Our reports
In this report we particularly focus on how five major Swiss financial institutions – UBS, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life AM, Zurich and Pictet manage their relationships with companies developing new coal, oil or gas supply projects. We look at their policies towards the fossil fuel sector and analyze the credibility of [...]
From buildings, to cars, to domestic appliances and other equipment, steel is a key component of our societies, and will also be essential for the energy transition as it will be needed to build infrastructure and products such as wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles. However, the steel sector [...]
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, launched in April 2021, states that it is “committed to accelerating and mainstreaming the decarbonization of the world economy and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.” A key early step in decarbonizing the world economy, as has been repeatedly emphasized in policy [...]
Central banks and financial regulators are currently operating in a context of multiple, overlapping crises. Acute physical risks from climate change are materialising globally, with the most severe impacts in the Global South. Droughts, floods, wildfires and heat waves have wrought havoc on human lives and natural ecosystems, thereby [...]
Africa is already in the midst of a climate emergency. The continent only accounts for around 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet its communities, ecosystems and economies are experiencing ever more intense heat waves, droughts, cyclones and catastrophic floods. While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and [...]
While COP 27 begins, Reclaim Finance comes back on the 10 preconceived ideas put forward by many French financial institutions to justify their continued support to oil and gas expansion, despite scientific recommendations. "We must finance the world as it is", "gas is a transition fuel", "we support companies [...]