
Polly Bindman
@pollybindman
Investigative Journalist @Global_Witness focused on forests and finance. Prev: @Newstatesman/@EnergyMonitorAI. she/her. @Jschofieldtrust fellow 2024
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How COP28 raised the profile of ‘super pollutants’ like black carbon - Polly Bindman reports: energymonitor.ai/policy/interna…

Rishi Sunak has lost investor confidence, says the head of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association. Polly Bindman reports for The New Statesman Spotlight ⬇️ newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…


“Three sets of companies dominate: the multinational fossil fuel giants; overseas companies, many of which are state-owned entities; and private equity-backed firms.” Mathew Lawrence spoke to Polly Bindman for Energy Monitor on who owns the North Sea. energymonitor.ai/sectors/indust…


“Shell invested 4.7x as much in oil and gas as ‘renewables and energy solutions’, finds analysis from Common Wealth”. Shell channelled 8.9x as much to shareholders as it invested in low-carbon. Polly Bindman on our latest analysis of Big Oil's results. energymonitor.ai/finance/corpor…



Daily Chart using data from InfluenceMap's #CarbonMajors database to show how just 10 single entities including bp and Shell are responsible for 40% of historic emissions, by Polly Bindman. Full story: bit.ly/43OZQAU


Daily chart: G20 countries channeled over 3X as much public finance towards fossil fuels as to clean energy between 2020 and 2022 - using figures from Oil Change International. Read the full story: bit.ly/3U9LpnZ


This week I joined Global Witness as an investigator, where I’ll be reporting on the links between finance and deforestation. Really excited to get started - DM with stories/tips!


🌳🚨My latest with Polly Bindman for Global Witness

Powerful investigation from Elisângela Mendonça (Lili) for Global Witness showing how Barclays earned $1.7bn from financing Brazilian meat giant JBS, while the company’s operations contributed to the invasion and destruction of an Indigenous territory in Brazil globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

🌎London remains a hub for some of the world’s most unethical financial actors. Over 💰 £1bn has been funnelled by 🇬🇧 financiers into companies linked to deforestation 🌱— despite #COP26 climate pledges. Investigation by Polly Bindman for Global Witness globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

My colleague Polly Bindman and I partnered up with The Telegraph to expose how top banks, including HSBC, continue to funnel millions into meatpacking companies driving the destruction Paraguay's vital forest and home to the Ayoreo Totobiegosode Indigenous group. Read 🧵


We are doubtful that our film investigating attacks on hospitals & medics in Gaza, produced with BBC News (UK) over 14 months, cleared multiple times at all levels, containing graphic footage of attacks & searing testimony of survivors of those attacks, will be released by BBC News (UK)

🌳 New Global Witness data shows Chinese banks have increased their forest-risk lending despite China's green commitments. From the Amazon to SE Asia, forests and their defenders are under threat. By Polly Bindman & Beibei Yin. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…
