VICTORIA MCKENZIE-MCHARG

CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK AUSTRALIA & BANK AUSTRALIA

As a climate campaigner, I’ve learnt that to create the scale of change that’s needed, we’ve got to bring all our power to the table – and that includes our money. We all know businesses listen to money, so why aren’t more of us using ours to drive change? I try as much as possible to avoid companies that are bad for the environment and contribute to the climate crisis. How we use our money, the banks and superannuation companies we choose, and the companies we engage with all help determine the kind of world we live in. I’ve switched my service providers, superannuation and banking to companies that don’t fund the fossil fuel industry (and then I wrote to them all, including the board, to tell them why).