Helen Burley
@helenburley.bsky.social
International media at Reclaim Finance, based Bristol, UK
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💬 Paddy McCully, analyst at Reclaim Finance, on the NZBA and the NZAM in @nytimes.com:
"These institutions signed up without having any clue what they were signing up for. They were joining the herd and wanted to look good, but they never had any inclination to change their business model."
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"These institutions signed up without having any clue what they were signing up for. They were joining the herd and wanted to look good, but they never had any inclination to change their business model."
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
💬 Paddy McCully, analyst at Reclaim Finance, on the NZBA and the NZAM in @nytimes.com:
"These institutions signed up without having any clue what they were signing up for. They were joining the herd and wanted to look good, but they never had any inclination to change their business model."
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"These institutions signed up without having any clue what they were signing up for. They were joining the herd and wanted to look good, but they never had any inclination to change their business model."
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'Even the best players are far from adopting a robust transition plan,' said Reclaim Finance's founder @luciepinson.bsky.social, speaking at the @financialtimes.com Global Banking Summit, where she discussed the future of ESG, navigating backlash and strengthening commitment.
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
'Even the best players are far from adopting a robust transition plan,' said Reclaim Finance's founder @luciepinson.bsky.social, speaking at the @financialtimes.com Global Banking Summit, where she discussed the future of ESG, navigating backlash and strengthening commitment.
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🚨 Our new analysis reveals that Lloyd's is bucking the insurance market trend by persisting in growing its fossil fuel business.
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Lloyd’s of London’s booming fossil fuel business bucks market trend - Reclaim Finance
Lloyd's of London is bucking the global trend by continuing to grow its fossil fuel business.
reclaimfinance.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🚨 Our new analysis reveals that Lloyd's is bucking the insurance market trend by persisting in growing its fossil fuel business.
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
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This is HUGE
A court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled consumers by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.
It is the first judgement in the world ruling an Oil & Gas major has misled the public by greenwashing its image.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
A court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled consumers by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.
It is the first judgement in the world ruling an Oil & Gas major has misled the public by greenwashing its image.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Historic win against greenwashing as Court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers on net zero
View the press release
www.clientearth.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is HUGE
A court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled consumers by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.
It is the first judgement in the world ruling an Oil & Gas major has misled the public by greenwashing its image.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
A court has ruled that TotalEnergies has misled consumers by presenting itself as a “major player in the energy transition”.
It is the first judgement in the world ruling an Oil & Gas major has misled the public by greenwashing its image.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
This is just crazy
Persistence for Existence, we called it. After many months, literally thousands of contacts & no response yet, we walked up to the Vanguard executive office building & asked CEO Salim Ramji to meet with us. Vanguard responded to our request by having us arrested.
eqat.org/press-releas...
eqat.org/press-releas...
Five People Arrested at Vanguard Asking for a Meeting to Discuss the Dangers of Vanguard's Fossil Fuel Investments
Climate change is expected to cause a significant blow to Vanguard customers’ savings Malvern, PA – This morning, members of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) arrived at the executive office building on...
eqat.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is just crazy
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Since 2019, the EU has adopted laws supposed to make companies accountable for the impact of their activities and those of their subcontractors, as well as to promote financing for the ecological transition.
⚠️ Today, the European Commission’s Omnibus “simplification” package is repealing these laws.
⚠️ Today, the European Commission’s Omnibus “simplification” package is repealing these laws.
Has the EU lost its appetite for regulating fashion?
Brands were bracing themselves for laws on corporate and social responsibility. Now that legislation is up in the air
www.ft.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Since 2019, the EU has adopted laws supposed to make companies accountable for the impact of their activities and those of their subcontractors, as well as to promote financing for the ecological transition.
⚠️ Today, the European Commission’s Omnibus “simplification” package is repealing these laws.
⚠️ Today, the European Commission’s Omnibus “simplification” package is repealing these laws.
Shell, Enbridge and BP Aker don't seem to like the reality of a science-based target for net zero via @financialtimes.com @kenzabryan.ft.com www.ft.com/content/21c8...
‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as Shell quits
Energy group experts left after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’
www.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Shell, Enbridge and BP Aker don't seem to like the reality of a science-based target for net zero via @financialtimes.com @kenzabryan.ft.com www.ft.com/content/21c8...
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"It's no surprise that #HSBC is the first major European bank to quit [the NZBA] given it seems to have all but abandoned any notion of climate ambition, increasing its financing for fossil fuel expansion massively last year," @luciepinson.bsky.social in @businessgreen.bsky.social.
July 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"It's no surprise that #HSBC is the first major European bank to quit [the NZBA] given it seems to have all but abandoned any notion of climate ambition, increasing its financing for fossil fuel expansion massively last year," @luciepinson.bsky.social in @businessgreen.bsky.social.
