street to Bay Street, big banks like RBC are financing billions in climate chaos causing fossil fuels, bringing fires, floods & deadly heat our communities pay the costs for. #MustRead op-ed from Stop the Money Pipeline's Alec Connon ⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We knew it was coming... Check out the #BLKsBigProblem network response when this news first broke in the thread below ⤵️ TL;DR BlackRock needs to meet the moment. Escalated climate risk requires escalated engagement, and BLK balked this AGM season. ft.com/content/48084b…

The most direct path to starving fossil fuels out of usage? Stop funding them. Stop investing in them. Tell your asset managers to get them off your portfolios. Tell your employer to get them out of your retirement funds.

Whether you leave your job or transform your workplace to fight #ClimateChange, your story is important to share to help inspire others! #ClimateAction

Fewer climate shareholder proposals got BlackRock's support this year, a move Sierra Club calls an "abdication of leadership" for failing to engage the banks & fossil fuel companies driving climate chaos. Our full statement on BlackRock's backsliding 👇sierraclub.org/press-releases…

You don’t need to quit your job to fight the #climatecrisis. At WorkForClimate, we help people take impactful action on climate through their companies. Want to know more? Reach out! cnbc.com/2022/07/26/tec…

Pssst . . . it's not just Barclays doubling down on fossil fuel investments. Banks, asset managers, insurance companies are funding and insuring fossil fuel expansion when we need to be aggressively shutting it down. And they're doing it with OUR money. WE must demand change.

What do we mean by #ClimateSafeRetirementFunds? Why is it so important to demand climate-safe funds? 👉Watch and find out.👈 Can employees REALLY get their companies to demand climate-safe funds from asset managers? 👉Spoiler: ABSOLUTELY👈 youtube.com/watch?v=Uwa7O2…

The most impactful thing we can do as individuals about the climate crisis? Come together to hold corporations - especially banks and insurers - responsible for fueling the #climatecrisis.

Guess what? If insurers stop insuring fossil fuel expansion and pipelines, then they won't happen. Tell insurers to stop enabling #climatechaos.

#ClimateAction #Sustainable workforclimate.org/post/4-pressin…

Here’s the harsh reality: fossil fuels are going to become stranded assets. But instead of finding solutions, a growing faction of the GOP is trying to roll back the work that’s been done to protect our financial futures and our planet. newrepublic.com/article/167550…