The finance industry must prove now or never its capacity to end its fossil fuel addiction, or must be regulated to do it.

 

 

 

UBS, HANDS OFF OUR OCEANS

Lucerne | April 8th, 2025 – Days before the UBS Annual General Meeting, a civil society alliance is drawing attention...

Swiss Insurance Climate Ranking: Who is Fueling the Climate Crisis?

Swiss insurance companies play a dual role in the climate crisis, both as insurers and investors in fossil...

Building Bridges sans les traverser ? Convergences et contradictions du mouvement suisse pour la finance durable

L'autorégulation ne fonctionne pas, et les grandes banques suisses n'ont toujours pas de plan de transition et ne...

Carbo-fascism triumphant in the USA – Indigenous advances at COP16 in Colombia

Donald Trump's resounding victory forces us to anticipate the measures that the new US president and his allies will...

ABOUT BREAKFREE

We focus on addressing the urgent challenge of finance regulation and people’s rights. We aim to stop the financing of projects that drive the climate and biodiversity crises and disregard human rights.
Indigenous peoples and local communities are crucial allies in this effort. While individual actions are important, they are not enough. We must hold major carbon emitters accountable by collaborating with those on the frontlines, who are directly fighting in their territories against projects that contribute to climate change, harm local territories, indigenous communities, and violate their rights. Together we demand regulation of fossil finance.

The finance industry must prove now or never its capacity to end its fossil fuel addiction, or must be regulated to do it.

ABOUT BREAKFREE

We focus on addressing the urgent challenge of finance regulation and people’s rights. We aim to stop the financing of projects that drive the climate and biodiversity crises and disregard human rights. Indigenous peoples and local communities are crucial allies in this effort. While individual actions are important, they are not enough. We must hold major carbon emitters accountable by collaborating with those on the frontlines, who are directly fighting in their territories against projects that contribute to climate change, harm local territories, indigenous communities, and violate their rights. Together we demand regulation of fossil finance.

UBS, HANDS OFF OUR OCEANS

Lucerne | April 8th, 2025 – Days before the UBS Annual General Meeting, a civil society alliance is drawing attention...

Swiss Insurance Climate Ranking: Who is Fueling the Climate Crisis?

Swiss insurance companies play a dual role in the climate crisis, both as insurers and investors in fossil...

Building Bridges sans les traverser ? Convergences et contradictions du mouvement suisse pour la finance durable

L'autorégulation ne fonctionne pas, et les grandes banques suisses n'ont toujours pas de plan de transition et ne...

Carbo-fascism triumphant in the USA – Indigenous advances at COP16 in Colombia

Donald Trump's resounding victory forces us to anticipate the measures that the new US president and his allies will...

UPCOMING EVENTS

MANIFESTATION AT SNB AGM

25.04.25 BERN

MANIFESTATION AT GLENCORE AGM

28.05.25 ZUG

ALTERNATIBA LÉMAN

01.-06.09.25 GENEVE

CAMPAIGNS

The Swiss National Bank and FINMA are responsible for financial stability – yet their current policies are fuelling the climate and biodiversity crises. How is that possible? And what needs to change for them to become part of the solution, not the problem?

UBS, Pictet and other banks talk about sustainability – but their money keeps flowing into oil, gas and coal. How does that add up? And how can we push them to align their investments with global climate goals?

Insurance companies make large-scale fossil fuel projects possible – no pipelines, no mines, no expansion without their coverage. So why are their climate pledges often just half-measures? And what will it take to finally cut this fossil safety net?

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