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Reclaim Finance critiques the European Commission's June 2025 proposal to boost the EU securitization framework under the 'savings and investments union' (SIU) strategy. The organization argues that securitization plays a marginal role in financing the economy and, without strict requirements, may increase funding for fossil fuels and polluting activities while hiding ESG risks. Reclaim Finance proposes banning fossil fuel securitization, increasing transparency on harmful assets, and requiring ESG risk management guidelines.

Reclaim Finance analyzes EFRAG's proposal to reduce ESRS data points by 68%, warning that this limits comparability and data quality. The organization specifically criticizes proposed 'reliefs'—such as the 'undue cost or effort' filter—that could allow companies to avoid reporting material information. Additionally, the document argues that the standards fail to adequately address the financial sector, calling for more precise reporting on fossil fuel financing and the use of physical intensity targets rather than attribution-based metrics like PCAF.

Reclaim Finance argues that the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) lacks credibility in its responsible investment strategy due to its continued support for oil and gas expansion. The organization highlights that the CDC's 2024 responsible investment report fails to end new investments in fossil fuel developers, such as TotalEnergies, and relies on an ineffective shareholder dialogue process. Reclaim Finance urges the CDC to cease new investments in these companies, vote against their management, and implement stricter climate criteria for its external asset managers, who manage 10 billion euros of its portfolio.

Reclaim Finance disputes claims by Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE) that it is reducing fossil fuel financing, asserting that BPCE's reporting excludes critical activities like gas liquefaction and bond underwriting. The document argues that BPCE's renewable energy targets are insufficient for a 1.5°C pathway and that the bank applies a double standard by aggregating financing types when reporting renewable investments but rejecting the same method for fossil fuel reporting.

Reclaim Finance challenges BPCE's claims that it is reducing fossil fuel financing, asserting that the bank's methodology excludes critical activities like LNG terminals and bond issuance. The document argues that BPCE's renewable energy targets are insufficient to meet 1.5°C goals and that the bank inconsistently aggregates financial data to inflate its green credentials while minimizing its fossil fuel exposure.

The report finds that Agirc-Arrco, ERAFP, and the FRR continue to invest hundreds of millions of euros in fossil fuels and lack robust commitments to stop funding new oil and gas projects. In contrast, Ircantec is highlighted as a positive example for its strict fossil fuel exclusion policy. The report also criticizes these institutions for delegating the majority of their assets to external managers, such as BlackRock and JP Morgan, who often oppose climate goals or have retreated from ESG commitments. Furthermore, the report notes significant gaps in transparency, particularly regarding the publication of portfolio compositions and voting records at general meetings.

Reclaim Finance argues that the European Commission's proposal to revive securitisation lacks safeguards against financing polluting activities and may hide climate-related risks. The organization proposes amendments to require investor due diligence on ESG risks, mandate disclosure of fossil fuel exposures, and either ban fossil fuel securitisation or impose high risk weights (up to 1250%) on such positions. It further suggests that the securitisation sub-committee publish ESG risk management guidelines and that future regulatory reviews explicitly assess the impact of securitisation on EU climate and environmental goals.

The report finds that the European car leasing sector is largely unaccountable for its climate impact, with widespread opacity in reporting and weak, short-term climate commitments. Despite leasing accounting for over half of new car registrations in the EU, most companies lack science-based targets or a commitment to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. The authors argue that voluntary action is insufficient and call for binding CO2 emissions reduction targets and harmonized reporting through the forthcoming EU Fleets Regulation.

A coalition of organizations denounces the Council of the European Union's position on the Omnibus I proposal, claiming it undermines the European corporate sustainability due diligence framework by raising application thresholds, limiting the scope of commercial partners, fragmenting civil liability, and weakening climate transition plan requirements.

The statement asserts that the expansion of LNG terminals and tankers threatens marine ecosystems and biodiversity globally, specifically mentioning Latin America and Southeast Asia. It claims that banks continue to fund LNG terminal developers despite their climate commitments, thereby increasing host countries' dependence on fossil fuels. The author demands that banks cease all new financial services to these developers to align with their public promises.

