Don’t Bank on the Bomb!

Don’t Bank on the Bomb! UK is calling on banks to divest now!

While public services are underfunded, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Standard Chartered have provided $30.5 billion to the nuclear weapons industry, fuelling global instability, environmental destruction and the growing threat of nuclear war. As part of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, we are calling on these five banks to stop choosing profit over people and end the financing of nuclear weapons.

For the health of people and the planet, the elimination of nuclear weapons and prevention of their use is an urgent priority. Even a single nuclear explosion would destroy a city, kill millions and cause unimaginable short and long-term harm, to which our health systems could never adequately respond. We also know that the use of less than 1% of the world’s nuclear weapons is predicted to cause global climate disruption and widespread famine.

Sign the open letter and tell your bank to stop funding mass destruction and don’t bank on the bomb!