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DekaBank

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central asset manager for the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. The group is active in the business areas of capital market asset management,…

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank was founded in 1870 and is a leading global investment bank. It has operations throughout the world and has a strong presence in Germany and Europe. …

WestLB

WestLB AG is a European commercial bank based in Düsseldorf in Germany which is partly owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The letters LB in the name…

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Angra 3 nuclear power plant

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Bauxite mine Niyamgiri Hills

On October 5th, 2004 an official agreement was signed between the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) and Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc, for the…

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…

Phulbari coal mine

The Phulbari coal project is a proposed open pit coal mine in northwest Bangladesh and includes the construction of at least one 500-MW power plant. At full production about…

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RWE

As Europe's second largest electricity generator and one of Europe's five leading gas and electricity companies, this German utility is another of energy and gas production's…

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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Bankrolling Climate Change

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Today, the German environment organisation urgewald, the South African social and environmental justice organisations groundWork…

One month into Fukushima disaster, HSBC signs advisory contract for nuclear power plant in earth quake zone

Apr 01, 2011 | Urgewald

Exactly one month after the start of the Fukushima disaster, HSBC signed an agreement to analyse and find investors for…

Deutsche Bank cancels interest in Jaitapur nuclear project India

Mar 22, 2011 | Urgewald

India's Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL) encounters difficulties in raising funds for a new nuclear plant situated in a…

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Durban: The early skirmishes

Dec 01, 2011 | Urgewald

Bankrolling Climate Change, the report

Dec 01, 2011 | Urgewald

Giant banks screwing the economy are also screwing the climate, says report

Dec 01, 2011 | Urgewald

Banks 'lent 232 bn euros to coal industry'

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

RBS ‘bankrolling climate change’, says campaign group

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Top banks branded 'climate killers' for financing coal plants

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Bankrolling Climate Change: New study ranks top 20 Climate Killer banks

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Coal study names top 20 'climate killer' banks

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Banktrack says BofA and Wells Fargo are killing the climate

Nov 30, 2011 | Urgewald

Allemagne : les anti-nucléaire se concentrent désormais sur le financement

May 30, 2011 | Urgewald

German energy giant RWE withdraws from Bulgarian nuclear power plant

Oct 28, 2009 | Urgewald

In a letter to the Bulgarian Energy holding, the German company RWE today announced its withdrawal from the controversial…

BankTrack members unveil bank secrets

Jun 25, 2009 | Urgewald

Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mundiale (Italy), Friends of the Earth (France), Netwerk Vlaanderen (Belgium), Platform…

Nomination Deutsche Bank makes mockery of Sustainable Banking Awards

Jun 04, 2009 | Urgewald

Today, the Financial Times and IFC, a member of the World Bank group, will announce the winners of the 2009 FT Sustainable…

Deutsche Bank: WM Titel unerreichbar

May 26, 2009 | Urgewald

Zur Hauptversammlung am 26. Mai erhält die Deutsche Bank weit gereisten Besuch: Almoustapha Alhacen, stellvertretender…

RWE's reputation on the line with 1.5 billion euro stake in Bulgarian nuclear plant

Oct 07, 2008 | Urgewald

Environmental campaigners have warned of the reputational risks in store for German energy giant RWE following the …

ADB Pulls Out of Controversial Coal Project

Apr 04, 2008 | Urgewald

The Director of the Asian Development Bank's Private Sector Operations Department, Robert Bestani, notified the Bank's Board…

ING Withdraws from Slovak Nuclear Project

Jan 29, 2008 | Urgewald

Last week, the Dutch banking group ING told Greenpeace representatives that it has withdrawn financial support for the construction…

West LB Pulls Out of Controversial Gold Mine

Jan 18, 2008 | Urgewald

The Indonesian province of North Sulawesi is a biodiversity hotspot and harbors some of the world's most spectacular nature…

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our publications

Bankrolling Climate Change

Nov 30, 2011 | Published by urgewald, groundWork, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and BankTrack

Report on the finances of Climate Change, presented in Durban, Climate Conference 2011

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks

Nov 30, 2011 | urgewald/banktrack/groundwork

a new report to unveil the largest investors in the global coal industry

Climate killer banks

Nov 24, 2011 | Profundo

Data provided by Profundo for the report bankrolling Climate Change

"How radioactive is my bank?" (in German)

Dec 22, 2010 | urgewald

Consumer brochure in german exposing the most radioactive german banks. This brochure can be ordered on urgewald.org website.

Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!

May 25, 2010 | Greenpeace, urgewald, BankTrack, other NGOs

Briefing about banks and nuclear involvement accompanying new website www.nuclearbanks.org

Vedanta Resources

Aug 01, 2009 | Profundo

Overview of banks financing Vedanta Resources and subsidaries 2005-2009

Flyer about RWE

Apr 20, 2009 | Urgewald

Deutsche Bank: Ein fragwürdiges Markenzeichen

Jun 05, 2008 | Urgewald

A dossier on Deutsche Banks critical investments. In German

NHPC: People don’t matter

Apr 03, 2008 | Urgewald

report on the Indian Dam company NHPC and banks involved in its financing.

Press briefing Toka Tindung: WestLB pulls out

Jan 18, 2008 | Urgewald, Watch Indonesia

Press briefing with background information

Banks, pulp and people

Aug 06, 2007 | Urgewald

Report on financing the pulp industry

Öl fuer Deutschland, Koste es was es wolle: Deutsche Banken in der russischen Ölförderung

Jul 04, 2006 | Urgewald

Oil for Germany, at any cost. (in German)

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Vedanta Resources in Niyamgiri – A Project Chronology

Oct 14, 2009 | Urgewald

Briefing on Vedanta and the Niyamgirl Hills

Aug 15, 2009 | Urgewald

Briefing for investors and banks on why Vedanta has become a prime campaign target of international NGOs.

RWE and Belene

Apr 09, 2009 | Urgewald

Briefing on connection between RWE and Belene

No Euratorm loan for Belene

Mar 23, 2007 | Urgewald, CEE Bankwatch

Press release

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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.

nuclear banks no thanks

joint campaign website of BankTrack and partners

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Belene info page (in German)

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videos

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.