# Banking, Finance and Divestment

Resources collated from work by XR, Tipping Point and other organisations to help you access the information you need to plan your actions and choose your targets.

### Getting organisations to move away from fossil banks

Focus on campaigning for organisations to switch their banking from the worst banks.

##### **Bank Better Campaign Handbook by Tipping Point**

This excellent handbook gives the comprehensive info you need to run an effective campaign against an organisation who still use problematic banks. 

[Full Colour version (Canva)](https://www.canva.com/design/DAF91ftrp58/SJ0JNbyMW93mVapUjlgAHQ/view)  / [Text only version (Google doc)](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17JukiIxW0oE2aMOCZst8tK2TPtgIliAG81-wmtmf7ZA/edit)

##### **Tailored support** 
For XR Local Groups can be accessed by contacting <bankbetter@tippingpointuk.org>. <br>

This support consists of:
- campaign planning
- researching the current banking of the target organisation
- suggestions of what banks they could move to
- connecting them up with similar orgs that are also considering bank switching
- training for LGs in how to run presentations about banks and how to negotiate with decision-makers
- campaign planning (actions/petitions etc)

##### **WhatsApp community** 
The <a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/LtPHsq1inRi9ltrp1Db2HJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Umbrella Community</a> on WhatsApp is for people interested in getting organisations to switch banks, with sub-group chats for specific types of campaigns: Bank & Local Government, Banks & Universities, etc. 

##### **Tipping Point's How To Bankrupt A Fossil Bank** 
Recording of this training delivered in January 2024, in collaboration with Switch It Green:
- <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/j61qZNv0V1CIuHxiGAYKde3aJT2bQQJrmmoJUe-axBfuniHbcN6wUrICjcZRfYoU.R2gBWj1CL6pcMtgm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Access the webinar video here</a>
- Passcode: Jte9Zr$1

##### **Report on Barclays**<br>
Details of <a href="https://bankonourfuture.org/news/barclays-new-climate-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">what's wrong with the new Barclays energy policy</a> (why not to trust them when they say they're not funding fossil fuels any more!)