The report contends that the global expansion of LNG infrastructure, supported by major banks, threatens marine biodiversity through thermal pollution, habitat destruction, and increased shipping traffic. It specifically critiques the 'Argentina LNG' project in the Golfo San Matías and the proliferation of import terminals in the Philippines' Verde Island Passage, calling for banks to stop financing LNG developers to meet their climate pledges.

Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace France, Reclaim Finance, and Disclose have issued a joint statement denouncing a series of illegal actions against the NGO BLOOM and Claire Nouvian. These actions include the distribution of defamatory tracts to senators on June 2, 2025, the vandalism of Nouvian's home on June 4, and the use of fake posters at a Climate Academy event on May 18. The organizations state that their identities were usurped to destabilize BLOOM ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice. They further link these events to a broader trend of state repression against environmental activists, citing the May 28 detention of Greenpeace Nice activists, and demand that the state identify the perpetrators to protect the rule of law and civil society.

Reclaim Finance argues that Société Générale is engaging in greenwashing by using a policy loophole to finance Adani Green Energy, despite the Adani Group's extensive coal expansion plans in India and Australia and various legal scandals involving its leadership.

Reclaim Finance accuses Société Générale of greenwashing by exploiting loopholes in its sectoral policy to continue financing the Adani Group. While the bank committed in 2020 to stop supporting new coal projects, it continues to fund Adani Green Energy, which Reclaim Finance claims redirects funds to coal expansion. The document highlights Adani's plans to increase coal power capacity by 20,550 MW in India and expand mining in India and Australia, alongside allegations of financial fraud and corruption involving Gautam Adani. Reclaim Finance calls on the AMF to intervene against this misleading communication.

Reclaim Finance has issued an open letter to Patrick Tiernan, the new CEO of Lloyd’s of London, calling for the insurance market to cease underwriting new fossil fuel infrastructure. The letter argues that climate change is already causing market fragility, citing insurer withdrawals in California and potential town abandonment in the UK. It claims that while Lloyd's announced restrictions on thermal coal and Arctic exploration in 2020, these have since been "watered down to guidelines" without enforcement. Reclaim Finance proposes four specific actions: requiring managing agents to stop underwriting fossil fuel expansion, making new agent establishment conditional on net zero alignment, requiring disclosure of underwriting policies for new fossil fuel projects, and implementing monitoring and sanctions for non-compliance in annual ESG reports.

The report finds that global banks significantly increased fossil fuel financing in 2024, totaling $869 billion, with $429 billion specifically directed toward fossil fuel expansion. This trend persists despite climate pledges and the Paris Agreement goals. The analysis highlights a retreat from voluntary climate commitments, such as the collapse of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, and identifies major financiers including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup. It also documents the human rights and environmental harms caused by these investments in regions such as the Amazon, the Arctic, and Southeast Asia.

A June 2025 survey of 1,018 representative French adults shows overwhelming public support for corporate accountability. 86% agree that public authorities should enforce common transparency and prevention rules for companies, 81% believe multinationals should be responsible for the impacts of their subsidiaries and partners, and 90% support mandatory transition plans to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

A manifesto signed by over 40 civil society organisations urging the European Central Bank to align its monetary policy with climate goals through green refinancing, the exclusion of carbon-intensive collateral, and the redirection of asset purchases toward sustainable firms.

The Forum citoyen pour la justice économique and several NGOs condemn President Emmanuel Macron's announcement at the Choose France summit to 'discard' the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The statement argues that this move aligns France with the deregulatory policies of US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as well as the goals of Jordan Bardella's party to repeal the European Green Deal and due diligence requirements. The authors claim this decision prioritizes industrial lobbies over human rights and climate urgency, and they call for the preservation of the text to hold multinationals accountable.

The document argues that European banks continue to support Glencore's coal expansion through general-purpose bond issuances, enabled by inadequate exclusion thresholds and policy loopholes regarding metallurgical coal and corporate-level financing.