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Banks boosted fossil fuel finance by more than a fifth in 2024, report says
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb34bdf-fff6-4df3-93ea-de779b5783e7
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb34bdf-fff6-4df3-93ea-de779b5783e7
Banks boosted fossil fuel finance by more than a fifth in 2024, report says
US banks and Barclays each increased sector lending and underwriting by more than $10bn
www.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Banks boosted fossil fuel finance by more than a fifth in 2024, report says
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb34bdf-fff6-4df3-93ea-de779b5783e7
https://www.ft.com/content/dbb34bdf-fff6-4df3-93ea-de779b5783e7
Banks financing for fossil fuels increased in 2024, with Barclays the biggest European financier, with an increase in finance for new oil and gas projects, fuelling future climate change - read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Banks fossil fuel finance totals $869 billion in 2024, a dramatic increase in financing - Reclaim Finance
The 16th annual Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC) covers the world’s top 65 banks’ lending and underwriting to over 2,800 fossil fuel companies.
reclaimfinance.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Banks financing for fossil fuels increased in 2024, with Barclays the biggest European financier, with an increase in finance for new oil and gas projects, fuelling future climate change - read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
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🔴 NEW analysis of the major 20 European banks’ “transition plans” shows that NONE of them has published a plan aligned with a 1.5°C trajectory.
Regulation is the only way to drive them to transition.
As we evaluated their transition plans on 5 dimensions, here’s what we’ve learned: ⤵️🧵
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Regulation is the only way to drive them to transition.
As we evaluated their transition plans on 5 dimensions, here’s what we’ve learned: ⤵️🧵
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April 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🔴 NEW analysis of the major 20 European banks’ “transition plans” shows that NONE of them has published a plan aligned with a 1.5°C trajectory.
Regulation is the only way to drive them to transition.
As we evaluated their transition plans on 5 dimensions, here’s what we’ve learned: ⤵️🧵
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Regulation is the only way to drive them to transition.
As we evaluated their transition plans on 5 dimensions, here’s what we’ve learned: ⤵️🧵
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TotalEnergies rapped for misleading social media ad which failed to mention that the oil major generates 90% of its groups sales from oil and gas products www.edie.net/totalenergie...
TotalEnergies rapped for ‘misleading’ ad which overstated its renewable energy investments - edie
The UK’s advertising regulator has ordered TotalEnergies to pull a greenwashing social media advert which stated that it was on the ‘roads to carbon neutral’ and emphasised its investments in renewabl...
www.edie.net
April 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
TotalEnergies rapped for misleading social media ad which failed to mention that the oil major generates 90% of its groups sales from oil and gas products www.edie.net/totalenergie...
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Is global warming a boon for US banks?
“We are seeing a broad retreat on #climate from the #finance sector, (...) [partly] due to banks using Trumpism as an excuse to roll back commitments they never actually intended to keep”, as our analyst @paddymccully.bsky.social states for @theguardian.com ⤵️
“We are seeing a broad retreat on #climate from the #finance sector, (...) [partly] due to banks using Trumpism as an excuse to roll back commitments they never actually intended to keep”, as our analyst @paddymccully.bsky.social states for @theguardian.com ⤵️
US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive
Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Is global warming a boon for US banks?
“We are seeing a broad retreat on #climate from the #finance sector, (...) [partly] due to banks using Trumpism as an excuse to roll back commitments they never actually intended to keep”, as our analyst @paddymccully.bsky.social states for @theguardian.com ⤵️
“We are seeing a broad retreat on #climate from the #finance sector, (...) [partly] due to banks using Trumpism as an excuse to roll back commitments they never actually intended to keep”, as our analyst @paddymccully.bsky.social states for @theguardian.com ⤵️
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💥By insuring the fossil fuel industry’s expansion plans, Lloyd's is taking advantage of the #climate crisis to deliver great short-term returns to its private investors.
However, this is directly threatening our best chance of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Press release: shorturl.at/y7b3R
However, this is directly threatening our best chance of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Press release: shorturl.at/y7b3R
March 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
💥By insuring the fossil fuel industry’s expansion plans, Lloyd's is taking advantage of the #climate crisis to deliver great short-term returns to its private investors.
However, this is directly threatening our best chance of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Press release: shorturl.at/y7b3R
However, this is directly threatening our best chance of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
Press release: shorturl.at/y7b3R
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You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
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As Lloyd’s of London announces close to £10bn in annual profits, individual investors in the world’s largest insurance marketplace are not being told the full story.
Lloyd's is destroying our planet and risking investor capital. A new report from @reclaimfinance.org lifts the lid. 👇
bit.ly/4hq2fYd
Lloyd's is destroying our planet and risking investor capital. A new report from @reclaimfinance.org lifts the lid. 👇
bit.ly/4hq2fYd
Reclaim Finance calls on Lloyd's Names to ditch fossil fuel exposure
Environmental campaign group Reclaim Finance has called on Names to take a longer-term view on investment risks at Lloyd’s after its latest analysis found that almost two-thirds of syndicates supporte...
bit.ly
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As Lloyd’s of London announces close to £10bn in annual profits, individual investors in the world’s largest insurance marketplace are not being told the full story.
Lloyd's is destroying our planet and risking investor capital. A new report from @reclaimfinance.org lifts the lid. 👇
bit.ly/4hq2fYd
Lloyd's is destroying our planet and risking investor capital. A new report from @reclaimfinance.org lifts the lid. 👇
bit.ly/4hq2fYd
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Today’s verdict ordering @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social to pay $660 million to Energy Transfer is unacceptable and sets a dangerous precedent.
