The dark secrets behind big oil’s climate pledges

Oil companies and the banks that finance them are making empty promises - and getting credit for them too

JPMorgan Chase won glowing headlines last year when the global investment bank unveiled a commitment to counter the climate crisis.

The press amplified JPMorgan's message - sometimes in JPMorgan's own words. Fortune published a commentary article trumpeting the bank's plans to tackle climate change". Six paragraphs into the piece, the writers noted they worked for the investment firm. (They were actually its top executives.)