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How many Blattens do we want in years to come?
How Swiss finance is driving climate collapse — and making us pay for it On May 28 2025, the village of Blatten in Valais, Switzerland, was wiped off the map. At 15:24 CEST, ten million cubic meters of rock and ice came crashing down onto the village. In just 28...
Insurance exclusion policies drive coal mine closures
27 June 2025, Bern, Switzterland - A major new study from the University of Zurich shows what BreakFree, Campax and the Insure Our Future coalition have long argued: that insurance exclusions are among the most powerful tools to accelerate the phase-out of fossil...
After Shell, the SNB divests from Chevron
After divesting from Shell, the SNB divests from Chevron 13 May 2025, Bern/Geneva, Switzerland - Following a long-standing campaign by the Coalition Our SNB, the Swiss National Bank has divested its investments in the multinational Chevron. The Swiss climate justice...
UBS poses a serious risk to the Swiss Confederation and to the biosphere: its capital requirements must be increased
A call for the Swiss bank to increase its capital requirements 7 May 2025, Zurich, Switzerland - During UBS last annual general meeting, its Chairman Colm Kelleher described comparisons with Credit Suisse as "insulting," defended excessive variable compensation, and...
Assemblée générale : la BNS interpellée sur ses placements polluants
Berne, le 25 avril 2025 - La Banque nationale suisse (BNS) investit dans des entreprises qui contribuent de manière décisive à la destruction d'écosystèmes vitaux tels que l'Amazonie et le Cerrado. Leurs activités menacent non seulement la biodiversité et le climat,...
UBS, HANDS OFF OUR OCEANS
UBS hands off our oceans 8 April 2025, Lucerne, Switzerland – Days before the UBS Annual General Meeting, a civil society alliance is drawing attention to the major Swiss bank's investment policy in the Philippines. UBS is one of the biggestinstitutional investors in...
Swiss Insurance Climate Ranking: Who is Fueling the Climate Crisis?
Swiss Insurance Climate Ranking: Who is Fueling the Climate Crisis? 8 April 2025, Zurich, Swizterland - Swiss insurance companies play a dual role in the climate crisis, both as insurers and investors in fossil fuel-related projects. But are they taking...
Building Bridges sans les traverser ? Convergences et contradictions du mouvement suisse pour la finance durable
15 janvier 2025, Suisse - L'autorégulation ne fonctionne pas, et les grandes banques suisses n'ont toujours pas de plan de transition et ne suivent pas les recommendations onusiennes, écrivent les membres du collectif BreakFree, qui étaient invités à Building...
Building Bridges without crossing them ? Convergences and contradictions in the Swiss sustainable finance movement
15 January 2025, Switzerland - Self-regulation isn't working, and the Swiss banks still don't have a transition plan or follow UN recommendations, write the members of the BreakFree collective, who were invited to Building Bridges. Building Bridges 2024 repeated the...
¿Construir puentes sin cruzarlos? Convergencias y contradicciones en el movimiento suizo de finanzas sostenibles
15 enero 2025, Suiza - La autorregulación no funciona y los bancos suizos siguen sin tener un plan de transición ni seguir las recomendaciones de la ONU, escriben los miembros del colectivo BreakFree, invitados a Building Bridges. Building Bridges 2024 repitió el...