Hi friends
Great news. One of the world’s biggest ethical funds has removed Arctic drillers from its books. Now let’s get the rest to follow suit.
Last year we met with and then wrote to investment giant F&C in a bid to persuade them to ditch Arctic drillers Cairn Energy from their list of ethical investments.
Well, recently, they did just that. The Scotland Herald confirmed the good news, reporting that F&C "had adopted a general policy to screen out any oil firm drilling in the Arctic".
This is a big success. But hundreds of thousands of you have called for the Arctic to be off-limits to oil drillers (thank you), and together we can do more:
Tell the top fund providers who have any environmental screens in place on their funds to drop Arctic drillers from their books.
Ethical and environmental funds rely on people with a conscience - people like you - to tell them where they should put their money. Your pressure can help persuade them to ditch Arctic drillers, draw a protective red line around the Arctic and tip the balance against companies like Shell.
But this is about more than just money. We need to establish a consensus among investors that drilling for oil in the Arctic is unacceptable. It is reckless. It is wrong.
As a recent Observer editorial said, the Arctic is “the most environmentally sensitive region on the planet” and it is “too precious to be left unprotected.”
Let’s get 20,000 messages to environmental fund providers, telling them to screen for Arctic drillers and drop them from their books. Right now.
Thank you,
Charlie Kronick
Senior Climate Advisor
Greenpeace UK
PS If you haven’t yet sent an email to Shell’s boss telling him what you think of his plans, you still can
Great news. One of the world’s biggest ethical funds has removed Arctic drillers from its books. Now let’s get the rest to follow suit.
Last year we met with and then wrote to investment giant F&C in a bid to persuade them to ditch Arctic drillers Cairn Energy from their list of ethical investments.
Well, recently, they did just that. The Scotland Herald confirmed the good news, reporting that F&C "had adopted a general policy to screen out any oil firm drilling in the Arctic".
This is a big success. But hundreds of thousands of you have called for the Arctic to be off-limits to oil drillers (thank you), and together we can do more:
Tell the top fund providers who have any environmental screens in place on their funds to drop Arctic drillers from their books.
Ethical and environmental funds rely on people with a conscience - people like you - to tell them where they should put their money. Your pressure can help persuade them to ditch Arctic drillers, draw a protective red line around the Arctic and tip the balance against companies like Shell.
But this is about more than just money. We need to establish a consensus among investors that drilling for oil in the Arctic is unacceptable. It is reckless. It is wrong.
As a recent Observer editorial said, the Arctic is “the most environmentally sensitive region on the planet” and it is “too precious to be left unprotected.”
Let’s get 20,000 messages to environmental fund providers, telling them to screen for Arctic drillers and drop them from their books. Right now.
Thank you,
Charlie Kronick
Senior Climate Advisor
Greenpeace UK
PS If you haven’t yet sent an email to Shell’s boss telling him what you think of his plans, you still can
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