For Immediate Release Fairbanks, AK – Today the German-based insurance company, Allianz, announced a new policy that prohibits investments and insurance in oil and gas projects in the Arctic. The policy states that as of […]
Plus First U.S. Company Shows Progress For Immediate Release FAIRBANKS, AK – Today the Gwich’in Steering Committee (GSC) released an update to its scorecard that tracks global insurance companies’ policy on fossil fuel development in […]
Today American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) announced new company-wide policy, which rules out providing insurance and investment to “any new Arctic energy exploration,” among other climate commitments. With this announcement, AIG is the first […]
The Gwich’in Steering Committee has noted a third letter from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD). The letter, delivered to the U.S. Government on December 3, 2021, upheld concerns raised […]
International insurers win gold and silver medals while American companies fall short For Immediate Release FAIRBANKS, ALASKA (August 10, 2021) – Today the Gwich’in Steering Committee sent to domestic and international insurance companies a scorecard […]
On Monday, July 12, the Gwich’in Steering Committee Youth Council was invited to give a live statement at the North America and Africa regional meeting of the 14th session of the Expert Mechanism on the […]
The Gwich’in Steering Committee has learned that one of the new holders of a lease in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may extract oil from the Coastal Plain by drilling directionally into the land from […]
Updated 5/2/22 The Gwich’in Steering Committee has engaged directly with global banks, energy companies and insurers to ask for policy to protect the Arctic Refuge and impacted Indigenous communities from the harms of fossil fuel […]
AXIS Capital’s announcement follows recent flawed, rushed and likely illegal Arctic Refuge lease sale FAIRBANKS, ALASKA – AXIS Capital—one of the world’s leading insurers with $25.6 billion in assets and offices across North America—confirmed in […]
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA (December 18, 2020) – Lloyd’s of London recently released its Environmental, Social and Governance Report, which asks Lloyd’s member companies to no longer provide new insurance cover for coal-fired power plants, thermal coal […]
The land ties into the Refuge, the water ties into the Refuge, the air space ties into the Refuge. The way we take care of ourselves is the way we have to take care of the world.— Ernest Erick