BANKS DODGY DEALS CAMPAIGNS
Sections
Banks Dodgy Deals Campaigns
Our campaigns
Banks and Climate
Banks and Human Rights
Banks and Nature
Our projects
Tracking the NZBA
Banks and Russia
Banks and Steel
Tracking the Equator Principles
Tracking the PRBs
Find a Better Bank
Banks and the OECD Guidelines
Media
News Publications
Raiffeisen Out! Bank.Green End Coal Finance Plastic Banks Tracker Defund TotalEnergies Financial Exclusions Tracker Equator-Complaints.Org Don't Buy into Occupation Banks & Biodiversity Forests & Finance Drop JBS StopEACOP Fossil-Free Finance
BankTrack
About BankTrack Organisation Our team Our board Our annual reports Funding and finances Guiding principles Our history BankTrack in the media Team up with us Our privacy policy Donate Visit us
Successes Contact BankTrack
Donate Mailing list Facebook Twitter Linkedin Login
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Still banking on false solutions

BankTrack’s False Solutions Tracker shows that most of the 30 banks assessed count finance for harmful technologies towards their sustainable finance targets.
BankTrack’s expanded False Solutions Tracker, launched today, confirms the findings of the pilot version: false solutions are almost systematically included in the scope of banks’ sustainable finance targets. These energy technologies – including biomass; carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS); and nuclear power – are incompatible with a just energy transition and should…
2025-05-20 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Still banking on false solutions

BankTrack’s False Solutions Tracker shows that most of the 30 banks assessed count finance for harmful technologies towards their sustainable finance targets.
2025-05-20 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Santander backed major South American deforester Cresud despite net zero pledge

Argentinean “agricultural real estate” company Cresud is responsible for deforestation three times the size of Madrid and significant carbon emissions
2025-05-15 | Argentina | Global Witness
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global LNG fleet’s annual CO₂e emissions soar past 12 billion tonnes while orderbooks shrug off overcapacity warning

LNG shipping giants continue to ramp up vessel orders despite stranded asset risks, potential decades of carbon lock-in, and a mounting emissions toll
2025-05-13 | Seoul | Solutions for Our Climate
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

AGM Report: Standard Chartered called out for bankrolling dangerous fossil fuel projects

Campaigners call on UK-based bank to set robust energy transition plan and end finance for destructive projects in Mozambique & the Philippines
BankTrack blog
2025-05-09 | BankTrack
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

75 Indigenous people and organizations and allied civil society organizations call upon financiers to uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples globally

2025-05-08 | Banks & Biodiversity
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Nippon Steel’s coal focus a risk for investors

2025-05-08 | Tokyo | SteelWatch
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Backtracking on people and planet: frontline communities demand accountability from ArcelorMittal and Ternium

2025-05-07 | Luxembourg | Fair Steel Coalition
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Shedding Light on the Role of Chinese Banks in Abuses Against Environmental Defenders

Partner blog
2025-05-06 | Latinoamérica Sustentable
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Indian steel-affected communities launch complaint against Australian and Japanese banks

New complaint alleges banks failed to uphold human rights standards by lending to JSW Steel in India
2025-05-02 | BankTrack
All news
Upcoming events
May20

JPMorgan Chase AGM

The annual general meeting of JPMorgan Chase
Tue May 20 2025 10:00 AM (UTC-4) Online AGM
May20

On the road to net zero: Enhancing transition risk assessment with bank transition plans?

Tue May 20 2025 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (UTC+2) Online Webinar
May20

Société Générale AGM

The annual general meeting of Société Générale's shareholders.
Tue May 20 2025 4:00 PM (UTC) Paris, France AGM
All events
Spotlight
Read BankTrack's 2024 Annual Report
Our advocacy, successes and setbacks in the ongoing mission to hold commercial banks accountable for their role in financing the climate crisis, biodiversity collapse, and human rights violations.
ING: Spreek je uit
Steeds meer zakelijke klanten en sponsorrelatie spreken zich uit tegen ING’s fossiele financiering. Help mee om de druk vanuit bedrijven, verenigingen en culturele instellingen te laten groeien!
Raiffeisen Bank International subsidiary still invested in sanctioned Russian entities, find BankTrack and B4Ukraine
Austrian banking group's Russian asset manager holds mutual funds with investments in Sberbank, Gazprom, government bonds
Target Dodgy Deals

Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN)

Indonesia | company

Adani Group

India | company

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

Uganda | project

ArcelorMittal

Luxembourg | company

Simandou Iron Ore Project

Guinea | project

Mozambique LNG

Mozambique | project

Glencore

Switzerland | company

JSW Utkal Steel plant and captive coal power station

India | project
All Dodgy Deals
Focus banks

KCB Bank

Kenya

Kenya's KCB committed $200 million to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). When 11 peaceful activists attempted to deliver a letter about this, they were lured into a basement where they were ambushed and arrested on false charges. 

