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Second open letter to Intesa SanPaolo: #Divest DAPL!
April 20, 2017 Mr. Carlo Messina CEO Intesa SanPaolo Piazza San Carlo, 156 10121 Turin Italy cc: Elena Flor, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Unit Elena Jacobs, Chief of CEO Staff CSR@intesasanpaolo.com sostenibilita.ambientale@intesasanpaolo.com Dear Mr. Messina, The undersigned organizations are…
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe applauds BNP Paribas’ decision to divest from DAPL
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is pleased to announce BNP Paribas has sold its shares in the loan to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Representatives from the bank contacted the Tribe to share the news on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.…
Dakota Access Pipeline Protest: Intesa SanPaolo Answers and Protest organizers Respond
During the online protest against Intesa SanPaolo’s involvement in the Dakota Access Pipeline, more than 100 people wrote on the bank’s Facebook page and many more sent messages on Twitter. Many of those involved, including the organizers, (Women’s March –…
Open Letter to Intesa SanPaolo: Stop Supporting the Dakota Access Pipeline
We are writing as concerned global citizens of Italy and other countries to ask that Intesa SanPaolo withdraw its investments from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), a reprehensible project that violates the sovereignty and human rights of the Standing Rock…
Harrowing testimony of nuclear bomb test survivor reinforces urgency of ban campaigners
On Monday 27th of March, negotiations start on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. It is expected that over 100 countries will participate in the drafting process. Campaigners from the ban treaty network, ICAN (of which Pressenza is partner organisation),…
Dutch banking and insurance group ING sells its stake in Dakota Access pipeline loan
Internationale Nederlanden Groep (ING) has reached an agreement for the sale of its loan to the Dakota Access pipeline. The sale follows a constructive dialogue between ING and representatives from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and has the full support of the…
Oil to Start Flowing Through Dakota Access Pipeline This Week
Oil could start flowing through the highly contested $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline as early as today. On Saturday, an appeals court rejected the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Nations’ request for an emergency injunction to stop the pipeline…
Sami Parliament convinces Norwegian pension fund to divest from Dakota Access Pipeline
The Sami Parliament in Norway, which represents the indigenous Sami people, also known as Lapps in English, has convinced the second largest pension fund of the country, the public sector sign, to divest from companies linked to the controversial Dakota Access…
Activists and Native Americans march on Washington amid rain, sleet and snow
On Friday March 10th 5,000 members of Native Americans tribes and their supporters – celebrities, environmental and peace activists, veterans, college students – marched on Washington, D.C. amid bitter cold, rain, sleet, and snow, calling for Trump and the U.S. Congress…
Indigenous peoples and their allies will march on Washington D.C. on March 10th
Thousands of indigenous peoples and their allies are coming to D.C. from all over the nation to march on Washington D.C. on March 10th . The March will begin at the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters, will then make its…
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