No faith in fossil fuels: Global Christian groups call for mass divestment from oil and gas assets

clock • 3 min read
No faith in fossil fuels: Global Christian groups call for mass divestment from oil and gas assets

Faith groups from six countries announce 31 divestment commitments, as grassroots campaigners call on investors to follow suit

Christian groups from around the world with more than $2bn in assets under management have today announced a mass divestment in fossil fuel companies, as campaigners stepped up calls for more investors...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Investment

UNEP: Annual global investment in forests needs to triple to $300bn by 2030

UNEP: Annual global investment in forests needs to triple to $300bn by 2030

Tropical forests provide huge range of vital services on which humanity depends, yet conservation funding shortfalls are set to reach over $200bn a year by the end of the decade

Michael Holder
clock 15 October 2025 • 4 min read
Over half of National Wealth Fund investment allocated to clean energy projects

Over half of National Wealth Fund investment allocated to clean energy projects

NWF's annual impact report confirms that for every £1m invested, fund is helping to avoid 6,900 tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Stuart Stone
clock 14 October 2025 • 3 min read
'Responsible mining can become the default': UN calls for overhaul of energy transition mineral financing

'Responsible mining can become the default': UN calls for overhaul of energy transition mineral financing

Report argues financing of mining should be reformed to help promote environmentally and socially responsible production

clock 10 October 2025 • 4 min read