Umthombo: Amaphupho Avamile
Amaqembu ezenzo zesimo sezulu agxekiwe I-Bank of America ngokubonisa "esinye sezibonelo ezimbi kakhulu zokushiswa kwe-greenwash ezinkampanini" ngoLwesine njengoba ibhange likhipha imigomo yalo yesimo sezulu ngo-2030 - ligxile ohlelweni lwalo lokusebenza ekunciphiseni amandla okukhishwa kwekhabhoni esikhundleni sokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwayo ngokuphelele.
Kanye no-CEO uBrian Moynihan ukubiza Ibhange lihlose โukusiza ekuqinisekiseni uguquko olunobulungiswa, oluzinzile oluya ekusaseni elisimeme sonke esilifunayo,โ ibhange lamemezela ukuthi lizonciphisa umfutho wezinto ezikhishwa yizintuthwane esikhundleni sokukhishwa kwegesi ngokuphelele.
"Izinjongo zeBank of America-only-only-only, ezisalela ngemuva kwe-US kanye nokwenza okuhle emhlabeni jikelele, zikubeka ngokuqinile ngasohlangothini lokubambezeleka kwesimo sezulu, lapho isikhathi siphela ngokushesha sokunciphisa ukukhishwa okuphelele ngesigamu ngo-2030."
Amandla ezinto ezikhishwayo abhekisela kumthamo wezinto ezikhishwayo ezilinganiswa nenye iyunithi, kuyilapho isibambiso sokunciphisa ukukhishwa okuphelele singadinga i-Bank of America ukuthi yehlise inani lezinto ezikhishwayo elizithumelayo emkhathini ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
"Ngokusebenzisa i-carbon intensity metrics, i-Bank of America imise isimo lapho ukukhishwa kwayo kwegesi ebamba ukushisa kungaqhubeka nokukhuphuka kuze kube ngu-2030 futhi isakwazi ukusho ukuthi isifinyelele izinhloso zayo zesimo sezulu," kusho u-Alec Connon, ngokubambisana umqondisi weStop the Money Pipeline Coalition.
Ibhange limemezele isifungo salo kungakapheli amasonto amabili ngemuva kwe-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ikhishwe umbiko wayo wakamuva mayelana nenkinga yesimo sezulu, iphinda izexwayiso zangaphambili zokuthi ukuqhubeka nokukhipha amafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansiโokuhlinzekelwe yiBhange LaseMelika. okungenani amabhiliyoni angama-232 wezimali kusukela ngo-2016โkuzobeka umgomo wesivumelwano sesimo sezulu saseParis sokukhawulela ukushisa komhlaba ku-1.5ยฐC lapho kungafinyelelwa khona.
โEsimemezelweni sanamuhla, iBhange LaseMelika liphakamisa 'umlando walo wobuholi besimo sezulu'โbese lembula imigomo yokukhishwa kwegesi ka-2030 okunamandla kuphela, okuhambisana ngokugcwele nokwanda kokungcoliswa komoya kanye nokwanda okukhulu kwezibaso ezimbiwa phansi, ikakhulukazi ukunwetshwa kwegesi yezinto ezimbiwa phansi, โ kusho uJason Opeรฑa Disterhoft, umkhankaseli omkhulu wesimo sezulu namandla weRainforest Action Network.
"Izinjongo zeBank of America-only-only-only, ezisalela ngemuva kwe-US kanye nokwenza okuhle emhlabeni jikelele, zikubeka ngokuqinile ngasohlangothini lokubambezeleka kwesimo sezulu, lapho isikhathi siphela ngokushesha sokunqamula ukukhishwa kwegesi ngokuphelele ngo-2030," wengeza.
I-Bank of America izobhekana nevoti emhlanganweni wayo wabanikazi bamasheya ngo-Ephreli 26, abanye babatshalizimali bayo becela ibhange ukuthi lizibophezele emigomeni yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukubolekwa kwalo kanye nokubhala ngaphansi kwalo akusekeli amaphrojekthi kaphethiloli.
UConnon uzwakalise ukuthi unethemba lokuthi abatshalizimali baleli bhange โbazokubona lokhu kuphindaphindeka futhi bavote ngokuvumelana nezisombululo zesimo sezulu esibucayi.โ
"Njengentanga yayo eminingi, i-Bank of America izama ukwedlulisa izithembiso ezingacacile kanye namaqhinga okubalwa njengesenzo sangempela sezulu," kusho umphathi womkhankaso we-Sierra Club Fossil-Free Finance u-Ben Cushing. "Isayensi icacile ukuthi ukuzuza ukukhishwa kwe-net-zero ngezimali ngo-2050 kusho ukumisa uxhaso lokwandisa amandla kaphethiloli."
"Ukunciphisa ukushuba kwesimo sezinto ezikhishwayo kuyilapho kukhulisa uxhaso lwezimali embonini kaphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi kanye negesi eliphumayo elixhaswe ngezimali akwanele neze ukufeza lokho okuhlosiwe nokuba negalelo ekusaseni elizinzile esimweni sezulu," engeza.
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