NatWest Group

United Kingdom

New analysis found that NatWest has amended its fossil fuel policy to allow the bank to support financing for oil and gas companies without a credible transition plan.

Standard Chartered

United Kingdom

Held its AGM in early May, where campaigners called on the bank to set a robust energy transition plan and end finance for destructive projects in Mozambique & the Philippines. Read the AGM report here. 

 

ING

Netherlands

Dutch banking giant ING was served a giant 12-metre “Bill of Destruction” at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), revealing the long list of damages linked to ING’s fossil fuel financing.

All banks
Campaigns and projects

Banks and Climate

Banks and Human Rights

Banks and Nature

All campaigns and projects
Latest publications
BankTrack Annual Report 2024
2025-04-15 00:00:00 | BankTrack
Burning the Bridge
2024-12-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack, B4Ukraine
The BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark 2024
2024-11-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
Banking on biodiversity collapse 2024
2024-10-16 00:00:00 | Forest and Finance Coalition
All publications
BankTrack in the Media
‘We are witnessing ecocide’: Santander accused of funding vast deforestation
2025-05-15 00:00:00
|
The Guardian
Santander Blamed In $1.3 Billion South American Deforestation Scandal
2025-05-15 00:00:00
|
Forbes
Banks Exiting Net-Zero Alliances — and Not Just US Banks
2025-04-30 00:00:00
|
Energy Intelligence
African banks back oil export pipeline despite climate commitments
2025-03-28 00:00:00
|
Climate Home News
All BT in the media
External News
Tanzanian Activists Clash with KCB Over EACOP Support and Arrest of 11 Ugandan Activists
2025-05-15 00:00:00
|
Margherita News
Ugandan ​​activist​ asks HSBC to put ‘lives before profit’ as campaigners target bank’s AGM
2025-05-02 00:00:00
|
The Guardian
Canadian lender RBC abandons sustainable finance goals citing competition act
2025-04-29 00:00:00
|
Reuters
Why Base Titanium is not selling its assets to Kenyans
2025-04-18 00:00:00
|
MSN
All external news
Website updates
On 2025-05-19 11:32:50 we updated the KCB Bank bank page.
On 2025-05-16 11:12:43 we updated the O-Bank bank page.
On 2025-05-13 15:02:14 we updated the Mizrahi Tefahot Bank bank page.
On 2025-05-12 19:02:56 we updated the KBC bank page.
On 2025-05-12 16:06:19 we updated the Macquarie bank page.

Support BankTrack

Banks need to change. We make them do so. With your support.

Donate now

Join our mailing list

Get BankTrack updates delivered to your inbox

Sign up
Notice Board
Sections
Banks Dodgy Deals Campaigns
Our campaigns
Banks and Climate Banks and Human Rights Banks and Nature
Our projects
Tracking the NZBA Banks and Russia Banks and Steel Tracking the Equator Principles Tracking the PRBs Find a Better Bank Banks and the OECD Guidelines
Media
News Publications
Raiffeisen Out! Bank.Green End Coal Finance Plastic Banks Tracker Defund TotalEnergies Financial Exclusions Tracker Equator-Complaints.Org Don't Buy into Occupation Banks & Biodiversity Forests & Finance Drop JBS StopEACOP Fossil-Free Finance
BankTrack
About BankTrack Organisation Our team Our board Our annual reports Funding and finances Guiding principles Our history BankTrack in the media Team up with us Our privacy policy Donate Visit us
Successes Contact BankTrack
Vismarkt 15
6511 VJ Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Contact@banktrack.org
Donate Mailing list Facebook Twitter Linkedin
©2023 BankTrack
BankTrack is a registered charity in the Netherlands (ANBI) - RSIN 813874658
Find our privacy policy here

Stay up to date

Sign up now for all BankTrack's news


Make a comment

Your comment will be reviewed, before being posted