Fast facts about Australia fires
The images and video coming from Australia are devastating. Yet again, the climate crisis is fueling another horrifying event, one that has killed an estimated 500 million animals, dozens of…
5 BIG Wins and 1 Lesson We’ll Never Forget From 2019
It’s been a year for the record books: record-breaking temperatures and pollution, but also record-breaking climate protests. Millions of people hit the streets worldwide to prove that people power is…
Insurers Ditching Coal Doubled in 2019, but U.S. Industry Lags Behind
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Myriam Fallon, myriam@sunriseproject.net, 708.546.9001 Insurers Ditching Coal Doubled in 2019, but U.S. Industry Lags Behind New report shows 46% of reinsurance market and 37%…
AXIS Capital Adopts New Fossil Fuel Policy
Slowly but surely, the U.S. insurance industry is starting to acknowledge its role in driving climate change, and taking steps to stop. Last month, AXIS Capital became the second U.S….
Fifteen environmental NGOs demand that sustainable palm oil watchdog does its job
BANGKOK: As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest palm oil certification system, meet in Bangkok for their 17th annual meeting, the world is in the midst…
130 Banks Just Launched the Principles for Responsible Banking: Will Banks Finally Change for the Better?
130 banks including Citi and MUFG (parent of Union Bank) just committed to align their financing with the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Wow. Does that mean they are going to totally transform their financing for the better and stop financing deforestation, fossil fuels, and human rights violations? If not, this is going to be just one more greenwashing exercise…
Tell Liberty Mutual to ditch fossil fuels!
Did you know that Liberty Mutual is abandoning its customers that live in wildfire-affected areas across the western U.S., while simultaneously investing more than $6 billion in fossil fuels and…