France 24/AFP, June 12, 2019
Norway forces sovereign wealth fund to go greener

ABC News, June 13, 2019
Norway's $US1 trillion sovereign wealth fund to dump billions in coal investments

Reuters, June 12, 2019
Norway fund may have to offload $1 billion stake in Glencore in shift away from coal

Foreign Policy, June 9, 2019
When Coal Comes to Paradise

Insurance Business, April 23, 2019
Hannover Re and parent group turn away from coal "in principle"

The Asahi Shimbun, April 12, 2019
MUFG moves to drastically cut coal-power loans by fiscal 2030

South China Morning Post, April 6, 2019
War on climate change is doomed if China turns back towards the coalface

World Coal, March 4, 2019
Norway still heavily invested in coal

Voice of America, December 11, 2018
Africa Suffers Impact of a Warming World

Newsweek Pakistan, December 6, 2018
Another Threat to Climate Goals

The Guardian, December 5, 2018
'Brutal news': global carbon emissions jump to all-time high in 2018

Energy Post, October 29, 2018
A blacklist of the world’s top 120 coal plant developers

National Post, October 7, 2018
No change to Canada's climate plans as UN report warns of losing battle

Desmog Blog, October 6, 2018
Despite Trump, More Signs Coal Power’s Future Actually Looks Terrible in the US

EE News, October 4, 2018
Global coal fleet expands despite Paris pact — report

Sydney Morning Herald, October 4, 2018
Coal binge puts Paris climate targets further out of reach, study finds

Bloomberg, October 4, 2018
China's Funding for Coal Draws Scrutiny as Climate Concern Grows

Business Recorder, August 8, 2018
Munich Re to curb coal activities

Reuters/The Japan Times, July 24, 2018
Nippon Life to stop financing coal-fired power

Euractiv, July 23, 2018
French insurance companies to divest from German top utility RWE

Reuters, May 4, 2018
Allianz cuts back on coal insurance after environmentalist criticism

Financial Times, May 4, 2018
Allianz to stop selling insurance to coal companies

IEEFA.org, March 19, 2018
The Divestment Movement Gains Steam

New York Times, Feb 27, 2018
Why Build Kenya’s First Coal Plant - Hint: Think China

Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE.com), Dec 12, 2017
Investor pledges, demands and criticism as Paris Agreement turns two

Financial Post, Dec 11, 2017
Canadian financial companies funding overseas coal plants as feds push phase-out

Financial Times, Dec 11, 2017
Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

Environmental Finance, Dec 8, 2017
Global Coal Exit List: How investors can bolster coal divestment

Inter Press Service, Nov 15, 2017
Coal Pollution Continues to Spread in Latin America 

DW.com, Nov 13, 2017 
Is China an overrated climate champion?

Australian Associated Press, Nov 11, 2017
Coal companies revealed in investor list

The Globe and Mail, Oct 12, 2017
Canada aligns with U.K. to fight global growth in coal-fired electricity

National Post, Aug 30, 2017
Terry Glavin: While you were panicking about Trump, China made some moves

National Observer, July 13, 2017
These 'missing charts' may change the way you think about fossil fuel addiction

AFP, July 5, 2017
China backs hundreds of global coal power projects: report

New York Times, July 1, 2017
As Beijing Joins Climate Fight, Chinese Companies Build Coal Plants

Huffington Post, June 30, 2017
The Dirty 120: Urgewald Exposes World’s Biggest Coal Plant Developers; Calls for Divestment

DeSmogBlog, June 28, 2017
These Companies Plan to Expand Coal Power Worldwide by 43 Percent

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Zurich Insurance Group

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Sylvain Vanston, Head of ESG integration, AXA

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Tom Kruse, Program Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Prof. Claudia Kemfert, Head of Energy, Economics Institute DIW Berlin

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Tom Sanzillo, Director of Finance, IEEFA institute

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Ole von Uexküll, Executive Director, Right Livelihood Foundation

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Prof. Mojib Latif, Climate Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

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Trusha Reddy, WoMin, South Africa

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Gerry Arances, Convener of Southeast Asian Working Group on Climate and Energy

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Bill McKibben, Environmentalist and author, Founder of 350.org

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Ashish Fernandes, Senior Climate and Coal Campaigner, Greenpeace India

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Marc Pfizenmaier, Sustainability Analyst, GLS Bank (Germany)

“Investments in renewables bring cheap and clean energy. This report is decisive for banks to avoid stranded investment and bankruptcy.”

Hans-Josef Fell, President of the Energy Watch Group

“The GCEL is an excellent tool for political work with an important goal: The phase out of fossil fuels, beginning with coal. The GCEL covers the entire coal supply chain from coal mines to customers. And what is especially important: The GCEL reveals who is planning to build new coal plants worldwide - even though we all know that coal needs to stay in the ground if we want our blue planet to remain livable.”

Barbara Unmüßig, Executive Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation

“Urgewald’s Global Coal Exit List is a very comprehensive database with the potential to be an important signpost for the divestment movement and for investors. The data Urgewald provides has never been available in such a complete form before now. It offers a thorough insight into the coal industry worldwide and helps us understand, who is behind this dirty industry. NGOs, political bodies and investors should take inspiration from the Global Coal Exit List as a detailed new instrument, to accelerate the exit from coal.”

Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, The Green Party

“A recipe against climate killers: The Global Coal Exit List provides a meticulous overview of investments that will get your fingers burnt. Highly recommended reading. Thank you, Urgewald!”

Sven Giegold, Member of the European Parliament, The Green Party

"The Global Coal Exit List produced by Urgewald is an excellent tool for understanding asset stranding and energy transition risks. The tool provides one of the most comprehensive and in-depth databases for coal generation and expansion, offering investors one of the most detailed insights into coal exposure. ET Index Research has found the tool to go beyond what many other expensive databases offer and has increased the granularity of our analysis of transition risks on a portfolio level. GCEL is at current the most comprehensive coal database available to investors."

Pekka Piirainen, Investor Engagement Manager, ET Index Research