{"id":3830,"date":"2020-04-30T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2020-04-30T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:10:32","slug":"eu-commission-must-not-take-climate-advice-from-blackrock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/climate-energy\/3830\/eu-commission-must-not-take-climate-advice-from-blackrock\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commission must not take climate advice from BlackRock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>92 NGOs wrote to European Commission President von der Leyen, and Executive Vice-Presidents Dombrovskis and Timmermans, to urge them to cancel the recently concluded contract with BlackRock Investment Management. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/29042020-letter-EU-Commission-Blackrock.pdf\">Read the full letter here<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/82dbc1fa-gp0stuifr_medium_res_with_credit_line.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>BlackRock was selected to provide key advice to the Commission on the integration of environmental, social and governance risks into EU banking rules and supervision, as well as working to insert environmental, social and governance objectives into banks\u2019 business and investment strategies. We believe that the selection of BlackRock \u2013 with major links to fossil fuel companies \u2013 sends an extremely harmful message, one that undermines the credibility and reputation of the European Commission\u2019s European Green Deal and sustainable finance policy before it has even begun.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2020\/04\/29042020-letter-EU-Commission-Blackrock.pdf\">Read the full letter here<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>92 NGOs wrote to European Commission President von der Leyen, and Executive Vice-Presidents Dombrovskis and Timmermans, to urge them to cancel the recently concluded contract with BlackRock Investment Management. 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