Who we are

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Reclaim Finance is a research and campaigning NGO dedicated to issues at the intersection of finance and social and environmental justice. It was founded in March 2020 by Lucie Pinson, winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and listed among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential climate leaders in business in 2023.

Finance, a central lever in shaping our economies, remains largely directed towards models based on the overexploitation of natural resources, increasing pressure on ecosystems and driving climate disruption, the impacts of which already threaten human societies and the living world.

In response to these dynamics, Reclaim Finance works to reorient finance towards social and environmental imperatives.

Ending financial services to activities that are, by nature, unsustainable and incompatible with the protection of rights and living systems, and mobilising finance to accelerate the transformation of key economic sectors, are our two main objectives. But we are convinced that mere superficial greening is not enough, and this is why the demands we put forward aim to fundamentally transform how the financial sector operates, by introducing different approaches and logics.

We combine research, advocacy towards public and financial decision-makers, and public interpellation. Our analyses focus on financial institutions and capital flows towards key sectors of the economy, as well as their impacts, in order to inform public decision-making and support campaigns aimed at accelerating the adoption of climate measures.

Reclaim has quickly established itself as a reference for financial institutions, policymakers, journalists, and NGOs. In 2025, the organisation appeared more than 1,000 times in the press. It sits, notably through members of its team, on several expert committees (French Financial Markets Authority, SBTi, GRI, etc.) and is regularly heard by national and European authorities.

The team, made up of around forty people, is mainly based in France, as well as in Berlin, London, Bristol and San Francisco.

Our main source of funding comes from private foundations for projects we have decided to run, and from individual donations. Each partnership is subject to evaluation based on the principles outlined in our funding guidelines. Reclaim Finance is independent of companies, political parties and religious organisations. Reclaim Finance do not receive any contribution from financial players.

Your individual donations allow us to maintain this independence and to build more campaigns.