Market Forces is organising a national ‘Divestment Day’ to encourage the banks to divest fully from fossil fuels. Westpac has sunk $4.7 billion into fossil fuels since committing to uphold the Paris Climate goals and the bank that is due to update its climate policy in just a couple months time. XR Ballarat will hold a peaceful demonstration outside the Westpac bank in Sturt Street, hand out some leaflets and stage a ‘die in’.
If you can’t make it along on the day, please be sure to write to your bank with this handy tool and let them know how you feel about them investing in fossil fuels: https://www.marketforces.org.au/get-involved/divestment-day-2020/
