Heat rises on South African banks' fossil fuel funding
South African banks’ sustainable finance challenges reflect the nation’s difficult but vital transition away from coal.
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South African banks’ sustainable finance challenges reflect the nation’s difficult but vital transition away from coal.
Tracey Davies, executive director at Just Share, a non-profit shareholder activism organisation, said there was good governance failure on the part of the government, given where mining activities took place.
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The global climate crisis has mainly been caused by carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry, among other culprits. Such companies would not have been able to continue their efforts without funding from financial institutions, and in South Africa, the situation has been no different.
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