The Crédit
Agricole Group is a unified but decentralised group consisting of 39
Regional Banks, Crédit Agricole S.A. and many subsidiaries. It includes Crédit Agricole, a semi co-operative retail bank, being majority owned by 39 French Caisses Régionales de Crédit Agricole Mutuel as well as investment bank Crédit Agricole CIB, the former Calyon. For a full overview of all entities under the group see here. This profile covers both Crédit Agricole and Crédit Agricole CIB.
ownership
listed on NYSE Euronext
Publicly listed.
headquarters
114, avenue de la République
92120 Montrouge
France
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BankTrack has identified controversial issues
with the companies listed below that require attention from Crédit Agricole.
Areva
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Yann Louvel about Les Amis de la Terre and BankTrack
May 19, 2010 - Video shot during the BankTrack annual meeting in Zuerich, January 2010.
Risky Business: the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project
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headquarters
114, avenue de la République
92120 Montrouge
France
International website developed by BankTrack, CRBM, Les Amis de la Terre, Netwerk Vlaanderen, Platform, Setem and Urgewald.
Information in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish.
Based on Les Amis de la Terre main reports on private finance, this educational website presents a profile of French banks, saving products and insurances, and aims at making individuals
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The website also includes a web calculator, for individual to be able to evaluate the carbon weight of their savings, and to show them how to reduce it by changing their choices of banks and savings products.
