Investor power for a fairer South Africa
21 January 2021
This article, by Tracey Davies, was first published in the Financial Mail on 21 January 2021.
Institutions such as the International Labour Organisation and the World Bank warn of the outsize impact Covid-19 has had on women.
Women make up 39% of employed people globally but are estimated to account for 54% of job losses. They are more likely to work in hard-hit industries such as... continued
17 December 2020
This article, by Tracey Davies, was first published in the Financial Mail on 17 December 2020.
Have you ever been at a hospital smoking area and been shocked to see a patient in a wheelchair, hooked up to drips and an oxygen machine, puffing away at a cigarette?
In the context of climate change, that patient is the planet — and our banks are lighting the cigarette.
Saturday December 12... continued
10 December 2020
Standard Bank today released its Fossil Fuels Financing Policy. The policy does not include any ambitious fossil fuel financing exclusions. Standard Bank makes a number of contradictory statements and inaccurate comments about the need for fossil fuel development in Africa.
Standard Bank states that it “supports the goals of the Paris... continued
26 November 2020
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