For decades, Commonwealth Bank has been marketing itself to school kids under their youth brand “Dollarmites”. But what happens when Dollarmite kids find out that the bank looking after their pocket money could fund coal ports on the Great Barrier Reef? Fight for the Reef teamed up with our friends at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition to find out! A few months ago, over 33,000 SumOfUs members like you signed on to ask the CEOs of the Big Four Banks (Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB, and Westpac) to commit to not financing Indian energy company Adani’s plans to destroy the Great Barrier Reef. This means not financing any new coal terminals, or related coal mine and rail infrastructure at Abbot Point. CommBank is being excruciatingly stubborn. We’ve been working behind the scenes with the AYCC, and CommBank’s been the only Big Four Bank that has refused to meet with us. So we’re ramping up the pressure. CommBank has spent a vast amount of time and resources cultivating a long-term relationship with its customers. The Dollarmites brand is strong; it thrives because it’s innocent and kid-friendly. CommBank doesn’t deserve this reputation, at least not while it’s open to funding the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef. But we can tarnish its squeaky clean image by watching and sharing this video far and wide. Watch the video and share it on Facebook to put the pressure on CommBank. https://youtube/watch?v=q_IbcmvcbhY
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:28:25 +0000
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