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skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms<p>Shadow fleet plays name game in Arctic waters</p><p>The owners of the LNG tankers that have lied idle in the Russian part of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Barents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barents</span></a> Sea for almost five months suddenly decided to give the ships new names and flag states.</p><p><a href="https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/nbspshadow-fleet-plays-name-game-in-arctic-waters/429028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebarentsobserver.com/news/nb</span><span class="invisible">spshadow-fleet-plays-name-game-in-arctic-waters/429028</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/europeanunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeanunion</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LLOYDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLOYDs</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/russiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
Mr and Mrs Trellis<p>‘Nine London-based banks, including <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSBC</span></a>, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatWest</span></a>, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barclays</span></a> and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a> are involved in financing companies responsible for at least 117 climate-wrecking Carbon Bomb projects in 28 countries'...</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/uk-banks-put-75bn-into-firms-building-climate-wrecking-carbon-bombs-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/01/uk-banks-put-75bn-into-firms-building-climate-wrecking-carbon-bombs-study-finds</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>City of London banks have poured $100bn (£75bn) into companies developing “carbon bombs”.</p><p>‘Nine <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>-based banks, including <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSBC</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatWest</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barclays</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a> are involved in financing companies responsible for at least 117 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CarbonBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonBomb</span></a> projects in 28 countries between 2016 – the year after the landmark Paris agreement was signed – and 2023’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/uk-banks-put-75bn-into-firms-building-climate-wrecking-carbon-bombs-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/01/uk-banks-put-75bn-into-firms-building-climate-wrecking-carbon-bombs-study-finds</span></a></p>
Der Entgegner (Aka Ratatöskr)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@EurekaKreuzwort" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EurekaKreuzwort</span></a></span> Gorby trug Lloyds?!?</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lloyds</span></a></p>
Ravensrod 🫖 🍰<p>Hooray and other joyful noises! After two and a half months <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uselessbakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessbakers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a> have unlocked my account. 😁</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banks</span></a> and financial institutions profiting from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a></p><p>By Clare Carlile<br>Friday 7th of April 2023</p><p>High street banks are funding some of the world’s most notorious <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArmsCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArmsCompanies</span></a>. We look at which banks are involved and what consumers can do. We also look at the wider financial industry and its links with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> in particular. </p><p>How are banks financing the arms industry?</p><p>"Banks are behind almost every industry in the world, through their loans, insurance and other kinds of financing, including the arms industry. </p><p>"By funding arms companies, banks allow them to grow and innovate – developing new forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lethal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lethal</span></a> weapons. </p><p>"In fact, banks are behind companies involved in the very worst forms of arms, such as nuclear weapons and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterMunitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClusterMunitions</span></a>, despite the latter being banned by 120 countries. </p><p>"Unsurprisingly, arms companies are not generally picky about who they sell weapons to. This means that if a bank is funding an arms company, it may well be one that is selling to oppressive regimes. </p><p>Which banks are involved in financing arms companies?</p><p>"Unfortunately, many banks still finance arms companies.</p><p>"While some have said they will not fund the most destructive weapons, lots fall far short of refusing funding to arms companies altogether. And it is not just banks that are involved in the global arms trade. Lots of other financial institutions, such as investors, are also involved.</p><p>"Over three quarters of the brands included in our ethical current accounts guide lost half a mark under Arms &amp; Military supply for their investments. This included all the five major high street banks: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barclays</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSBC</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatWest</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Santander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Santander</span></a>.</p><p>"Banks such as Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Citigroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citigroup</span></a>, and other financial institutions such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aviva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aviva</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldMutual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldMutual</span></a> have been named in relation to funding cluster munitions, nuclear weapons on the sale of arms to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a>. </p><p>What weapons are banks funding?<br>Banks funding cluster munitions</p><p>“Cluster munitions are indiscriminate weapons that pose a serious threat to civilian populations during and long after an attack. They spread dozens, or even hundreds, of bomblets called submunitions over an area the size of a football stadium or even more. On impact cluster munitions kill or maim anyone that is in that area. Also, many submunitions fail to explode on impact: they remain on the ground like landmines that kill and injure civilians long after the conflict has ended.'</p><p>"120 countries have signed a Convention that that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClusterBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClusterBombs</span></a>.</p><p>"Yet, in 2018, the Cluster Munition Coalition found that financial institutions had invested almost $9 billion in companies producing cluster munitions. Citigroup and Old Mutual were both found to invest in companies involved. </p><p>"Amongst the banks named in the report, Triodos, Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland were all praised for having divestment policies in place. </p><p>"However, Aviva, Axa, Deutsche Bank, Edentree Investment Management, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were all found to have incomplete policies in place."</p><p><a href="https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ethicalconsumer.org/money-fina</span><span class="invisible">nce/banks-weapons</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarIsBigBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarIsBigBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponsManufacturers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a></p>
Brad Johnson<p>Insurance giants who claim they're divesting from coal are in fact underwriting US coal mines. </p><p><a href="https://global.insure-our-future.com/leading-european-insurers-underwrite-30-of-u-s-coal-despite-net-zero-pledges/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.insure-our-future.com/l</span><span class="invisible">eading-european-insurers-underwrite-30-of-u-s-coal-despite-net-zero-pledges/</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@InsureOurFuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>InsureOurFuture</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lloyds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endfossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endfossilfuels</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Much like the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> firms doing well out of record energy prices, it now seems the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> sector is following:</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a> bank has just announced greatly increased profits - up 80% year on year, for the last quarter - from raised <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/interestrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interestrates</span></a>;</p><p>Its ever clearer a key element of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/costoflivingcrises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costoflivingcrises</span></a> has been a flow of funds (ultimately) to <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/managers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>managers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a>.</p><p>But, pretty much (of course) what one expects from the UK's <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/rentiercapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rentiercapitalism</span></a>!<br>To those who have, more is given!</p>
acemaxx<p>Stock <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/buybacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buybacks</span></a> reached £55.5bn in the <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> market last year. <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/BP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BP</span></a> alone accounted for £22bn. <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Lloyds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lloyds</span></a> , <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/NatWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatWest</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Barclays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barclays</span></a> contributed £5.5bn to the buyback pot, chart @FT <a href="https://cutt.ly/49MA8fn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cutt.ly/49MA8fn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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