REPORT: Sacred Planet, Stained Profits

Why Religious Communities Must Pressure Banks to Phase out Finance
for Fossil Fuels while Upscaling Investment in Clean Energy

Around the world, people of faith are increasingly aware of the dangerous, escalating impacts of the climate crisis. Hardly a week passes when we do not hear about scorching heat waves that imperil the elderly, infants, and expectant mothers; droughts that force small farmers to abandon their crops and livestock; wildfires that leave families homeless and destitute; floods that claim lives and destroy communities.

Banks are financing this destruction. This is wrong, and must stop.

GreenFaith is working alongside religious and secular organizations to call on the world’s largest banks to phase out their finance for coal, oil and gas, while upscaling their support for renewable energy. This report is designed to provide a background for that campaigning activity.

Summer of Heat: Faith Action for Climate Finance
Summer of Heat: Faith Action for Climate Finance

NEW YORK, NY, USA July 2024 was the hottest month in recorded history. GreenFaith marked the occasion by hosting Faith Week as part of a coalition-wide campaign called Summer of Heat (July 28-Aug 3, 2024), not ironically, in the midst of a sweltering heat wave in New...

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Vote! For Our Sacred Earth
Vote! For Our Sacred Earth

Climate change, driven by fossil fuels, threatens the well-being of people and planet alike. GreenFaith USA is organizing people of all faiths to mobilize voters this November, prioritizing ambitious climate action to protect our future. Research shows that receiving...

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