#Fossilfuel corporations cannot and will not sue activists into submission. #ImWithGreenpeace
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#Fossilfuel corporations cannot and will not sue activists into submission. #ImWithGreenpeace
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today’s verdict ordering @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social to pay $660 million to Energy Transfer is unacceptable and sets a dangerous precedent.
#Fossilfuel corporations cannot and will not sue activists into submission. #ImWithGreenpeace
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
#Fossilfuel corporations cannot and will not sue activists into submission. #ImWithGreenpeace
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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💰Despite green claims, European banks like Société Générale, Barclays, Santander, Deutsche Bank, Groupe BPCE and BBVA back #TotalEnergies’ #LNG expansion in the US, making it the top long-term US LNG buyer.
📢 Banks must stop all financial services to companies developing new #FossilFuel projects.
📢 Banks must stop all financial services to companies developing new #FossilFuel projects.
TotalEnergies: The USA gas rush - Reclaim Finance
The CERAweek conference kicked off on Monday, March 10th, in Houston, bringing together the fossil fuel industry and its supporters. The event will feature TotalEnergies’ CEO Patrick Pouyanné as a key...
reclaimfinance.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
💰Despite green claims, European banks like Société Générale, Barclays, Santander, Deutsche Bank, Groupe BPCE and BBVA back #TotalEnergies’ #LNG expansion in the US, making it the top long-term US LNG buyer.
📢 Banks must stop all financial services to companies developing new #FossilFuel projects.
📢 Banks must stop all financial services to companies developing new #FossilFuel projects.
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🛢️Did you know that the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund #NBIM holds $6.15B in bonds in 39 #oil and gas companies?
These bond holdings are despite the fund’s claims to be a #climate leader.
Read our full analysis conducted with the Nordic Center for Sustainable #Finance ⤵️
These bond holdings are despite the fund’s claims to be a #climate leader.
Read our full analysis conducted with the Nordic Center for Sustainable #Finance ⤵️
Breaking bonds: The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's stake in oil and gas debt - Reclaim Finance
The Norwegian Oil Fund, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, is responsible for investing the revenues earned by the Norwegian state from oil and gas for the benefit of future generations. While...
reclaimfinance.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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New runways at London airports would result in cumulative emissions of around 92m tonnes of extra CO2e by 2050, if the number of flights increases in line with their operating company targets.
Carbon Brief’s analysis covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social
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Carbon Brief’s analysis covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social
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January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New runways at London airports would result in cumulative emissions of around 92m tonnes of extra CO2e by 2050, if the number of flights increases in line with their operating company targets.
Carbon Brief’s analysis covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/3WJ9Ut1
Carbon Brief’s analysis covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social
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A group of more than 100 NGOs has called on private banks and public lending institutions to stop financing a liquefied natural gas facility under construction by French fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies in Mozambique.
100+ NGOs urge banks to pull funding from massacre-linked gas project in Mozambique
Pressure from human rights organizations follows a POLITICO investigation into TotalEnergies plant.
www.politico.eu
January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A group of more than 100 NGOs has called on private banks and public lending institutions to stop financing a liquefied natural gas facility under construction by French fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies in Mozambique.
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“Climate change represents an existential risk for the insurance industry,” write insurance experts Dave Jones & Louise Pryor in the new #InsureOurFuture scorecard. “Now the industry must accelerate the transition to clean energy and stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects.” tinyurl.com/y9kywkt5
Climate change accounts for over a third of insured weather losses this century and rising - Insure Our Future Global
Cut emissions today to insure tomorrow, warns report as 2024 marks the first year to cross red line of 1.5°C global heating Insure Our Future’s eighth annual scorecard report Within Our Power reveals...
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:06 AM
“Climate change represents an existential risk for the insurance industry,” write insurance experts Dave Jones & Louise Pryor in the new #InsureOurFuture scorecard. “Now the industry must accelerate the transition to clean energy and stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects.” tinyurl.com/y9kywkt5
Banks and investors are pouring money in new LNG terminals, investing in an extra 10 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions via @reclaimfinance.org ... LNG is not a transition fuel www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects
New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Banks and investors are pouring money in new LNG terminals, investing in an extra 10 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions via @reclaimfinance.org ... LNG is not a transition fuel www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The fossil fuel & carbon offsetting industries are among the few groups who can claim success at COP29. Govts and financiers must avoid using the Baku failures & the unfavorable geopolitical context as an excuse to go slow on climate reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2024...
Good COP? Bad COP. Petrostates, oil companies and carbon traders leave Baku happy - Reclaim Finance
The fossil fuel and carbon trading industries may be among the few groups to be able to claim any substantial success at COP29 in Baku. Developed countries committed to less than a quarter of the esti...
reclaimfinance.org
November 25, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The fossil fuel & carbon offsetting industries are among the few groups who can claim success at COP29. Govts and financiers must avoid using the Baku failures & the unfavorable geopolitical context as an excuse to go slow on climate reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2024...