'We need to create a tipping point where the big banks ditch oil and gas companies and focus instead on financing renewable energy and powering the green transition we urgently need.’

New table highlights fossil-fuel cathedral funding

'We need to create a tipping point where the big banks ditch oil and gas companies and focus instead on financing renewable energy and powering the green transition we urgently need.’

by Rebecca Hardy 9th October 2026

Christian Climate Action (CCA) launched a table last month showing the extent of fossil-fuel funding within the Church of England. The table reveals which cathedrals still bank with fossil-fuel-funding banks and which say they plan to switch. The aim is to ‘encourage more cathedrals to bank ethically’. Currently, Derby is the only cathedral that uses a bank that does not invest in the fossil-fuel industry. Eight others have pledged to switch in the near future, says CCA. These are Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Durham, Southwark, Sheffield, Truro and Worcester.

New table highlights fossil-fuel cathedral funding

'We need to create a tipping point where the big banks ditch oil and gas companies and focus instead on financing renewable energy and powering the green transition we urgently need.’

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