📢 In 2024 ING promised to stop financing oil and gas companies focused solely on extraction that keep developing new fields. Our tracker Watchtower found three cases where it appears to have done exactly that, now reported by Follow the Money: www.ftm.eu/articles/dut... Free to read for 24 hours.

ING helped fossil fuel firms raise over $900 million despite climate pledge

Dutch bank ING vowed in 2024 to stop financing oil and gas companies that develop new fields. But the lender seems to have broken its own promise by providing $908 million in financing to three firms…

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Imagine a world where, instead of financing fossil fuels and deforestation, banks invest in climate-positive solutions, such as sustainable agriculture, electric vehicle networks, and renewable energy initiatives. Check out these five fossil-free banking services doing just that and switch today!

Take Action: Stop Funding Factory Farms Banks don’t just fund fossil fuels. Many also finance industrial animal agriculture, a major driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss, water pollution and climate emissions. 🌍 #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #ProtectNature #BankingOnChange

HSBC provided $192.2 billion to fossil fuel firms from 2016-2023, contributing $5.3 billion in 2023 alone. Despite its net-zero pledge, they have moved backwards on climate commitments. 🌡️ #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #FossilFuels #BankingOnChange

Triodos Bank makes sure your money is invested in ethical and sustainable ways. They uphold high standards of transparency and fund a wide range of innovative social, cultural, and environmental projects.🏅 How green is your bank?💚

What is the link between my bank account and climate change? 💸🌍 When your money goes into a bank, they use deposits to fund investments, too often including backing fossil fuel projects. 🛢️ #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #FossilFuels #BankingOnChange

We love it when one of the frontrunners in sustainable banking raises the bar 👏 Triodos Bank has launched its first combined Climate and Nature Strategy, aiming for real impact by 2030. Curious to find out how your bank is supporting the planet? Visit Bank.Green

Bank of America is one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel funders. Since the Paris Agreement, they have poured $333 billion into fossil fuels. Despite making a net-zero pledge in 2021, they remain the largest coal mining financier in North America, backing $1.5 billion in 2023.🛢️

Charity Bank was set up in order to provide funding to charities and social enterprises, so there is zero chance your savings deposit would be funding climate chaos! It is a company whose mission is to care as much about the planet and the people. 🫂 How green is your bank?💚

If you’d like to keep your bank accountable about their involvement in the climate crisis, you can start by calling them! We’ll walk you through raising your concerns in our post 💚 #ClimateFinance #ClimateAction #BeTheChange #SustainableBanking

Calling Your Bank Is a Climate Action 📣 Banks track complaints, so calls signal reputational risk and demand for fossil-free banking, impacting real decisions. We'll share how to make this call soon 💚 #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #FossilFree #BankingOnChange

🌟Climate finance is the lifeblood of climate action🌟 Another quote for our Voices of Change series from Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC, Simon Stiell. 🔊 💚 To read the full quote and more, see here: buff.ly/O8xxW5g #ClimateFinance #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

🌎 THE PLANETARY COST OF UNLOCKING VENEZUELA’S OIL Venezuela’s crisis can’t be solved by oil alone, especially not at the expense of a stable planet. 🌿 #ClimateNews #BigOil #ClimateFinance #ClimateCrisis

Walden Mutual Bank prides itself on being the first bank to be fully approved by the FDIC in 50 years. Serving individuals, businesses and nonprofits, your deposit would be used to effect positive, lasting change in local food ecosystems. 🧑🌾 How green is your bank? 💚

Who’s behind Bank.Green? 💚 We’re a group of volunteers united by the belief that banks must change quickly. While people work on solutions to the climate crisis, our money still flows into industries that harm the planet. #BankGreen #ClimateAction #EthicalFinance #FossilFreeFinance #PeoplePower

So you’ve learned that your bank is financing the fossil fuel industry🔥💰🔥 and you don’t wish to support that. But you’re busy, and the idea of bank switching makes your head hurt. Not to worry! It’s truly not that difficult. And you don’t have to do it all in one day.

🌟Climate Finance is not charity- it’s smart economics🌟 Starting our Voices of Change 🔊 series with a quote from Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC, Simon Stiell. 💚To read the full quote and more, go to unfccc.int/news/climate... #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

People deserve a voice in systems shaping their lives, including finance. With the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (@pjmfdn.bsky.social), Bank.Green is building Watchtower, an AI tool enabling public scrutiny of banks’ climate commitments. #PJMFImpact2025 #AIForPublicPurpose

While you’ve been saving money for a house, JPMorgan Chase has been using your savings to provide financial support to its fossil fuel friends. In the 8 years since the Paris Agreement, this bank has funneled $431 billion into coal, oil, and gas, rapidly accelerating the climate crisis. 🔥

$250K to strengthen climate accountability in banking. Thanks to the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (@pjmfdn.bsky.social), we’re scaling up Watchtower, our AI tool that exposes gaps between banks’ policies and practices. 💪 #ClimateAccountability #Watchtower #AIforGood

With impeccable environmental credentials and an ownership model that ensures its mission is always aligned with that of its stakeholders, Beneficial State is an excellent choice for where to store your money. 🌰 Find out how green your bank is through the link in our bio! 💚

Out with the old, in with the new! Let 2026 be a green year for us and our planet 🌱 #HappyNewYear 💚

💚 Green isn’t just a color, it’s an action. Our 2026 Color of the Year is Move-Your-Money Green, inspired by one of the most powerful climate choices you can make: banking green. 🏦💸 #ColorOfTheYear #MoveYourMoneyGreen #SustainableBanking #ClimateAction #BankGreen

Pleased with your #2025Wrapped ? We are! This year we rated 150 banks across 19 different countries! 🗺️ To learn more about our rating methodology, visit bank.green/methodology

#COP30 established a “Roadmap” to reach the annual funding goal of $1.3 trillion by 2035. Previously set at the COP29 in 2024, the fund aims to help finance the progress of green industries in developing countries. Here’s the 5 key actions needed to reach that goal 🧵

Mass Blackout: November 25 - December 2 To Participate: – No shopping at major retailers – Support local & small businesses – Use cash – Consider switching to sustainable banking – Share this message Small Business Saturday (Nov 30) is excluded from the blackout—support your local businesses!

In the Northern Hemisphere, the herald of winter is easy to spot: birds prepare to migrate south and trees lose their leaves.Trees shed what they don't need and store energy for the months ahead and your fall finances deserve the same strategic approach. #bankgreen #sustainablebanking

📑 Welcome back to Bank.Green's monthly news briefing! 📬 🌱 Check our link in bio to read the full stories featured this month, and to sign up to receive our news briefing in your inbox. 🐝 #bankgreen #climatechange #climatefinance #sustainability #banking

⏰ It’s been 1 year since banks started pulling out of the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Now, in light of severely deteriorated membership numbers, the NZBA seeks to become a “framework” oriented initiative.❓If the NZBA failed, who can hold banks accountable? Comment your thoughts below 💭

Visit our site to fall in love with sustainable banking 🏦🌿 #bankgreen #sustainablefinance #moveyourmoney #fundourfuture #greenbanking