Coal-free Finland
Greenpeace Nordic, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsföreningen) and Action Aid Denmark (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) have filed a shareholder resolution at Nordea’s Annual General Meeting. The resolution is also supported by Fair Finance Guide and Hiilivapaa Suomi.
Lue lisää “NGO-led shareholder resolution demands Nordea to stop financing fossil fuel expansion”
Since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement, Nordea has poured 12.4 billion euros into fossil fuel companies – such as the fossil company Fortum, one of Europe’s biggest emitters.
Nordea has committed to net-zero in 2050. However, distant promises are not enough and we are demanding meaningful action now. Nordea’s new climate policy is not aligned with the Paris Agreement.
We demand that Nordea:
Join Stop funding fossil fuels, Nordea! demonstration at the company’s headquarters (Satamaradankatu 5, 00580 Helsinki) on the 29th October at 8.30-9.30 am. The demonstration is part of the international #DefundClimateChaos action day.
Before the demonstration, there will be an online briefing on Nordea’s role in the climate crisis on 26 October at 5-6 pm. You can participate even if you can’t make it to the demonstration but are interested in learning more.
The conveners of the demonstration are Hiilivapaa Suomi, Fridays For Future Finland, 350 Suomi, Friends of the Earth Finland and XR Finland.
Canadian company threatens to take legal action against Campaigners Reaction on letter to Trudeau and other politicians on LNG subsidies Energy utilities Fortum and Uniper involved in Pieridae‘s LNG business Lue lisää “Joint Press Release: Fortum/Uniper’s partner Pieridae attempts to silence activists”
Finnish majority state-owned energy company Fortum/Uniper has confirmed in its new strategy released today that it does not intend to align its business with the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement, opting instead to track inadequate national government coal phase-out plans, in defiance of the requirements of its majority shareholder.
Lue lisää “Fortum/Uniper leave Finnish government red-faced due to Paris-incompatible strategy”
Fortum failed yet again to address the concerns of civil society and environmental organisations in this year’s AGM. The Finnish state-owned company did not properly comment on its subsidiary Uniper’s new coal plant, its emissions in Russia or other fossil fuel investments, which will lock Fortum and Uniper into polluting energy production for a decades.
Lue lisää “Fortum defends coal power at their AGM by emphasising emissions trading”
While Finland is gearing up to the national elections (taking place 14.4.) that are finally dominated by climate change, it is important to ensure we do not ignore the developments in the Finnish corporate world right under our noses. The slowly unveiling corporate takeover on Uniper by the Finnish majority state-owned company Fortum is important to follow vigilantly. And, in particular, how Fortum intends to tackle the elephant in the room: Uniper’s enormous emissions. Lue lisää “Fortum’s Annual General Meeting did not signal willingness to close Uniper’s coal plants”
Finland will hold municipal elections on 9.4. The new council members will, among other things, be responsible for decisions on climate change mitigation and energy production. In many Finnish cities the energy production companies are owned by the municipality, giving the council members a chance to guide them to exchange coal, peat and other fossil fuels for renewable energy and energy effiency and savings. With the climate crisis at hand, big decisions must be made during the upcoming council period.
Coal-free Finland campaign has asked candidates in six major cities – Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä – to commit to steering their city free of coal and peat use. Several candidates in different parties have responded positively. Now it’s the time for voters to show their support for candidates dedicated to sustainable climate policies.
Read more about the campaign and energy issues in Finland: Coal-free Finland in English.