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As the Olympics Torch Relay kicks off in Japan, actions\u00a0 in Tokyo, Seoul, Delhi, Jakarta, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Melbourne demand Tokio Marine take climate action<\/h4>\n


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Starting March 25, actions around the world mark the global launch of\u00a0a campaign<\/a>\u00a0calling on insurance giant Tokio Marine to stop underwriting and investing in fossil fuel projects driving catastrophic climate change. The campaign launch coincides with the start of the Olympics Torch Relay and highlights Tokio Marine\u2019s role as an Olympics Gold sponsor.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Tokio Marine President and CEO Satoru Komiya, over 30 groups from around the world called on the company \u201cto adopt a policy aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, that will rule out insurance services for any new coal, oil and gas projects with immediate effect.\u201d Signatories included community groups, Indigenous Peoples\u2019 alliances, and international NGOS. The events they organized to amplify the demands in the letter took place at the site of different Tokio Marine offices around the world.<\/p>\n

Hasan Mehedi, member secretary of the Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED), explained<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fully aware that without insurance, fossil fuel projects including the Matarbari Coal Power Complex and the Meghnaghat LNG Power Plant in Bangladesh can\u2019t be built or operated. These are projects that destroy all our options for being resilient in the face of the climate crisis. There is no time to wait, Tokio Marine must immediately exit from all fossil fuel investments and underwriting, in line with the Paris Agreement and Marrakech Declaration of the Climate Vulnerable Forum\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hasan Mehedi, Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt<\/p>\n

Tokio Marine\u2019s September 2020 coal policy \u201cin principle\u201d rules out insuring new coal projects, but contains so many loopholes that it enables any power project conceivable in the pipeline to receive insurance, according to Insure Our Future\u2019s analysis<\/a>. Loopholes include \u201ccircumstances such as national energy policy and other considerations in the relevant country\u201d as well as projects associated with development export credits. The policy also fails to include divestment from coal, mention any other aspect of the coal value chain (such as associated infrastructure, mining or shipping) or acknowledge internationally accepted standards to respect Indigenous Peoples\u2019 rights, which are often violated by fossil fuel projects.<\/p>\n

Yuki Tanabe, Program Director at the Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES) affirms,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTokio Marine fails to ensure consistency with Japan\u2019s net zero commitment and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. Tokio Marine needs to create a comprehensive fossil fuel policy that commits the company to not underwrite or invest in any coal or other fossil fuel projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Yuki Tanabe, Japan Center for Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES)<\/p>\n

Tokio Marine\u2019s CEO Satoru Komiya calls climate change \u201ca top-priority issue that we must address head-on.\u201d Yet, Tokio Marine remains among the top 10 insurers of destructive coal, oil, and gas projects around the world.<\/p>\n

Vidya Dinker of the Indian Social Action Forum asserts,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what communities on the ground experience that is the true test of public relations statements by corporate giants like Tokio Marine. Local residents and citizen activists across India as well as Australia and Bangladesh are firmly opposed to coal projects like Adani\u2019s Godda coal power plant. Most financiers and insurers have stepped firmly away from destructive projects like this one, which are neither wanted nor needed. We urge Tokio Marine to live up to their \u2018gold partnership\u2019 this Olympics and aim faster, higher, stronger! They must turn away from underwriting projects like Adani\u2019s Godda plant that would be so destructive for people and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Vidya Dinker, Indian Social Action Forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Olympics Torch Relay kicks off in Japan, actions  in Tokyo, Seoul, Delhi, Jakarta, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Melbourne demand Tokio Marine take climate action Read the Investor Brief Starting March 25, actions around the world mark the global launch of a campaign calling on insurance giant Tokio Marine to stop underwriting and investing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,36],"post_country":[],"post_company":[50],"post_project":[83],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n30+ Groups Call on Tokio Marine to Drop Fossil Fuels - Insure Our Future Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Actions around the world launch the global campaign\u00a0calling on Tokio Marine to stop underwriting and investing in fossil fuel projects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/japan.insure-our-future.com\/en\/2021\/03\/25\/2021-3-25-30-groups-call-on-tokio-marine-to-drop-fossil-fuels\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"30+ Groups Call on Tokio Marine to Drop Fossil Fuels - 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