Santander must cut its ties with oil and gas in the Amazon

Santander is now funding concerts – most recently the free Lady Gaga concert on Brazil’s iconic Copacabana beach. Behind the music and lights, Santander is bankrolling oil and gas expansion in the Amazon.

This is a textbook example of artwashing — when corporations sponsor cultural events to distract from or clean up their public image while continuing harmful practices behind the scenes.

We love music. We love free public art. But the arts shouldn’t be propped up by banks who fuel environmental exploitation through oil and gas. While the world grapples with the climate crisis, the last thing we need is oil money masking as public good.

The world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon is the most biodiverse place on Earth. Amazonian countries and their peoples are disproportionately affected by the rainforest destruction, and it puts our collective future at risk.

Will you take a minute to sign this petition calling on Santander to do the right thing and stop financing destructive oil and gas projects in the Amazon?

To: Santander Click to see full petition text

Indigenous peoples and communities across Amazonian countries are already suffering the consequences of extractive industries, and continued investment in oil and gas only deepens the harm — to them, to the forest, and to our collective climate future. Stop the greenwashing, stop the artwashing, and clean up your act. Do the right thing and withdraw funding for oil and gas exploitation in the Amazon, before it’s too late.

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