NGO launches green investment guide and asset managers highlight their green funds

Climate change and human rights non-governmental organisation (NGO) Fossil Free South Africa (FFSA) launched the latest iteration of its online 'Planet A Investment Guide', in Cape Town, on Wednesday evening. (“Planet A” is a reference to Earth currently being the only world on which humanity can thrive.) The guide was originally launched in 2021, and updated in 2022 and 2023. However, this time, and in parallel, the NGO also launched its new hardcopy 'Planet A Investment Guide Handbook'. FFSA is focused on the human rights impacts of climate change. The NGO sought to advance its aims by promoting divestment from fossil fuel companies, explained FFSA divestment campaigner Sandrine Mpazayabo. It also sought to expose “greenwashing”, when it occurred.