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BNP Paribas BNP Paribas is one of the main banks in Europe. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas.… |
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Crédit Agricole 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… |
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Société Générale Société Générale ("SocGen") is one of the oldest banks in France, dating back to 1864. The original name was Société… |
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Angra 3 nuclear power plant desc |
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Belene nuclear power plant The Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) is planned to be sited at the bank of the Danube River, which forms the border between Bulgaria and Romania. Technical design and construction… |
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Canadian Tar Sands In the Canadian Boreal forest just downstream of the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains are the Canadian tar sands. The region contains some 2 trillion barrels of oil,… |
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Cernavoda nuclear units 3 & 4 The plans to build Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant are old - they were part of an energy policy devised by the dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu who was deposed in 1989… |
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Cluster Munitions producers Cluster munitions pose a serious threat to civilian populations during and after a conflict. Cluster munitions are designed to blanket a large area containing one or more… |
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Ilisu Dam The 1,200 MW Ilisu dam project is planned on the Tigris River in Southeast Turkey, some 50 km away from the border with Syria and Iraq. A 1,800 m-long wall will form a 313… |
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Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant The Jaitapur project plans to host two European Pressurised Reactors (EPRs) of 1,650 MWe each, with possible extension by four additional units. The Generation III+ class… |
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Kashagan oil project An offshore oil project in the north Caspian Sea, Kashagan is part of the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), a 40-year contract that was signed in 1997… |
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Kusile Coal Power Plant The Kusile coal fired power plant project is located in the province of Mpumalanga, in South Africa. With 4800MW, it will be one of the largest power plants of its kind in… |
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Medupi Coal Power Plant Eskom is a state-owned enterprise. Established in 1923, it was corporatized from the start, being set up to run on business principles and to deliver cheap and abundance… |
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Mochovce nuclear units 3&4 The building of Slovakia's Mochovce 3 and 4 nuclear reactors is the longest running nuclear construction project anywhere in Europe. The reactors were designed by the Soviet… |
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Nam Theun 2 dam The US$1.45 billion Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project, in the small Southeast Asia country of Laos, is supposed to generate revenue for the cash-strapped Lao government by exporting… |
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Sakhalin II oil and gas project The Sakhalin II project in the Russian Far East is said by project sponsors to be the largest integrated oil and gas project in the world. The project involves… |
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Theun-Hinboun expansion project If built, the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project would displace up to 4,800 people and effect another 48,441 people living downstream on project construction lands and in host… |
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E.on E.ON is a German electricity company headquartered in Düsseldorf and is another of big beasts of energy production. E.ON operates along the entire value chain of power… |
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ESKOM Founded in 1923, state-owned Eskom generates, transports and distributes approximately 95% of South Africa's electricity. That's a huge 60% of the total electricity consumed… |
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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) are the largest electricity producer in India. Their total installed capacity, including that under joint ventures, is close to… |
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Vedanta Resources Vedanta Resources is a mining company. It produces aluminum, copper, lead and zinc. Vedanta has a strong position in India, where its founder Anil Agarwal was born, but is… |
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Banksecrets 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. |
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Finance responsable 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
aware of the social and environmental impacts of these financial institutions, and at encouraging them to get active in this area of crucial importance.
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. |
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nuclear banks no thanks joint campaign website of BankTrack and partners |
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Pictures from action against the financing of the Ilisu dam by Société Générale Action in front of Société Générale headquarters in november 2008. |
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Demonstration against Ilisu Dam Nov 20, 2008
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Ilisu action against Societe Generale in Paris Nov 18, 2008
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| The banks are ours ! G20 - Nice - nov. 2010 Jan 18, 2012 - |
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| Bankbusters Jan 18, 2012 - |
| 10 Reasons Why Bankers are Mostly Human Jan 04, 2012 - 2011 was the year full of controversies. Our cyber satire unveils banks and bankers that talk green but invest in climate killer coal fired power plants. |
| Opération transparence Jan 02, 2012 - Friends of the Earth France street action in front of BNP Paribas headquarters for the launch of the Bank secrets website. |
| Yann Louvel about Les Amis de la Terre and BankTrack May 19, 2010 - Video shot during the BankTrack annual meeting in Zuerich, January 2010. |
| A: Still waters, deep trouble; how Equator bank commitments sink in Lao dams Nov 11, 2009 - This video shows how the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Laos is threatening the livelihoods of more than 50.000 local people. |
| Banking in the Shadows .. a Trip to Jersey Sep 07, 2009 - The British Channel Island of Jersey is a major European tax haven.
In March 2009, European activists visited Jersey to expose how tax havens affect the lives of ordinary people around the world. |
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| The ghosts of soviet nuclear - The case of Mochovce Jun 27, 2009 - Short documentation on Mohovce |
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| The ghosts of soviet nuclear - The case of Mochovce Jun 11, 2009 - Film on Mochovce. |
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| Australia - The dangerous nuclear cycle starts here Jun 11, 2009 - Interesting film with many pictures illustrating mining, tailings, enrichment and weapons. |
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| Uranium - Is it a country Jun 11, 2009 - Website of the documentary film „Nuking the Climate – Strahlendes Klima“! |
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| Uranium Mines Threaten Wild Horse Sanctuary and Your Water Jun 11, 2009 - |
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| Ecodefence on UF6 from Germany in Russia May 05, 2009 - |
| Extracting troubles Oct 30, 2008 - A 4-min video spot on the problems related to the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan |
