*[Enwl-eng] We did it!

[ENWL]

            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!

            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.

            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.

            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:

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








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            From: Leyla Larbi, SumOfUs
            Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 12:35 PM
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