HSBC shuts down following a santa invasion in central London
Help send HSBC a giant pile of coal
Twenty-five Santa Claus activists delivered coal to HSBC the week before Christmas to tell them they’ve been a naughty bank this year because of their fossil fuel lending. Each piece of coal was donated by a member of the public, to demand HSBC stop bankrolling climate change, and in particular pull out of coal lending. Add your piece here http://wdm.li/18WcT62
The bank in Central London decided to close down as the coal was put into Christmas stockings and delivered to their front door. This is the first in an ongoing campaign to get HSBC to stop putting their money into the climate destroying, air and water polluting coal.
Let’s get something like this going in the US!
HSBC is one of the biggest bankrollers of dirty energy around the world.
These dirty energy projects are forcing people out of their homes and polluting water supplies at the same time as pushing the planet to the brink of runaway climate change.
Why HSBC?
- HSBC financed coal to the tune of £3.8 billion between 2005 and 2011.
- HSBC underwrote about £75 Billion in share and bond issues to fossil fuel companies between 2010 and 2012.
Over the next few months, we are asking people to pile on the pressure by adding a piece of coal to the pile that we will be sending a piece of coal to HSBC. Will you join us by adding a piece of coal to our pile?
Unlike HSBC, you won’t even have to get your hands dirty. Just add your details and email HSBC Group Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver, and we’ll add a piece of coal to the pile on your behalf.
End HSBC’s investments in dirty energy
Dear Stuart Gulliver,
A pile of dirty coal is on its way to HSBC. By sending this email, I’m asking for a lump of coal to be added in my name.
HSBC is the biggest UK provider of investment banking services to fossil fuel companies.
By supporting the companies responsible for coal mining in places like Indonesia, you are destroying communities and the climate.
I’m calling on you to stop pouring ordinary people’s money into companies involved in fossil fuel extraction.
Yours sincerely,