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International Sustainable Finance

International Sustainable Finance

At Friends of the Earth, we work to strengthen and raise environmental and social standards at international financial institutions. Our goal is to promote the highest environmental, social, climate, and sustainability standards and practices in the international banking sector in an effort to protect the environment, communities, and climate on a local and global level.

We advocate for the U.S. to provide its fair share of funding, based on its historical role in funding the climate crisis, on an international scale. We push public finance institutions to stop putting our tax dollars into fossil fuel projects around the world and to invest in renewables. And we push banks to enact environmental and social safeguards for their investments.

Resources

Legal brief on EXIM Mozambique LNG

Brief regarding Friends of the Earth US's case against EXIM on Mozambique LNG

Memo on Venezuela and US Big Oil

Big Oil could profit handsomely from regime change, at the expense of the climate, U.S. taxpayers, and the people of Venezuela.

Report: Financing for Biodiverse Futures?

A new report from Friends of the Earth US explains how banks and financiers must align with the GBF and develop a biodiversity plan.

Letter on EXIM’s Potential Support of Reko Diq Mine

The Reko Diq project is located in Pakistan and is expected to be one of the world’s largest suppliers of transition metals.

Holding Course, Missing Speed

Protecting progress on ending fossil fuel finance and unlocking clean energy support

Issue Brief: Growing US Public Financing for Minerals Projects

Since 2022, over $19.2 billion in U.S. federal financing for mineral mining projects has been approved or is under consideration.

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