This is a guest blog by Benjamin Grama. This post was originally posted to the Business and Human Rights Journal’s blog and is reposted here with permission. On 24 May 2019, the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement (DBA) published a discussion paper on enabling remediation, which explores the role and responsibility of banks with regard to remedying human rights impacts. This report is the latest in a long line of reports and letters specifically on the responsibility of banks under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights…

This is a blog post by BankTrack's Climate Campaign Coordinator Lise Masson. This year BankTrack and partners attended 17 Fossil Banks’ AGMs across Europe and the US, to put the spotlight on their continued financing of the fossil fuel sector, in light of unfolding climate breakdown. What emerged from this trans-continental tour was not unexpected, yet shocking nonetheless. There is still a long way to go for Fossil Banks to shift their climate impact from pouring billions into fossil fuels to doing their part to address the climate crisis.…