Investors urge Credit Suisse to strengthen climate policies ahead of AGM

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Fridays for Future activists, Youth strikers taking action outside Standard Chartered Bank in London, UK calling for the bank to stop funding fossil fuels and climate chaos. (Credit: Stephen Chung)
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Fridays for Future activists, Youth strikers taking action outside Standard Chartered Bank in London, UK calling for the bank to stop funding fossil fuels and climate chaos. (Credit: Stephen Chung)

Group of 11 major financial institutions back co-ordinated move calling on bank to curb fossil fuel interests

Credit Suisse must reduce its exposure to coal, oil, and gas assets on a timeline consistent with the 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreement, a key group of investors has today demanded. A coalition of 11...

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